So i have been without internet ever since i moved into my new place. Hopefully i should be getting it sometime within the next few weeks, so you can expect somewhat regular posting following that.
With the new transitions that i have gone through recently (starting a career, moving to another country, moving away from my family and friends, learning a new culture and language, etc) i have found myself being very reflective in my spare time. Today I got home from my fourth day of work and started searching the internet as usual. While doing so, i downloaded VMware, and Ubuntu-server. I stumbled upon a blog that basically was about how to find what you want to accomplish in life, what one’s life dream may be, and how to realize it.
... ➦Happy New Years! or Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu!
I left for shibuya ~11 and got there ~11:20. I was surprised at the lack of people. I read that new years eve is treated as Christmas eve in the states. This makes sense why koji went with his parents to an onsen. On the other hand i saw several videos of shibuya in years past and it didnt seem as empty.
Well ~11:35 people started showing up in swarms. I got many pictures and a video as it turned new years. However, i have no means to transfer to them to my computer. Expect them up in 1-3 days.
... ➦Looking through an old copy of PC Magazine from December 1999 (dont ask me why i had it), i found this and thought it was hilarious.
Never really thought of GeForce as a bad name.
I purchased Fallout 3 the day it came out. I had not heard much about the game other than a recommendation from a friend who has played the entire Fallout series and thought that i would like it. The point that persuaded me was when i was told by another friend that it uses the Oblivion engine. I became addicted to Oblivion when it came out and was excited for a game with similar play and feel but otherwise totally different.
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Umbrellas – I am not sure if the weather has been surprisingly good or just normal while I have been here, but Japanese surely have a use for umbrellas. It has only really rained for two days out of my trip which has been ten days so far. I guess I never noticed until it actually rained, but in front of every shop, office, or restaurant there are umbrella stands. If they don’t have stands to put your umbrellas in, then they have disposable plastic umbrella bags to put your umbrella in so that it won’t drip. When you exit the establishment there is a trash for these bags. I was always interested to see how the crossing at shibuya station would be when it was raining and everyone had umbrellas. I got to see that several days ago, and it was quite interesting. While traversing the crowded sidewalks people would move their umbrellas every which way to avoid colliding with a passerby. Another note; American golf umbrellas would never work here. If you had one I am sure you would piss off a lot of people very quickly by taking up so much space.
... ➦The plane ride – I arrived at the airport around 11:45 for a 2:10 flight. I wanted to get there early so that in case I encountered any setbacks they would not delay my trip. Everything went surprisingly smooth. I checked my luggage in 15 minutes and found my gate in another 5. This left me with roughly two hours to wait until I left. I passed time by reading and listening to music. I boarded the plane and sat down, I was ready for a lot of sitting, but 13 hours in one place is just ridiculous. They served dinner; I had a nice beef dish, a mid flight snack, a ham sandwich, and breakfast, my last American meal, eggs, potatoes, and sausage. The only thing that saved me from the boredom was the three in-flight movies. First was Leatherheads, then What Happens in Vegas, and finally and more stereotypically, Speedracer. Why not just sleep you may ask? Well when going to a foreign country for the first time, I don’t care how emotionless one may be, the excitement and anxiousness takes over.
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So SPORE has been out about a week now, and there is plenty of buzz about the game. Unfortunately, most of this is due to the DRM. The game can only be installed on 3 PCs. Now I am no fan of DRM, but that did not sway me not to purchase this game. I have installed it on my desktop and my laptop. I do not know what else I would install it on. With all the buzz I am positive that EA will rid of the DRM in time.
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