HAHA! I have conquered the Oxford computing system... at least for now. Pictures are available and all is right with the cosmos. So I think I will include a Quote of the Day, or a QUOD for the Latin minded out there in their living rooms.
Backdating:
Week 1, Day -1: Japan
There were good times to be had on the way back from the Airport. Rach and I were crushed with the sheer number of people on the trains. Apparently they don't like it when you blow your nose. I played that game... the man beside me glared daggers and, as if to prove his point, began sniffing like there was no tomorrow: illustrating the supreme ettiquette of the Japanese.
Here is a shot of my incredulity at a Japanese vending machine which stocked a 500 mL can of beer. They wouldn't last too long over here...
This is Pachinko, undoubtedly the worst video game in the history of the universe. It is a cross between pinball and the pokies, the ultimate aim to lose all your money in a flurry of lights and whistles.
Left: a sign on the escalator put there to instruct you not to bang your head on the sign on the escalator put there to instruct you.... only in Japan.
QUOD: Irrashaimase, irrsahaimase...
The traditional welcome into a shopkeeper's shop. In the grocery one chap kept walking around, saying this to anyone and sometimes to himself. When he was packing the beans, I think he was giving them a special welcome. What a character.
TST 2/10/06
Backdating:
Week 1, Day -1: Japan
There were good times to be had on the way back from the Airport. Rach and I were crushed with the sheer number of people on the trains. Apparently they don't like it when you blow your nose. I played that game... the man beside me glared daggers and, as if to prove his point, began sniffing like there was no tomorrow: illustrating the supreme ettiquette of the Japanese.
Here is a shot of my incredulity at a Japanese vending machine which stocked a 500 mL can of beer. They wouldn't last too long over here...
This is Pachinko, undoubtedly the worst video game in the history of the universe. It is a cross between pinball and the pokies, the ultimate aim to lose all your money in a flurry of lights and whistles.
Left: a sign on the escalator put there to instruct you not to bang your head on the sign on the escalator put there to instruct you.... only in Japan.
QUOD: Irrashaimase, irrsahaimase...
The traditional welcome into a shopkeeper's shop. In the grocery one chap kept walking around, saying this to anyone and sometimes to himself. When he was packing the beans, I think he was giving them a special welcome. What a character.
TST 2/10/06
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