Sunday, November 13, 2005
Small World
Despite sheltering some 20 million individuals, this city, like the world, is small. I ran into Febvay in Akihabara whilst buying yet another camera, then ran into Rei and Donovan in Shinjuku whilst looking for Belgian bar Frigo. It wasn't hard to convince them to U-turn and go to Frigo too. Donovan was telling stories, at excessive volume, about a guy who complained about his excessive volume. I mean, where was the guy coming from? Rei kept kicking me and stabbing her nails into my knee. Scary. The beer, however, was fantastic. And so are those oversized Hoegaarden glasses. I learnt how to say Hoegaarden in Japanese: Huegaden. The cost is preposterous (circa ten squid for a bottle). That said, i've lost all sense of money being out here. 10,000 Yen (50 quid) is merely a number, and as long as there is cash in my pocket, it gets spent. I *think* I spent a few hundred pounds this weekend. I have no real way of knowing - since it all came from a uncounted wad of paper on my bedside table - the upside of being paid in cash. Japan has taught me, in the most serious of manners, to consume.
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