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Post by PigsnieLite on Aug 30, 2010 21:42:25 GMT -5
YOUTUBES OF JAPAN!
Yep, today, my Japanese friend Andy & I were footling around YouTube looking for stuff about Japan becuz he misses the old homestead. Of course, he doesnt remember a thing becuz he hasnt been there since he wuz 2, hahahah! ;D On the other hand, Ive been to Japan 2 or 3 times already. So this are the BEstest YuTubes I found.
A Japanese Pet Cemetery! Very weird becuz it kinda looks like a touristy souvenir shop. I wondur if I can start one here. It would be great to look at pics of dearly departed pets & their mementos in each niche.
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Post by PigsnieLite on Aug 30, 2010 21:50:36 GMT -5
Waaah, the bank just ate my money! Did I also hear it burp?
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Post by PigsnieLite on Aug 30, 2010 22:07:44 GMT -5
How to Use a Japanese Loo! Waahhhh! And believe me, this isnt even one of the high tech thiniges. The one in our hotel plays Mozart when I tinkle.
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Post by sunfrog on Aug 30, 2010 22:58:00 GMT -5
How do you know there are pets in those jars? Are you allowed to peek in other people's jar to see if there's a cat in there? If I threw a stick in that room would all the ghost dogs chase it and knock over the furniture? That would prove the existence of ghosts yeah? What?? That bank has bad manners. Hey that toilet has a bum wash!
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Post by PigsnieLite on Aug 31, 2010 2:10:19 GMT -5
The pets are in the elaborately wrapped Christmussy looking boxes. They haf all been cremated. Each of them haf that granite looking marker too. I think its sweet that you can put their toy next to their photo. And theres dogs & cats & birds in there too. (Ive been to a pet cemetery in Hokkaido.)
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Post by PigsnieLite on Sept 2, 2010 21:39:33 GMT -5
An Old Timey Japanese soba restaurant I haf actually visited! The thing they are grating is fresh wasabi, which is super hot to taste & make my eyes water. This is a lovely place, especially as it is surrounded by foresty view all around, and those gorgeous wet stone paths leading to the gardens.
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Post by sunfrog on Sept 2, 2010 23:45:17 GMT -5
Do people live in that restaurant? Why are there so many kids there? Do they have chicken nuggets? Does it ever get cold in Japan? How can they exist without walls?
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Post by PigsnieLite on Sept 3, 2010 1:20:27 GMT -5
The restaurant owners probably live elsewhere. This house isnt really without walls -- a lot of them are just slid back, you know, like sliding walls. I didnt notice a lot of kids and this is a soba restaurant, which means their specialty is handmade noodles. As for the weather, they do have wintur and it does snow but I dont think tey have very may blizzurds.
From the hilarious food movie TAMPOPO. Advice of a Ramen Master!
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Post by PigsnieLite on Sept 6, 2010 4:07:49 GMT -5
A homey sushi party! Its a very lovely old fashioned house, I must say. Pleasantly gloomy just like my granmas old place in the Philippines.
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Post by sunfrog on Sept 6, 2010 10:59:10 GMT -5
Why do Japanese have such thin walls? Why! I don't like it. It confuses me. Haven't they heard of insulation? Isn't it a miserable existence to live in a thin walled house? Do Japanese have any hearty soups? Their soups are too thin. Do all Japanese have mercury poisoning from the fish they eat?
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Post by PigsnieLite on Sept 6, 2010 12:07:31 GMT -5
Only Western houses haf insulation. Most houses in the world have nothing of the sort. And mercury in fishies isnt very common anymore. Lookeee .. Cool Thai houses on the Water! No insulation! Lovely! And where did they get that spaniel they're washing as if it were a precious object?
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Post by PigsnieLite on Sept 6, 2010 12:35:51 GMT -5
The type of house Pigsnie intends to build someday in Thailand, where he intends to retire. He's already bought the property on the river. And there wil be a room in there for me too, I imagine. Heh.
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Post by Avril on Sept 6, 2010 16:39:48 GMT -5
Ooh, then you can come visit us in Sydney. Thailand's not far. Though our house then will not be nearly as magnificent and beautiful as this tranquil sanctuary. (Avril wonders whether her retirement home will have a tree or two.)
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Post by PigsnieLite on Sept 6, 2010 21:48:37 GMT -5
I jest thought of something... do Thai rivurs haf a mosquito problem? Maybe I should start collecting those mosquito rings one throws in the water to kill mosky spawn. Do you know thAT this type of Thai house is actually a group of small well-built huts surrounding a compound? So technically, a hut could actually be a bedroom suite! You could live in a guest hut! Ooohhhhhh.
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Post by Avril on Sept 7, 2010 7:09:06 GMT -5
Are you offering to provide an exotic retirement home for a well behaved retired actor and a disgracefully miss-behaving former therapist/author?
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