For the four time in five years, I'm not around to celebrate Mother's Day with my mom. Of course, I usually say that I don't need a special day to shower my mom with affection or gratitude when I do that everyday with understated grace and subtlety.
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Spotting a sumo wrestler in Italian restaurant
I was having dinner with my friend, Niklas, at an Italian restaurant in Takadanobaba (all-you-can-eat for 1500 yen, pretty good deal, had lots of pizza and pasta) yesterday evening. Then one particular customer heading towards the counter after his meal caught my eye.
The physique! The top knot! It was a sumo wrestler! More than a year in Japan and that was the first time I saw a sumo wrestler in the flesh! So I whipped out my mobile phone (which is much more reliable than my camera these days) and started snapping a photo... from the distance, because I was too intimidated to approach him and take a photo.
So you have to look closely at the photo (or click for larger version), behind Niklas and the two waitresses, there's the sumo wrestler!
The physique! The top knot! It was a sumo wrestler! More than a year in Japan and that was the first time I saw a sumo wrestler in the flesh! So I whipped out my mobile phone (which is much more reliable than my camera these days) and started snapping a photo... from the distance, because I was too intimidated to approach him and take a photo.
So you have to look closely at the photo (or click for larger version), behind Niklas and the two waitresses, there's the sumo wrestler!
Monday, May 04, 2009
Guy lying on the streets, wasted
Nearly a year ago (May 8th, to be exact), I had all-you-can-eat Shabu Shabu with two of my old Japanese friends, Ai and Iyo, whom I knew from my Perth days. I even have it on video.
Last night, another old friend of mine, Noriko, came all the way from Kyoto for a visit. (As I've mentioned, it's Golden Week) So I brought them (Ai, Iyo and Noriko) to all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ at Takadanobaba instead.
With my camcorder dead, I could only snap some blurry pictures.
Last night, another old friend of mine, Noriko, came all the way from Kyoto for a visit. (As I've mentioned, it's Golden Week) So I brought them (Ai, Iyo and Noriko) to all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ at Takadanobaba instead.
With my camcorder dead, I could only snap some blurry pictures.
Sunday, May 03, 2009
How I spent the night at Toho Studios
As mentioned before, I've been doing the rest of the post-production of my Japanese film, KINGYO, at the famed Toho Studios.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Colonel Sanders dressed up as Neon Genesis Evangelion's Eva-01
Taken at the KFC restaurant near the Seijogakuen-Mae Station 成城学園前駅 when I was on the way to Toho Studios yesterday.

Tags: japan, tokyo, neon genesis evangelion, colonel sanders, anime,
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Odd dream from an afternoon nap
I always seem to get the weirdest dreams from afternoon naps, I think. Just like moments ago, when I unknowingly slip into a nap while watching something and dreamed of someone who had plagued my mind for the past few weeks.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Brief visit at Toho Studios, and foreshadowing Tsuyoshi Kusanagi's arrest
So yes, I've totally buried myself into the post-production of my film, KINGYO, in the past week, managing to find my stride again, rediscovering the excitement I had for the project through editing (hate to find that spark when you were separated from it for so long!), experimenting more with the possibilities of split screens.
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