The Japanese “balsa”
Three brave (to the point of loony?) Japanese women from Niigata prefecture have successfully crossed the 60 km width of Sado Straits from Sado to Honshu. So what’s sugoi about this? They did it by paddling in an old fashioned wooden tub each. Just to commemorate a local tale of a woman named Omitsu who paddled her way from Sado to Kashiwazaki to see her lover. Photo from Mainichi Daily News More of the story from Mainichi Daily...
Open call for Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 3
All budding writers out there, this may be one interesting bit of news for you: Open call for Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol. 3 Dean Alfar is now accepting submissions of short fiction pieces for consideration for the anthology Philippine Speculative Fiction Vol.3. Speculative fiction is the literature of wonder that spans the genres of fantasy, science fiction, horror and magic realism or falls into the cracks in-between. 1. Only...
This square pakwan is no loser
The link was sent to my via email by a friend who is a Youtube.com addict. S/He prefers to remain anonymous. 😛 Huwaaat? Yep, a Japanese farmer from Kagawa prefecture started growing this square pakwan about twenty years ago by encasing these watermelons in cube shaped glasses while they are still on the vine. If you want one, just prepare 13,000-15,000 Yen (about 6,500 to 7,500 pesos) plus airfare.
A different take on Nana Day
If Datenshi chose to report the event, I choose to blog it. Datenshi already gave you the important details of what happened at the Nana Day Philippines. “So what are you doing here?” you ask. Just putting my piso worth. Uh-huh, I know… as if it would matter! Well, one thing I learned last Saturday was to not cram activities in one afternoon. I attended a birthday booze-out in Makati before heading out to Music Venue, Metrowalk....
No Unimaginative Puns Here
Just woke up and I’m not in the mood to start off our mini-write up on International NANA day Philippines with an unimaginative pun like “We had a BLAST!”. -_- Seriously though, we really had a great time last night. The venue was nice and the bands really rocked the house with both punk rock (for Black Stones) and pop rock (for Trapnest). Sourei kicked off the event at exactly 7:07pm with rose by ANNA inspi’...
It’s Transformers time!
In time for the opening of the movie Transformers tomorrow, I am linking to eva_guy01’s account of his escapades as a Decepticon. Original photo from eva_guy01’s livejournal account Teeth for Eyes. Resized by Flori for this post. For more Transformers cosplay fun, click HERE.