The otaku profile
So you are a self-proclaimed otaku, right? Wanna know if your style fit the nomenclature? A Japanese online polling organization made use of a sample of 1,101 for their survey on what makes someone an otaku based on appearance. The following are the top ten tell-tale signs of a male and a female otaku: MALE OTAKU 1. Anime print T shirt 2 Anime print paper bag 3 Bum bag/fanny pack 4 Wearing a bandana around the head in a hachimaki...
Batang ’80s: Batibot
Remember this, anyone? I learned English from Sesame Street and then learned Filipino from Batibot. Nakaka-miss ang 80’s!
Avenue Q and pron
“Grab your d*ck and double click for pron, pron, pron!” — Trekkie Monster, Avenue Q Haha! Fooled yah! It’s been almost a month since I’ve watched the final performance of Avenue Q Repeat at the RCBC Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, but my head is still full of the experience! You see, ever since I’ve accidentally stumbled on this musical three years ago (I was surfing the Internet for new Broadway...
Spiderman climbs Shinjuku building
Yeah, so I’m a YouTube junkie. What do you expect? I was searching for Spider-Man clips (Batman pa rin the best!) when I found this: If my rusty Nihongo is right, French climber Alain Robert scaled the Shinjuku Center Building (this was in 1998), which was about 230 meters (54 stories) in height. He actually asked an official for permission but when denied, he ran and climbed the wall (barehanded) nevertheless. It took him about...
2008 Rock Festivals
This is to open 2008 with a bang! Here’s a sked of the four major Japan rock festivals for this year. If you have extra tickets/air fare/accommodation/pocket money to spare, email me: florisugoi@gmail.com 😛 Arabaki Rock Festival: April 26-27, Miyagi Fuji Rock Festival: July 25-27, Niigata Rising Sun Rock Festival:August 15-16, Sapporo SETSOCK: July 26-27, Hiroshima There is no line-up yet for the festivals but to give you a...
10th Asian Cartoon Exhibition – The Block
The Japan Foundation Manila and SM Supermalls, in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan, present the 10th Asian Cartoon Exhibition with the theme “Asian Environmental Issues.” The traveling exhibit features 77 works produced by 10 leading cartoonists from Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. For more information, call the Japan Foundation at 811-6155 to 58....