danieru in tokyo
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Create Rap Music Cuz I Never Dug Disco
So, in the last few weeks, i have:
- had my sisters over for 2 weeks, and spent one week of that travelling the country with them. photos soon, on flickr.
- got into a mountain of work at work
- started going t the gym at lunchtime and have more free time to go out in the evening
I can't remember much of what happened when Anthea & Karena were here, but at least i have the photos.
A Japan-only moment: I came into work today to move a server from one datacentre to the other. So i power it off, go upstairs, watch the datacentre guys unrack it and give it to the courier guys to box it. There were about 5 courier guys in total, 4 young, and one old guy. Guess who was doing all the work? So I turned around to the datacentre guys and said: I feel bad. There are so many young people watching this old guy do all the heavy lifting.
There were two responses from the datacentre guys, one of which was Phillipino and one which was Japanese.
Philipino guy says: Yes, it's bad, it's heavy.
Japanese guy says: They let him do it, because he is very skilled.
Anyway, this week has been good so far. Saturday, went to Andy's place (i dont know any andys', but this is the name of a bar) to meet some guys with Anthea, the day before she flew out. We all had a great time, and I met two more republicans. Now I'm fed up of meeting republicans, and want to meet someone who was in the banking industry 20 years ago, in Tokyo. I want to hear stories. The Dot Com madness that we saw was not even 1/10 of what these guys experienced. Maybe 1/100th.
Sunday: Brazilian thing
Monday: Mysterious, Shinjuku
Tuesday: Public holiday. BBQ followed by karaoke
Wednesday: Climbing
Thursday: Drinks with Matt... soon.
At the bbq i met a Japanese guy who lived in Italy for 4 years, to train as a chef. He is now Italian. He dresses Italian, curses Italian, speaks English with an Italian accent, and, of course, is misogynistic. We both complained about Japanese women: Beautiful, but lacking passion.
So i'm enjoying life. Right now, I want to get a permanent job, and just stay in Japan. Really. Why should I go back?
Friday, March 03, 2006
Yesterday
I had a few beers with the Russians after work. Vitaly told me about how he searched for his name on the internet, and found his ex-wife, having not contacted her for 14 years. She's kept his name, and is selling hunting dogs over the net. So he got in touch, and told me about an old Russian proverb "Time heals". Some things are human, not Russian. Some people's alcohol tolerance level is human, not Russian, so I scooted off to Shibuya.
I was running late, which is good, because back home I really care about timing. Nowadays, I just can't seem to be ontime. Anyway, 300 yen coin bar, blah blah blah, and Dipesh calls me. It's been 6 months since I've left the UK, and I'm starting to like the way that the people who stay in touch can be counted on a few fingers. I guess there are some people in your life you will never let go of. Everyone else is just there to pad out the spaces between meeting those few. Told him about all the Maybachs' and Brabus' that i've been seeing, and now he's keen on coming over to visit. It'll never materialize, but it's good to know that he'd like to. I got castigated for not bothering to learn Japanese. I guess. Hmm. when I come back from holiday.
Went to one of those small bars in Shibuya after that, which was about 2m squared in size, and met a British dancer guy on tour here who is ethnic Korean, but has a Japanese haircut. He was entertaining, and i'm not sure why. Went back to Ikebukuro with him and Matt, and they got a few more drinks at an Izakaya. I gave up the ghost about 3am, and slept through my alarm. Made it to work an hour late. Oops.
Entertainment on the metro this morning, as some sweaty guy stands up, drops his trousers, draws all attention by coughing loudly, and proceeds to give himself a thorough scratch and tickle. Then spends two stops adjusting his trousers, and sits back down. I was laughing, most people were just doing there Metro Manners and staring at the floor. Unreal.
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