Archivo para el mes May, 2007

ClickClickClick

Por kirai el 14 de May de 2007 en Funny

Today when I arrived to my workplace I found three Japanese clicking like hell, it seems they were helping Japan to reach the first postion in the “clicks” world ranking. ClickClickClick is a website where you click and your clicks are added to your country, then a world ranking is generated. It is interesting that [...]

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Free vending machines

Por kirai el 14 de May de 2007 en Drinks

A company called Apex (株式会社アペックス) is going to “sell” drinks for free using vending machines. Instead of asking you for money, they will show you a CM while the vending machine pours your drink in a paper cup. Let’s see which blog is the first one to take a picture of one of these machines.

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Lion or gazelle?

Por kirai el 13 de May de 2007 en Quotes

“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle; when [...]

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Nintendo is the winner this year

Por kirai el 11 de May de 2007 en Videogames

Some months after the launch of Sony’s PS3 and Nintendo’s Wii there is a clear winner, at least for the time being. Look at the next ranking with the games sold last week in Japan, all the games are for Nintendo DS and Wii except the one at the 20th position. Here you can see [...]

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Unagi – Japanese eel

Por kirai el 10 de May de 2007 en Food

“Unagi” (Freshwater eel – うなぎ) is one of my favorite Japanese dishes. Before coming to Japan I didn’t really like any kind of eel, but the way it is prepared here and the softness of the species Anguilla japonica changed my mind. It is usually grilled with soy sauce (Kabayaki) and served on a bed [...]

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Fish skewers

Por kirai el 10 de May de 2007 en Food

夕焼小焼け – Yuyake Koyake

Por kirai el 09 de May de 2007 en Music

After some time living in Japan I realized everyday at 5PM in many places you could hear a 30 seconds catchy melody. You can usually listen it near schools, city halls and official buildings; they use pretty powerful speakers, if you are walking around Tokyo at 5PM is very probable that you will listen it. [...]

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Bookstore without vigilance

Por kirai el 09 de May de 2007 en Society

I’m from Spain, a country where there are many cameras inside any kind of shops and the employees are always looking if you do any suspicious movement. In Japan, I was surprised when I first saw some supermarkets where some stuff is “outside” the shop area, there is not a big difference between inside and [...]

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