So recently I found out that the FDA in the United States hasnt approved some of the ingredients available in Europe and Asia, so I decided to pick up some sunscreens. I wasnt sure what some of the ingredients were, so I bought a bunch of different brands.
Unfortunately for me, I should have looked up the words for titanium dioxide and zinc oxide. Most of the brands I bought have those two ingredients. I have no idea if theyre nanoparticles or not.
Met up with Luke, Yuka, and some of Luke’s coworkers. We had some drinks at a bar near Tokyo Station. For dinner I wanted to try Lotteria’s Ramen Burger. For some reason my the ramen on my burger came out dry around the edges. A rectangular strip of chashu on top. There’s also soup (for dipping? Just drinking?). Overall I found the burger to be less than spectacular, but an interesting experience nonetheless.
My dad dragged me out to Kamakura to look at some of the temples there. I got to see the large Buddha statue. My impression of it? Impressive for the people of long time ago, but I feel like its been commercialized. Pay so-and-so amount to enter. Its relatively cheap to get in, but still. I suppose it pays the maintenance fees.
For lunch, we ate at a local restaurant. It took forever to get our meals out. I had a hama-toro-don (浜とろ丼) with raw shirasu, which I think might have been the first time I ate them raw. The shirasu looked like they havent been eating anything recently because it didnt look like they had any guts. A hundreds of dead eyes looking at me… Taste wise, it was meh. Definitely not worth the wait and price.
After looking at the daibutsu, we headed back to Shinjuku to visit the Shinjuku Gyoen. I wanted to go look at the greenhouse, but I was overridden by my dad who wanted to go see the lake.
For dinner we went to Sushi-Zanmai in Tsukiji, where the chains owner bought super expensive bluefin tuna fish at the first auction of this year.
This time it is only going to be a short trip. Im not here for vacation, but for family.
But since I am here, might as well run errands during my free time. I already went to Book Off to get the Japanese version of Fire Emblem: Awakening and the Japanese version of Monster Hunter Portable 3 for the PSP. I also need to carry the two Nintendo 3DSes to get as much Street Pass tags possible for the 2 new panels that were released in the US.
I finally got my hands on my pink Nintendo 3DS LL. I also bought Monster Hunter Tri-G and Bravely Default. I don’t know why I decided to pick them up now since I don’t have the time to play these games. Mostly going to use them to StreetPass.
I’m such a geek.
新年開けましておめでとうございます！お久しぶりですね。Happy New Year! Its been a while since I actually updated my blog. A lot has happened since the last time I actually spent the time to write an entry. I went to Japan, launched a game, and sewn a cute Hello Kitty dress for my niece to name a few things.
Its actually a bit much to be updating all at once, but I cant decide if I should back date or just reflect. I definitely want to write about my trip to Japan.
Speaking of which, I still havent had the chance to finish uploading my pictures from Japan to Flickr, so I cant talk about my trip just yet. There are over 1000 pictures to wade through, and not much free time (a bit because Im lazy, a bit because Im busy at work, and a bit because I go do other things).
Watching the live action Rurouni Kenshin bonus content. I love this movie. Watched it once in Japan at Shinjuku Piccadilly Theater, 1-1/2 times on the airplane home from Japan, and now I have the blu-ray. I loved the ending theme song by One OK Rock (pronounced as one oak rock or ワン・オク・ロック)
Ok, Im finished with my current blabbering. Off to bed!
Some some spamster decided have fun with my blog, so my provider decided to take down my site. Well, I’m back now. Huzzah!
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Woke up this morning at 4 AM to play with the band at the Disney Half-Marathon today. Got my free park hopper ticket to Disneyland. Went to work after eating brunch at IHOP with my friends.