Fri - July 13, 2007

Riot on University Ave.?!


I first thought so for a moment...
A few blocks of the street were blocked. No was allowed to walk in; let alone drive in. Burnt down stuff was on the street here and there...


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Mon - July 9, 2007

Guess what I received from my dentists?!


I referred a friend to my dentists, and received a Baskin Robbins $2.00 certificate.
I was like what?!
Well, I haven't seen my dentists for a while because I haven't had any cavity.
Do they wish I will get a cavity soon?!



I just need to brush my teeth after eating ice cream. :)
This certificate is cool.

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Sun - June 3, 2007

Flattened out gyoza


A new Japanese ramen restaurant was opened nearby and I went there to try their ramen.
Actually I have been there a few times already. Their miso ramen and shio ramen are good.
But I was a little amused by their gyoza. It's like gyoza was smashed by a wood board, or rammed down by a fist.
The taste? It was weird to me...



A view from the top.


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Mon - April 23, 2007

Easter Egg in the Google Map Directions?!



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Thu - March 29, 2007

eNoodle


It's been kind of popular to name a business entity or type of business starting with a "e".
I saw this Chinese noodle place called "eNoodle". What the heck is that?! I had a chance to walk in there and have their e-noodle. It was just regular noodle, but the taste was good.


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Fri - March 16, 2007

Sandal Stake


BJ's, a beer brewery restaurant in Cupertino, has a sandal stake on their menu. It's not called sandal steak, of course, but it actually looks like a zouri. If we put a couple of strings on, it'd become a zouri!


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Wed - March 7, 2007

Packaging


This is a common usual way to package products that are sold here. It takes time and effort to get the product out of it. The plastic is so thick that cutting with scissors needs effort and sometimes hurts my hand. People just don't pay attention to it and make it better... it's been like this for years!


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Sun - February 25, 2007

Watching pro-wrestling matches in a Mexican restaurant


I've found a really good Mexican restaurant nearby. Their Menudo is the best so far!
They have a TV set, and it often shows pro-wrestling matches and soccer games. Pro-wrestling matches are so entertaining. Contenders wearing colorful costumes jump around and fall around.


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Sat - February 17, 2007

Fixing the aftertaste of the Starbucks coffee?!


It is in the heart of the business mind to make more profit, but... Having had Starbucks coffee, we want to fix the aftertaste with cinnamon gum.



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Tue - February 6, 2007

Melon Soda


If you put some vanilla ice cream on top of this, it's called Cream Soda in Japan. Is it called Float in the US?



The color is so artificial, and it looks so unhealthy. I didn't think Japan had this kind of drinks, but they do.
Here is my post about American candies.
Does green increase appetite?

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Thu - January 18, 2007

Give me a shot of Sencha!


I found this drink at the Family Mart store in Pasadena when I drove down to Southern California last month.
It contains 152 mg of catechin. I don't what that is good for. Of course, I could look it up on Wikipedia.


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Sun - December 31, 2006

Nenmatsu, the end of the year


I guess it is the last day of the year today. I feel that it is just one of those regular weekends.
I wish you all have a Happy New Year!

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Sat - December 30, 2006

Gingerbread House


I wonder if this is popular only in the US or elsewhere. Gingerbread houses were showcased at the lobby of Fairmont Hotel for Christmas. I saw some glue being used!


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Mon - November 27, 2006

Excuse me? Is this Sushi?!


I found these "Sushi" rolls at the nearby Safeway store sometime ago. The label states "SUSHI SUMMER ROLL". Are these Sushi? No matter how I looked at it, it looked like the Spring Rolls that I sometimes order in my favorite Vietnam restaurants.



I wonder if any rolls are called Sushi. If that's the case, wouldn't Mexican Burrito be called GIANT AUTUMN SUSHI ROLL?

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Thu - November 9, 2006

Clean Air Vehicle sticker


If your vehicle can do better than some gas milage, you will get this sticker on your car and be allowed to drive in the carpool lane even you're by yourself. But "CLEAN AIR" is not true.



Hybird cars use gasoline and produces exhaust gas. The millage is only a little better than Civics and Corollas.
What to do with the huge batteries after they are done?!

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Mon - November 6, 2006

Burger King, small coke...


I went to a Burger King within a week after having come back to the US. I didn't plan to go there. I was driving my car early in the morning, and saw a Burger King on my right. A few moments later, I found myself parking my car in their parking lots. I guess I was wanting something that could let me feel I am in the US. I hadn't been to a Burger King for several years. It would be one of the last places to go for something to fill my stomach.

The small size Coke looks like a large size Coke you'd get in Japan.



I am going to be used to this again. The size of their burgers seems smaller than what they had more than ten years ago.

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Tue - October 17, 2006

appetite-losing name for a Sushi restaurant


If you have exposed to a good amount of Japanese culture in Japan, you know the majority of Japanese people don't want to go to a Sushi restaurant with this kind of name with expectation of good quality sushi. Oh, this is only my opinion. (If you like this place, that's good.) Do they want to say SUSHI LoveR or Love youR SUSHI?
If someone buys me a lunch, I may try.


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Mon - October 9, 2006

What is it that is hanging from the room mirror?


A friend of mine parked his car and I was in the passenger's seat. I looked at the car next to us, and found out this black thing was hanging from the back mirror. Is it supposed to be a decoration? Or was it left there after... that?


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Fri - October 6, 2006

There is no such as a safe cigarette...


I wonder who doesn't know...



I found this statement in the cigarette box that a friend had. Is it new understanding?

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Mon - October 2, 2006

What kind of candy is this...


I went to Blockbuster to rent some movies. I found these candies when I was in the line. I am surprised to see the colors. People eat so much additives.



First, I thought they are some kind of glue.

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Sun - May 28, 2006

Horiemon's book on sale! (Chinese version)


I was so surprised to see this book about Horiemon at a Chinese bookstore nearby. I wonder if the owner of the bookstore knows what Horiemon did and he has been in an huge trial... He was the CEO of Livedoor in Japan. Hey, the title of the book is New Capitalism in Horiemon's style. I wonder what it is, but he shouldn't have broken the laws...



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Thu - April 27, 2006

Don't be shy... Negative ion hair dryer


I came across this product, a negative ion hair dryer.



What's funny is what's written on the box...

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Tue - February 14, 2006

Plastic eraser with lots of corners


When we are working on a blue print or that sort of stuff, we can easily erase only the part we want to erase with a corner.



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Mon - January 30, 2006

Thumb Ring


This may be useful. As I drink my coffee with my left hand, I can hold my book with my right hand.



Here is the original article .

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Thu - January 26, 2006

Snow Frog Cream Stewed...


I found a little about the Snow Frog Cream Stewed. It has frog eggs. I didn't try it, but the way I was told reminded me of salmon roes.

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Sun - January 22, 2006

Snow Frog Cream Stewed...


It seems that Chinese desserts are getting popular in the Bay Area. Although I am not Chinese, I know at least 7 places that are open till midnight on weekends. I went to one of the places in San Mateo, and found this item on the menu. I have no idea what the snow frog cream stewed... Is it Cantonese slung?


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Sun - January 15, 2006

Takoyaki memory and shumai memory


A few days ago, I put links to SolidAlliance's products, Sake memory and Sushi memory. Someone replied with their other products. I wonder how useful this spaghetti is.


I like the Takoyaki and Shumai.


Here their page is.

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Thu - January 12, 2006

Sake memory & sushi memory


Computer goods are getting fashionable. The iPods and accessories are no doubt. I found these USB memories online.
If you have to have a Sake bottle even at work, this may be for you... Sake USB Kara, but it's empty! (kara means empty), and these are for Sushi lovers... SushiDisk

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Fri - December 30, 2005

Some 400,000 people space-travle to Pluto?!


In January or February, some 400,000 signed up people are space-traveling to Pluto...not! Their names are going there after over 9 year trip. The sign-up was over, and now we can search whose names are going here. Of course, scientists like Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton are on the list. I found the current chairman of China is on it, but Bush is not.

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Wed - November 30, 2005

Make your dog patriotic!


I saw this dog underwear in Carmel, CA sometime ago.

If we see a dog wearing this underwear, we could probably assume the owner is wearing human version of it. On the beach in summer, we might see a dog wearing this walked by a woman wearing bikini with the stars and stripes!

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Wed - November 16, 2005

Isn't this fried vegitables rather than fried noodles?


I was hungry and bought a yakisoba, fried noodles with some vegitables, but I was like, "Isn't this fried vegitables with some little noodles?". Maybe this is what yakisoba is in the U.S. served by Japanese Americans. Nahh. They probably know it's not.
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Sat - November 5, 2005

How tight do we want to park a car?


One could think America is a big country and space is not an issue, but it is certainly an issue in the San Francisco Bay Area.

I saw these vehicles in the shopping mall parking lot. Look at how close they are to each other! The spots are for compact cars, but this big van is sitting there.

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Tue - October 25, 2005

Sushi soap


This is an old entry from my previous BLOG. Sometime in this Spring, I went to a Japanese festival held at a park in Cupertino, CA. Cupertino is where the Apple headquarters is. There was a booth selling soaps and other stuff along with many other booths.

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Sun - October 9, 2005

Honda kicked Toyota out of the race


The Toyota F-1 team is better than the Honda F-1 team this year. I guess Honda has much more experience in F-1, and they are so much aiming to be No. 1 again. (They were the best in the late 80's to early 90's with McLaren.) Then, Toyota joined F-1 a few years ago and already surpassed Honda. I guess Honda is so pissed off. They even pushed the Toyota car out of the race at the Suzuka Grand Prix.

Well, it was just an incident.

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Tue - October 4, 2005

Doesn't this look like the Japanese Post Office symbol?


I didn't know the Japanese Post Office is making money by exporting post office chop sticks!

I got these at a near-by Vietnamese restaurant.

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Sun - October 2, 2005

American celebrities in TV commercials in Japan


Not many people know that Hollywood celebrities make some cash by appearing in TV commercials in Japan. NIcholas Cage , our governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jodie Foster , and many more are so popular. Some of the TV commercials are so funky and funny.
Check out this web site !

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Sat - October 1, 2005

Japanese fan with American flag


I found this Japanese fan in San Francisco Japantown. It draws a little attention that American flag is used in all kinds of product here in the US. I think I saw dog underwear designed with American flag...

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