Archive for November, 2006
November 30, 2006 at 11:03 am · Filed under The Jumping Box
アンパンマン is a famous cartoon series in Japan. アンパンマン is everywhere. アンパンマン = anpanman.
an -> bean paste
pan -> bread
anpan -> japanese sweet bread or bun filled with bean paste
anpanman -> man with anpan head
アンパンマン is everywhere.
At the end of summer we went to the park near my apartment to light firecrackers. One of the firecracker sets was anpanman themed. It came with glasses through which all light sources turned into anpanman’s head.
Anpanman’s head is removable. When fighting evil, he can give it to friends in need of food. Then a new head is baked. I think by Jam Ojisan (Uncle Jam). Anpanman does not need to eat because his head is a continuous source of food.
Anpanman’s friends are also food related. My favorite is Melonpanna. Her head is a Melon bun…yummy. I don’t know if she can detach it or not. I suggest reading more about the cartoon and its various characters.
This is inflatable anpanman in Asakusa:
but come to Japan and you can find anpanman everywhere.
November 29, 2006 at 1:13 pm · Filed under Movies&Film
I don’t know if you Vancouverites out there see ads for this because there might not be many ads out there so just in case, make sure you check out the Canada Screens series put out by the First Weekend Club.Canadian films with talks by people involved with making them at Vancity Theatre. I won’t say much more. If you are reading this there is a 97% chance that you really like watching movies. So you should go. Funny though – I don’t talk much about movies (these days) and since March of 2006, have only seen 2. A little sad but it means my list of must sees is growing and will be nice and ripe on return to Canada.
November 29, 2006 at 9:45 am · Filed under On the Train / Bus
My train experience last night:
I JUST WEDGED MYSELF INTO A SPACE OF TRAIN SEAT BUT ONLY GOT HALFWAY IN SO UNTIL THE GIRL NEXT TO ME GOT OFF, I SAT IN AWKWARDNESS FOR 15 MIN..IT LOOKED LIKE THIS SECTION SAT 4 PEOPLE..CAUSE THE 3 WOMEN ON IT WERE REALLY SMALL..NOT SMALL ENOUGH..MY BUM HAS NEVER FELT BIGGER..EXCEPT FOR WHEN I TRIED ON THOSE ITALIAN JEANS..MISS YOU GUYS : )
and later…
DO NOT FEEL TOO BAD ANY MORE CUZ THE GIRL NEXT TO ME IS SLEEPING ON ME AND HER SHOULDER IS POINTY. I ACTUALLY I DO FEEL BAD BUT BECAUSE OF PHYSCAL PAIN..NOT AWKWARD SITUATION GUILT PAIN.
Caps not yelling, just easier from my mobile.
November 28, 2006 at 9:49 am · Filed under Sweet Finds, Travels
I found honey from Alberta in a Nikko gift shop a few weeks ago.
The Safeway shelf does not make it look 15$ good but I guess it is a special thing. I shall buy some when I return to Canada and apply it in globs to peanut-buttered whole wheat toast. Ooo…that just made my stomach cramp.
November 27, 2006 at 4:35 pm · Filed under I'm a Nerd
This week’s omiyage is from Australia. Chocolate koalas and too cute to eat quite yet so mine is sitting on the desk. I named it Moo. It smells strongly of chocolate. Very strongly. Testing my willpower. Actually it is not so much that I want to eat the chocolate. I have eating a good quantity of chocolate in my lifetime and unless someone weird allergy is developed between now and death, I expect to eat a lot more. But the smell tickles my brain in the most interesting way. I can almost pinpoint the nerve (or ) that fires off the yummy chocolate signal.
update: It appears as though my heater is indeed broken.
second update: Moo died.
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