July 2008
49 posts
A Saturday cruise in NYC →
Louis Vuitton Future Tokyo Flagship. Looks like I... →
Furoshiki :: techniques →
Furoshiki is a type of traditional Japanese wrapping cloth that was frequently used to transport clothes, gifts, or other goods. As a great substitute to using plastic bags. Not only is the Furoshiki environmentally friendly, but it is also more attractive than a plastic bag.
WatchCulture Day - Bangkok
Visiting What Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), the Grand Palace, and Wat Pho(Temple of the Reclining Buddha)
Please skim the history of each of these Buddha’s
Emerald Buddha wiki
Reclining Buddha wiki
WatchPhi Phi Islands - Phuket
WatchPictures from Kata Beach, Phuket
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The Great Palace and Reclining Buddha
The Great Palace and surrounding shrines are like nothing I have ever seen before. How people were able to construct such massive buildings and still care about such finite detail and perfection just seems impossible. Yes, some of the building do have the feel of a teenagers perfectly bedazzled cell phone on a much grander scale, it is the massive scale that makes it all the more impressive. ...
Bangkok
Wow, this place is huge with traffic that stalls all exploration twenty-four hours a day. There is a river that knifes through the city, and it’s recommended to take out same loving long-tail boats around as much as possible when ever you can. Luckily our hotel is right on the river, which makes it an even better option. Speaking of hotels, this is my favorite of the trip by far. Were staying...
Bangla Street - Phuket’s Red Light District
If you turn a certain corner off Patong Beach you find yourself in a very scary place, the red light of Puket. It’s scary not only because who knows what shows and acts hide themselves in these streets, its scary because the women are even numbered to the ladyboys, and it’s a bit of a game walking the streets trying to decide which is which. You begin to question your judgment, which is not a...
The Tailor
Being the naïve and ambitious crew we are, we felt like an inexpensive suit is always a good suit and that we had to at least give it a shot. Phuket has an unexpected number tailors, all doing probably par to sub par work for a very inexpensive price. Not the place I would get my next business attire wardrobe, but I’ll get something I won’t mind being awful and just hope for the best. In the...
Phuket and Phi Phi Islands
From the Full Moon Party we yearned for some normalcy and a bit of relaxation and was at least delivered on one of those items. Off we went to Phuket, an island of Thailand with some amazing sights and is truly best as a jumping point to the even smaller neighboring islands. Phuket also has quite the showy underbelly though, “ladyboys”. Literally transvestites and they have some how found their...
Why We Still Need the iPhone App Black Market →
Once I get back home, I will definitely be breaking my iPhone back open
Koh Phangan - The Full Moon Party
I’m sadly writing this one update late (maybe two) but wanted to keep the friends and family in the know. After Singapore, the merry men of J, A, and I set off from the couple to Koh Phangan. Koh Phangan is probably very well known for their beautiful stretching beaches and secluded bungalows. Somehow over the years it has also taken the claim of a very unique attribute, The Full Moon Party. ...
WatchThe Singapore Zoo
WatchSentosa Island, Singapore
WatchPicture time! These are pictures from our first day in Singapore, enjoy
Tape delay from Singapore.
There are two reasons I was really good at getting out updates from Tokyo. One, I had free high speed internet in my room, haven’t since. Two, it was my one time of the day to only think in english, kept me sane-ish.
So, now I am finishing up my third destination and haven’t posted anything about my second. I’ll try to fire through.
First, I am finally travelling with some...
WatchLast couple pics of Tokyo from the iPhone. More pics from SIngapore to come, traveling with Kawahara’s means the personal photographers are here.
...there will be more
It was a pleasure to meet you Tokyo, I feel this trip was a bit of an interview. Merely putting a face to the name and hoping for much success and continued communication in the future.
Top three moments.
Taking in the glory and spirituality of the Giant Buddha of Kamakuru.
Digging through the backstreets of Harajuku all on my own and living the day like a true Tokoyite getting everywhere by...
Tokyo's final chapter
The last 24 hours of Tokyo flew by, but I still really feel like I made the most of them. After coming back from Kamakura I headed towards Aoyama, another cool young area. This is also the area where many people consider to be their favorite retail building of Tokyo, the Prada store. It bubbles and flexes in a very impressive manner, but I don’t think it touches the Bapexclusive of the same...
WatchPictures from Akiharaba (The Electric Town) and Kamakura
WatchPictures of my Tokyo arrival and Harajuku
Harajuku
Harajuku was one part Soho and one part LES.
The main drag has obviously lost it’s “cool” movement and been absolutely over run by the throngs of tourists and high end designers botuiques just as Soho is today. But if your bold and brave enough to venture deep into the into the neighborhood and past the Gucci, LV, and Dolce is a bit of the LES true hard to find uniqueness. ...
Amazing stuff so far
First, I have a mess of photos to upload, but Google is killing me right now. Basically their batch uploader is on the fritz, so till that works, sumi-masen (sorry).
Last night I finally got all situated and checked in around 6 and felt I could either plan for the next hour or just get myself out there and hope for the best. I knew my hotel was close to things I was hoping to see, so I...
First Impressions
Where am I?!
It really hit me getting off the plane that this is the first time I have ever travelled/stayed an entire city trip 100% alone. Combine that with the fact I am as far away from “home” as I have ever been and completely alone in a world that uses a foreign language as their preferred form of communication. I am not a person overcome with more nervousness than excitement,...
Pandora iPhone 2.0 app + iPod stereo = amazing and...
So lovely.
No adds, constant flow of new music, all over your already configured and set up stereo that you built around your iPod.
Note, this is just using this new stereo I recently purchased, no clue about all stereos…
Meatpacking District Quarantine Plan [End Days] →
WatchSeriously, I can watch these SNL celebrity Jeopardy sketches a thousand times and laugh harder each one.
“Yeah that’s right, Turd Ferguson, it’s a funny name”
“That categorie is about French phrases…so let’s just skip it”
Japan's 10 Most Popular Tourist Attractions -... →
Mental note….
To any of my readers, I will be travelling to Asia from July 11th to early August. Posts may be sporadic but hopefully I get to add to the jitle.
Yamaha Tenori-on: everything you wanted to know... →
"Super Cells"! Single Celled Organisms that can... →
Get cracking scientists!
