Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Packaging
Japan appears to be packaging crazy.
You buy a box of chocolates. To eat the chocolates, you must:
-Take it out of the bag that will have been thrust upon you at the shop
-Tear off the shrink wrap plastic
-Open the cardboard box
-Remove the inner placeholding card
-Unwrap the individually wrapped chocolates.
-Eat an bite sized chocolate (message to grammar / spelling anal Bell: the 'an' is deliberate to emphasis singularity. but thank you for noticing.)
- Clear large pile of rubbish.
- Resist feelings of envy towards the bin, which now appears to contain a greater volume of product than your stomach.
Bentos are another great waste. Your lunch will arrive with approximately 2 kg of prepared oil and tree, and about 400g of food. I wonder if there are stats out there estimating the annual forest destruction of trees pillaged in the name of Japanese chopsticks. Comments?
I am pretty sure that one of the people I drink with is an alcoholic. He is drunk every day, and doesn't stop until closing. I am now thorougly intrigued to monitor his progress throughout my stay.
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Aly,
I will write tomorrow. Probably. Monday was a bank holiday, so no blogging.
I woke up today (tuesday) and thought 'i dont really want to go to work'. amazingly liberating, and quite possibly the first time i have smashed the chains of labour, by responding 'ok'. called in sick.
today, i have done very little, bar:
1. a phonecall to Vic
2. a 30min run
3. eat lots of raw tuna
4. read some japanese text book
5. curse myself for downloading Hayden instead of Haydn.
9/10:
1. i no longer care about the fact that i didn't get paid today.
2. i no longer care about the fact that i didn't get paid today. really. which is why it is liberating.
I will write tomorrow. Probably. Monday was a bank holiday, so no blogging.
I woke up today (tuesday) and thought 'i dont really want to go to work'. amazingly liberating, and quite possibly the first time i have smashed the chains of labour, by responding 'ok'. called in sick.
today, i have done very little, bar:
1. a phonecall to Vic
2. a 30min run
3. eat lots of raw tuna
4. read some japanese text book
5. curse myself for downloading Hayden instead of Haydn.
9/10:
1. i no longer care about the fact that i didn't get paid today.
2. i no longer care about the fact that i didn't get paid today. really. which is why it is liberating.
I was also disappointed at the lack of a posting.
I do not like the idea of eating raw tuna at all. If you can eat that, does it also mean that if you were presented with a freshly caught (maybe even still alive) tuna you could take a bite out of it and eat it?
I do not like the idea of eating raw tuna at all. If you can eat that, does it also mean that if you were presented with a freshly caught (maybe even still alive) tuna you could take a bite out of it and eat it?
I am filled with excitement at the prospect of tasting dog in south korea - i shall be there next month.
If you want, I can try and post dried dog for you. Let me know.
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If you want, I can try and post dried dog for you. Let me know.
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