Saitamakenistan

Inspired by comrade Borat, I would like to show how much I appreciate my adoptive land.

Good night!

Edit: Ok, I suddenly got camera-shy.

Rivers of MUD

Farewell, rom.org. Alas, all good things must come to an end.

Picasso

One of Picasso's less cubic works

I came across this quote:

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
- Pablo Picasso

So that explains his strange paintings... he really couldn't paint!

What English slang do I speak?

I'm mostly friggin aussie! and also a quarter of everything else.

Your Slanguage Profile

Aussie Slang: 75%

British Slang: 25%

Canadian Slang: 25%

New England Slang: 25%

Prison Slang: 25%

Southern Slang: 25%

Victorian Slang: 25%

What Slanguage Do You Speak?
(link to blogthings.com)

Summer photo

Bleeding cold today!


Good thing I came across this 5-year-old photo on my disc drive. I took this and a pile of other plant-and-asphalt pics on a particularly torrid day. Philippine greenery never looked so good.
I feel warmer already.

Tea plants in Saitama

Guess who's frolicking in the snow?
It's not me.

Ducks everywhere!

I never would have guessed what I would run into while exploring Tokyo.
One afternoon I decided to go find a grocery store that carried cheap cereal bars and nuts. I recalled Ameyoko (アメ横), a silly truncation of 'American' and 'yoko,' which I think means 'side'. Ameyoko is a mesh of alleys stretching between Ueno and Okachimachi stations, crowded with bargain and not-so-bargain shops.
Anyway, instead of shopping straightaway, I decided to get some air and walk through the park. And then... whoa!!! I splashed upon an entire population of quacks, in a huge pond, in the middle of the city.
I guess it's duck city for them, too.