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Hello Kitty Chainsaw and Scary Movie « Akihabara News

WTF Another reason for avoid Akihabara, another fetish object with two market units in mind: The pychos or Otakus or why not? a Pycho that is also an Otaku XD

After tons of snow last night is getting sunny.

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Extranjeros en Japón » Desde Tokyo

Pues para no quedarme atras… la ardilla se hace presente en el blog de los extranjeros en Japón!

A new member of our collective blog in spanish about the Foreigners in Japan. Expect anything with a great sense of humour and adventure.

The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : Google is trying to poach our engineers

Just got an email from one of engineers in the OS team warning me that they’re all getting hit with calls from recruiters trying to lure them to Google. Which is strange because I’m pretty sure Eric and I had a gentleman’s agreement about not poaching from each other. Although, as Katie points out, we now all realize that forming a “gentleman’s” anything with Eric Schmidt is kind of an oxymoron. I just called Eric and said, Dude, do I look like a female journalist to you? Do I look like a female PR executive? Do I have big hair and a spray tan and a great ass, and I’m not your wife? No? Then why are you so goddamned interested in fucking me?

I love the Fake Steve Jobs XD

Is snowing hard I think is better go by bus than ciclying.

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The Thickness of Napkins

"It doesn’t matter how amazing the steak is, if it’s served on a cold plate it’s crap. If it’s served with a dull knife it’s crap. If the gravy isn’t piping hot, it’s crap. If you’re eating it on an uncomfortable chair, it’s crap. If it’s served by an ugly waiter who just came in from a smoke break, it’s crap. Because I care about the steak, I have to care about everything around it."

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The bathtub and The Winter in Nagano, Japan

What is the relationship?, mmm, How to say? Is just matter of temperature between sleep comfortable or die frozen. As my regular readers know I live in the Japanese Alps at Nagano prefecture so sometimes get's really cold like a couple of days ago the temperature was -14 C. That day my wife and daughter expended at in my laws house and took bath there. So, when I back after job I tough it was a waste of kerosene to warm up the bathtub just for me and decided just to take a shower. 30 minutes later I was freezing and blaming myself. When I started to take the shower I got warm after 10 minutes and after finish I just run to the kitchen, naked, for put on my clothes in front of the heater as was amazing cold in the bathroom.

I love the Japanese tradition of take the bathtub everyday or the public baths, is so relaxing that after a hard day at work or study, take a warm bath for release the stress and calm down. Also in winter time, at least here in Nagano prefecture is almost like "must do", in that way you body is amazing warm before go to sleep so you can go to sleep very comfortable without freeze inside of your bed or futon.

Taking a bath in Japan is not like the wester style with soap. Here you just warm up, so before to get in the bathtub you have to wash yourself and at the end you get in the bathtub for relax and warm up, more than one time I fall sleep as is so relaxing. If you come to Japan and you have High/Low blood pressure be careful as the hot bathtub accelerate your blood pressure so if you are not used, you can get dizzy or get a really bad headache. You can take breaks, or limit the time you do until your body get use.

Extranjeros en Japón

Piroshi en Osaka

Yesterday also another new collaborator to our collective blog. Expect one of the trues about study in Japan is not always is what you though will be.

Extranjeros en Japón

Gifurama is in the House!!!!

The newest member in our collective blog about the Foreigners in Japan, check his introduction and expect a very funny point of view of Japan.

Having lunch with Sachan at Nawate dori. One of the most traditional places in Matsumoto.

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