A while ago I told the story about the guy who did not get any ice cream. On my last day in Japan I was poking around Tokyo Hands and I in the "signs and placards" department, next to the "large office supplies" department, they had this tiny sign. I don't read Kanji but I'm pretty sure this is the international sign for not getting any ice cream ( Read more... )

I feel like explaining another recurring phrase that I use.

matrushkaka and I decide to get some ice cream at Mitchell's Ice Cream. As usual on an evening there's a LONG line and a rather complicated procedure for procuring said ice cream. You have to push through the crowd of people on the sidewalk who appear to be lined up but are not, go inside the ( Read more... )