Was just minding my own business walking along the finite corridor when I spotted boxes and boxes of PS3s piled up by the side.
Archive for July, 2009
A platoon of PS3s
Friday, July 31st, 2009Angry Whopper 7.0
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
ARRRR! Tried. But I just could not get angry. ^^. Met up with photographer Lenard Po for a eat meet in Shibuya. We ended up at Burger King because I wanted to try their new (at least in Japan) Angry Whopper.
It is advertised as having 5 levels of angriness. 1 being not so angry and, of course, 5 feeling wrathful. There’s even a junior sized whopper for the kids.
I didn’t go for any levels between 1 and 5. I went for 7. A7. Adding levels costs extra.
Here’s my set with coke and fries.
It comes with a little cup to hold sauces. Spares me from having to pour the sauce out on the sheet of tray liner. Can you see the Jalapeño peppers hanging out of the burger?!
Here’s a closer look. Maybe I should have stuck with levels between 1-5. Might have been less messy and easier to hold.
Want a bite? It wasn’t that spicy anyway. ^^.
Harajuku #1 Nobody Takeshita
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Ever been to Harajuku? Ever fought your way through the sea of bodies along Takeshita Street? It’s not a pleasant experience. Especially if it’s summer and everybody is sweaty and sticky! I don’t know about you, but I really dread skin contact in those situations.
What if you could just whizz through Takeshita Dori. Forget about everyone. Forget about progressing 2 inches every 5 minutes (I’m exaggerating of course. ^^.) and just take a brisk walk through towards Shibuya. How would you like that? ^^.
Keitai straps
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
The international center organized a little gathering for soon to be graduating students. I just happened to be one of them. ^^. In addition to the food and booze, we were also given gifts. I got a keitai strap. It’s pretty nice. Simple, clean and uses Keio’s official colors. The only thing bad about it is me. I’m not a big fan of adding bulk to my phone. ^^. I’m thinking of other uses for it. A keychain perhaps. Do you have any good ideas? I’m open to suggestions. ^^.
Evangelion にんにくらーめん
Monday, July 27th, 2009チャーシュー抜きだけど。。。No char siew or roasted pork in this instant cup noodles. I guess most of us won’t mind since Rei Ayanami is on the cup. ^^. This Evangelion-themed garlic-flavoured instant cup noodles by nissin is pretty tasty. A great pick me up for when one is running low on energy.
You can find Evangelion references on practically every surface of the cup! I’m pretty impressed that they even customized the sticker you can find at the bottom too. The sticker is used for holding down the lid after you’ve poured hot water into the cup.
I started with 3 cups. Gave 2 away to 2 juniors who are huge Evangelion fans. They were extremely careful when going through the packaging.
“Everything, even the lid and the sticker, is going on my Eva shelf for display once I’ve finished the noodles and cleaned out the cup!”
Are you a big Eva fan? I’ve yet to watch the new movie. Heard wonderful things about it though. ^^.
My PhD Defense Keynote
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
Had my PhD public defense a few days ago on Wednesday 22nd July. It was held in this huge hall with high tech facilities. Booked it many hours before, so I had a good chance to test out the system and tune my slides for this all important keynote that would determine my fate.
The projector is lowered from the ceiling. It reminds me of Airwolf. How many of you are familiar with Airwolf? It was from a time long long ago. ^^. Particularly the compartment on the helicopter’s belly responsible for launching its deadly missiles!
Transformers Takara DVD
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009My friends visiting Japan bought me a little gift. It’s a DVD boxset of the transformers series in Japan. The headmasters, godmasters and victory series. Have any of you seen any of those? These Transformers cartoons were always showing on saturday morning tv back when I was in primary school. I remember it very well because I used to skip extra classes at school just so that I could watch them. And I turned out alright. ^^. Have to find some time to watch the cartoons and relive my childhood memories. What other cartoons did you grow up on?
Here are some videos I found on YouTube. Any ring a bell?
Headmasters.
Masterforce.
Victory.
God Ginrai!
