Finally in the departure lounge. United in its infinite wisdom didn't have any check-in counters open when I got to Changi yesterday (Yesterday? *checks watch* yes, it is today now.:P) and proceeded to not open them till around 4am this morning. so spent a very interesting night in the viewing lounge.o.< Gate opens in 40 minutes - allegedly - so I' ( Read more... )

Broadband's working again!^__ ( Read more... )

got my Rail Pass voucher. got my air ticket. got my visa. I'm all set to go to Japan ( Read more... )

I GOT MY VISA!!! JAPAN HERE I COME! :D :D :D
so in exactly 2 weeks I will be in... uh... Singapore... but then 12 hours later I'll be in Tokyo! WAI!!!
*bounce*

This week's Japan Times has a rather interesting article on the explosion of manga for female audiences that somehow avoids mentioning yaoi.XD What it boils down to is that the new wave of women's manga is influencing young women's behavior vis a vis romantic relationships, resulting in bewildered young men who were raised to value more yamato ( Read more... )

Just for summer_queen:

Manolo covers Richard Gere dancing with Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi.^^

(and as you'll note by the frame, Richard Gere led.:D)

And in return I swipe this ( alias meme from her.^^ )

I was tired so I only played for about a half hour... but I found cousin Ichigo early on, so I played as him for a while. He's SO cute.^^ and lots easier to see than the limegreen Prince ( Read more... )

First review of We Love Katamari is up.

Good lord, was this guy trying to channel Tycho or mock him? I can't even tell if he like the game.

(yes, I'm wasting time. I have to write a perfrev for my boss and the words are not coming to me.)

New survey conducted by the JNTO shows that Japan still has an image problem among Asian tourists. By contrast, tourists from Western countries come away with a higher opinion of Japanese people than they had before they went ( Read more... )

Chris MacDonald, who was on the Pop Japan tour I took, is finally publishing his account of the March tour. (incidentally, he's also e-i-c of Anime News Network.) Infinitely more informative and well-researched than my own pitiful snarky ramblingsDuring the tour, Chris fed me interesting tidbits about DRMaster's acquisition of ComicOne's licences, ( Read more... )