Here they are.

1 week in. Time for a list of remarkable things as I did back in 2006

1. Summers in Japan are CRAZY HOT!!!!! And I’m not talking SAHARA hot….noooo..I mean effin Mercuries HOT!! Just sitting in a tee already makes you transpire, let alone if you walk to the station. Japan has air conditioners everywhere, although some shops put their airco just a little under freeze temperature, and I prefer to stay away from those shops, definitely not healthy.

2. Cicadas make a shitload of noise. Since it’s summer, apparently Japan’s nastiest creatures crawl out of their holes….Cockroaches and Cicadas. Luckily for me them cockroaches don’t appear in masses. Cicadas however do. 1 cicada makes as much sound as a passing truck. Just imagine 10. It’s like a freakin horror movie, buzzzing grasshoppers sound in your head.

3. The food is simply amazing…as usual. Sushi, Ramen, Donbouri, Sashimi for now with the hot weather, but I will not be able to resist Shabushabu, Yakiniku or Ommurice for long!! Already getting hungry.

4. Gyaru’s used to be cute. Now they are getting really really annoying with their stupid voice!! There are loads of female clothing shops here in Osaka, and every time you pass a store 3 of those girls welcome you with the simple word ‘Irashaimase’ (which means ‘welcome’). And not just short. Noooo way. It goes like* “Irashaimaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee”. Clinging on the LAST E and slowly raising the tone. Now imagine that and imagine 3 girls saying that in a ECHO. I’ll try to get some sound samples for you as soon as possible.

5. Summer means a lot of festivals here in Japan, can’t wait to visit one. The first one will be a firework festival next week.

6. Trains run smoothly as ever. Japans public transport system is still by far, THE BEST I have used until now.

7. [scarface voice]Die you cockroaches! DIE!!![/scarface voice]

8. Can’t buy a keitai (mobilephone) anymore as a gaijin. Really need the gaijin-card or a Japanese resident with an ID to help me buy one. This sucks, as you all know I love to twitter.

9. Got a wireless connection on my laptop, but I can’t seem to connect to internet in Japan, it seriously sucks!! (Now using my girls computer the whole time, she dont like)

10. I feel a bit disappointed that my photography is lacking lately. It’s actually because of this heat! Just doesn’t feel comfortable to shoot with this heat!

Lots of complaints?? Maybe so, but that doesn’t take away that I really really f*cking love to be here!!

The answer:

w00t w00t.

Hapiness and joy. My mind is filled with it right now. I left saturday to secretly visit my girlfriend 10000 miles away in Osaka. What a mission. But a succesfull one that is.

The start of the trip was quite a pain in the ass tho. 20 minutes before boarding, some idiot from the cargo bumped his ride into our airplane which caused a hole in the rear of the plane. Thus…..flight cancelled. At this point my mind was seriously going insane and I was about to strangle somebody.

We had to go back to the desk of the chartercompany for a solution. I had to wait 3 hours in line before they could finally help me. And help me they did. There was a KLM flight going to Osaka directly and it was leaving in 20 minutes. This meant I didn’t have to change planes in Helsinki and I could arrive 2 hours earlier. w00t. Lucky Unlucky!

Anyways I am finally back in Japan, back with the girl I love and looking forward to show you my trip. Taken pictures until now…: 0. Hah just didn’t find time to get to it, but trust me, it will come :D.

Just a little sidenote. Japanese summers are HOT. 32 degrees right now and sometimes a little TOO hot. But at least I can finally feel the summer again.

Yay today marks my 100th post in my photolog!

The image however is like 2 years old! The previous idea I had for the 100th shot was quite more complicated and a lot more work than I imagined.

I love the photolog, but I am currently really addicted to flickr.com. Really impressed with some kickass photographers out there.

*opens a heineken*

Cheers!

Errrr not exactly

Read the full scoop ere

thnx to WAN

Last year there was a rumor on the net about a possible live action movie production for the famous Dragonball series. That rumor was confirmed 6 ago. Today and to my shock I have come across the sneak poster for the movie…

SHOCKED?? I am. Do you see any resemblance between the real life Goku and the original Goku??

But I will enjoy this even if its crap

Stumbled on a link to piclens today over at Sushicam. Piclens is a wicked plugin that allows you to give a full virtual 3d control over sites like Flickr and youtube. I’d suggest you install firefox and download your copy of piclens. Enjoy iet

After unlocking my flickr account last week, I’ve been thinking about signing up for a flickr pro account. In fact I didn’t have much of a choice as the pro accounts unlocks all limitations. Thus I signed up for 2 years and I’ve immediately began uploading all my pictures to the site.

Check my photostream here

Add me or send a link to your photostream in the comments.

ps: Tonight the final between Germany and Spain. w00t!!! I hope a 3-0 victory for Spain.heh