Keio University
Ok, finally went to take a look at Keio University today... It's what you call nice on the outside not so nice on the inside, another that the Japanese are good at, Packaging... We were there to settle the JASSO scholarship, each of us are entitled to 80000 yen per month and 25000 arrival allowance... Well expectedly, all of the people who were elgible were from good friends of Japan... namely Singapore, America, Korea, Australia. Well the people from other countries probably had no chance...what a realistic world...
Went to Akibahara (秋葉原) to take a look at the electronics... PSP (value pack) is goin at about 400 bucks. Casio Exlim Z55 5 mega pix, 2.5inch LCD, is going at 450 sing dollars... both good deals I would say... But as they say, just like Sim Lim, after you entered one shop, you have entered all... unless you are there to drive a hard bargain...
Had lunch in a famous Ramen stall... Year 2003, Tokyo's no.1 ramen... 九州じゃんがら(kyuushuu jyangara). Had to wait like 15 min in the queue and squeeze in a super small restaurant, not a bad meal I would say, it's good but I am still not experienced to say if that is really good ramen...
Off to Hiroshima tomorrow, the city with a tragic history. To see how the Japanese portrayed themselves as a victim of the war. Well innocent lives were lost on both sides of the war, I sincerely hope that the Japanese built the A-dome to remind themselves the cruelty of war, and not to remind themselves of their city's tragic history so that they have a good reason to seek revenge...
Tired from all the walking today, think I can continue reading my Da Vinci's code on the Shinkansen 新幹線 (Bullet train) tomorrow
Went to Akibahara (秋葉原) to take a look at the electronics... PSP (value pack) is goin at about 400 bucks. Casio Exlim Z55 5 mega pix, 2.5inch LCD, is going at 450 sing dollars... both good deals I would say... But as they say, just like Sim Lim, after you entered one shop, you have entered all... unless you are there to drive a hard bargain...
Had lunch in a famous Ramen stall... Year 2003, Tokyo's no.1 ramen... 九州じゃんがら(kyuushuu jyangara). Had to wait like 15 min in the queue and squeeze in a super small restaurant, not a bad meal I would say, it's good but I am still not experienced to say if that is really good ramen...
Off to Hiroshima tomorrow, the city with a tragic history. To see how the Japanese portrayed themselves as a victim of the war. Well innocent lives were lost on both sides of the war, I sincerely hope that the Japanese built the A-dome to remind themselves the cruelty of war, and not to remind themselves of their city's tragic history so that they have a good reason to seek revenge...
Tired from all the walking today, think I can continue reading my Da Vinci's code on the Shinkansen 新幹線 (Bullet train) tomorrow
2 Comments:
interesting that u casually mentioned that korea counts as a good friend of japan doesnt it?? times have changed... World Cup 2002 being one of the small signs...
heard tt korean shows n Bae Yong Jun r all the rage there.. not to mention BOA..
but i suppose these r all relatively modern stuff.. dun think the old fogeys will forget so easily.
-Reng
Ya, I see BOA a lot here cos she's sort of half japanese. Her Japanese language is natural, therefore she can appear on tv shows and stuff. So I see her appearing on tv very often. For Mr Bae, nah, she's the auntie region, you don't see his face often on the streets. Anyway the new generation Japanese don't really know what they did to the rest of Asia, therefore they just make it a point to be friendly to all their allies (ie. Allies of US)
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