Do-it-yourself Voodoo
If anyone knows where to buy this, let me know and I’ll do one ritual for you, free of charge. Ushinokokumairi – or the Japanese version of the voodoo practice – is just one kit away, and costs roughly Php 5,500 (11,000 yen). Actually, we’re really harmless. Photo courtesy of: Juergen Specht According to Juergen Specht’s site, the basic Ushinokokumairi home kit includes the straw doll (wara ningyo), a...
O tanjoubi omedetou, Flori-chan!
The Sugoi Staff greets Flori-chan a sugoi happy birthday. May you have many more to come! Spartan Government Warning: Age disclosure is dangerous to your knees. Bawal lumuhod: nakamamatay.
Next Attraction: Sugoi Day Saturday recap
We will be featuring a series of articles on our Sugoi Day Saturday trip around the metro. Here’s a list of what to expect: Manga Kissa 10 feature Okonomiyaki food trip Comments upon reviews upon more comments on 300 (movie) A top secret special project in the works. It was a really a Sugoi Day all in all and we’d be featuring more or less blow-by-blow accounts. In the meantime, site editors are all recuperating from...
USB + Face Mask = Clean Air…de aru?
If you think people who wear face masks in public looks kinda weird and suspicious, wait until you see this USB-powered air cleaner face mask being sold in Japan! Roughly priced at around 2, 480 Yen, anyone can just plug the USB to his pc or laptop and wear the mask. Presto! Clean, pollen-free air! The mask has air vents that clean the air and blow them in the mask. It makes it a lot easier(and cleaner) to breathe. Plus the silicone...
The Great Firewall of China
China has been notorious for blocking certain websites to be viewed within their territory. (Being people very sensitive regarding censorship.) If you have a website, there is now a nifty way of knowing if your site is blocked or not in their country. Just so if you’re travelling there, you might wanna know if you will see your own site or not. The Great Firewall of China. The name is very appropriate if I do say so myself. And...