kenleewrites in 日本

Was just minding my own business walking along the finite corridor when I spotted boxes and boxes of PS3s piled up by the side.

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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. ^^.

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? ^^.

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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. ^^.

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!

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