Old man
September 28, 2005
While returning home from the Thai Food Festival at Tennoji park we stumbled onto an example of a human being who can only be described as garbage. This pathetic man not only was taking up at least 4 seats by lying down on it, he was smoking in the train. Smoking on a train platform is bad enough but this parasite on society had the gall to even smoke in the train. Smoking is prohibited in all train stations but often there are still assholes who disregard this.
Sadly no one mentioned anything to him. Unfortunately for everyone else people in this culture rarely speak up against public nuisances such as this man. I would’ve done something but he got off at the next station. I have to admit I’ve been more hesitant in speaking up against these leeches. As he was leaving I could tell by the look on his face that he was drunk. Who is visibly drunk at 3pm on a Sunday afternoon? As angry as I am with this loser I’m sure he will get his just deserves. What goes around comes around.
The incredibly selfish man
Aichi 2005: Expo
September 25, 2005
The theme of this year’s expo was the environment and was located in Nagoya, Japan’s third largest city. Our trip started with a night in Nagoya as we enjoyed some local Nagoya delights.
The start
Early in the morning, we got there about two hours before the gate opened and there were about two hundred people already lining up at the North Gate. The reason people wanted (and needed) to push every minute was because they used a really stupid system to get into the more popular exhibits. You line up for a ticket that gives you the right to line up for the exhibit at a certain time. Those pre-tickets were given at certain times and always ran out really early. This only encouraged people to run and trample over everyone. There were online bookings but these closed way in advance.
Once the gates opened people slowly filtered through the gates. Each person had their bags searched but I’m pretty sure I could’ve snuck in a barrel of plutonium as the gate attendant didn’t quite seem awake. We were stuck for a few minutes because this 80+ year old man decided it was a good idea to bring a suitcase. From here we had a full day of exploration ahead and here are some of the highlights of our day.
The expo mascots
The proposal
September 22, 2005
Mainly because I want to remember all the gooey details when I become and old fart sitting around in the old folks’ home, I’m going to talk about how I proposed to the lady. It was a trying process even though we had discussed about getting married as early as last March! Essentially, we had the whole wedding planned out for a long time now and we were waiting for our fifth year anniversary to get it rolling.
Guess what?
September 19, 2005
At 12:00am, September 10, 2005, two things occured; the lady and I celebrated our 5th year anniversary and - I proposed and she accepted. Yep! We’re getting married!
Tentatively we’re planning to have a wedding ceremony for immediate family around January 2006. We’re planning to do this in Hawaii. I know it seems soon but we have reasons for doing it this early. No, she’s not pregnant. After this, in February we’re having a more general party in Osaka. You’re all invited of course to this, if you can get your ass over to Japan at that time. If not, that’s cool.
Feel Don’t Think
September 17, 2005
I’ve moved URL if you haven’t already noticed. This is a new design I’ve been playing with for quite awhile now. It’s not all quite complete. There’s nothing in About and Photos yet but soon. I’ve wiped my photo gallery form JVision.ca because it was getting too buggy. Anyway, play around, let me know if stuff doesn’t work or look like it’s working. Firefox is a bitch to tune to.
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