Quick disclaimer. I have nothing against white people, and it is not meant to be racist or anything. Also quality isnt that great, prolly need to tweak the settings.

Also I went to Madame Tussauds today the pics are on my facebook here:

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If you are a gamer or internet geek you might be aware of the phrase “The Cake is a Lie”. If not, then never mind. Today I bring to you a new truth, “The reflection is a lie!”

I would like to quickly share a weird/dumb thing that I think about sometimes. I remembered it after I got home from the gym yesterday.

So I was at the gym, and if you have spent any time in a gym you know that there are big mirrors everywhere. I walked up to the mirror and started doing some muscle man poses. It felt pretty good. I looked at my reflection and thought to myself, “Yup, I am a few steps away from reaching incredible hulk status”.

I went home later that day and did the same pose in front of the mirror in my house.

Hmm, not quite the same effect. I looked skinnier than a 9 year old school girl…

I bought a few pair of jeans last week. If you are in Japan then no doubt you would have heard of a 24 hour shop called JeansMate. I am pretty sure the mirrors there made me look a bit slimmer and taller. But that’s what clothes shops do right? They have those mirrors to try to make you look better in the clothes and trick you into buying them.

I then went to a bathroom, looked at the mirror and felt sad because my eyes were not parallel. It looked like the left one was 2 or 3cm below the right @_@

It kinda makes me wonder what % of mirrors in the world can actually give you a 100% true representation of what you look like. Or are all the mirrors the same and it’s just the angles and lights? Any mirror experts in the house?

Anyway moving on swiftly!!

So over the next few months I might be doing a bit of travelling. I am planning a super last minute trip to Thailand for a few days around the 18^th of next month. I probably will end up going. But it won’t be decided till literally the last minute. I am also planning a trip to Okinawa to a friend’s wedding in September and a trip back home in December.

I have never actually been to a wedding before. Apparently in Japan you have to pay about 30,000 yen (300usd) as a wedding gift if you attend.

At first I was pretty excited about going. People always say that Okinawa is like Hawaii. But after doing some math and adding up money for the plane ticket, wedding money, hotel money, food money, spending money and money for a pimp suit and pimp hat for the ceremony I am starting to worry about how much of a dent this 4-5 day trip is going put on my wallet. The dude is a cool guy and everything, but I might I just have to plead ignorance and not pay any wedding money LOL.

Or I can just be responsible, not go and save myself a ton of money…. But I really wanna go …:(

Sigh, decisions, decisions @_@

Anybody been to Thailand or Okinawa before? Summer is coming yo. Where is everybody going? Or are people calling off their holidays because of the credit crunchers?

Based on my past experience of going to a gym in Japan I knew that there would be a lot of people staring at me and wanting to poke me. Especially the old folk. Here in Japan there are 70 year old dudes at the gym pumping iron. Pretty impressive seeing that where I’m from most people that age are circling the drain on their last legs…

There was this one dude who seemed to be there every time I went. He looked like one of those busy bodies that knew everybody. He was always talking to a different person. He tried to nod his head and smile at me a few times but I just pretended that I couldn’t see him.

I know his type well. He is looking for an icebreaker. Once the ice is broken he will start trying to talk with me and get all pally pally. So I kept ignoring him and avoiding eye contact.

One day I was doing some bench presses. I did my last lift and sat up. It was a really hot day. I remember thinking to myself,“Woah, I’m parched”. I looked down to my left and saw an unopened bottle of sports drink.

Wait a minute, time out!!

There are only two possible ways that this drink could have gotten there:

1) The power of the mind. I was so parched and needed a drink so badly that I somehow willed it out of the vending machine and next to my foot.

2) I bought it but forgot about it.

Using logical deduction I came to the conclusion that it was neither of the above. I looked around and saw dude smiling. “Fuck, he got me” is what went through my mind. He came over and said, “For you”. I tried to say no thanks but he insisted and wouldn’t take it back -_-

So long story short ever since then dude is always trying to talk to me and keeps randomly throwing me drinks…

I have been watching a cool TV series called Criminal Minds lately. A team of FBI agents who make profiles on criminals. Here is my profile on the dude from our brief interaction:

“I don’t know his age but I think he is in his late 20s or 30s. He is about 5 foot tall. He has no job. He told me that he wants a girlfriend but is too pussy (chicken) to talk to women. He goes to the gym everyday and stays from 10am till closing time… “

I try not to judge people or anything but dude is a bit …

It is good to be dedicated about something. But when you aren’t training for the Olympics and you don’t work at the gym, what excuse do you really have for spending all day everyday there?

I think a few times he tried asking me what my plans were and then tried hinting he would like to tag along LOL. I obviously shot him down. I kinda feel sorry for dude. A part of me wants to take him under my wing, help him get laid, get him addicted coke and basically just help him get a life..

But part of me wants to just tell him to fuck off and never come near me again… However, the gym is pretty small and I don’t really want the awkward vibes… 

It is not that I am anti-social or anything. I just wanna pump iron for an hour or so in silence and then go home…

I think I messed up by taking the drink. I should have just left it untouched and walked away…

I sold my soul for a bottle of sports drink

Anybody in any weird predicaments with people that they have to be cool with even though they don’t want to be?

I can stomach it if I don’t have to see the person again/often, but when they are at a place you go to on a regular basis….

I hate having to fake being nice…

There are many mysteries in this great world that we live in. Like take the Egyptians for example. How in the world did a civilization that possessed little to no technology build those pyramids in the middle of the dessert? Some sort of magic?

But seeing that I am not in Egypt, and I don’t watch TV much it is not something I think about too much.

A mystery of the world that is always itching at the back of my head though is beer. I remember the first time I took a sip of beer. I can remember my facial expression like it was just yesterday. It is because of times like that, that I sometimes wish I had a camera following me 24/7. To catch those so called, “Kodak Moments”.

If I remember correctly the first beer I drank was a can of Fosters. I had a look of utter disgust and outrage on my face. How the hell could somebody who is suppose to be my friend give me this shit to drink (Gordon).

I once heard from someone that beer is an acquired taste. If you drink a lot of it you get used to it or somehow even come to like the taste.

Well yes that is all well and good. But based on my theory that, “There exists no human in this world that drank beer for the first time and liked it” Why would you keep on drinking it even though it tasted completely vile the first time?

Out of boredom I did some brainstorming and came up with these possibilities:

Peer Pressure: Everybody else was drinking it so you felt you had to…

You are retarded: Self Explanatory

Financial Reasons: After hours in a room with an abacus, graph paper and formulas on alcohol tolerance levels you came to the conclusion that beer is the cheapest way for you to get drunk.

Convenience: Mixing Vodka and Coke on a moving train is too hard.

You are an Anomaly: You are an exception to my theory and experienced love at first gulp. The first time you drank beer you were like, “Holy Smokes, what is this tingling sensation on my taste buds. This drink tastes awesome!!!”

Those are the only plausible answers I could come up with. So, what I would like to know is who loves beer? Who likes beer? Who agrees with me and thinks beer tastes disgusting?

I remember once telling someone that beer tasted disgusting and he was like, “I will give you a sweet tasting beer to try” He pulled out a 1664 Kronenberg. I drank it, but it tasted just as bad as the Fosters I had drank….

Can anybody actually taste sweetness, sourness and other so-called flavors in beer lol?

On sunday we went to Toshimaen Amusement park. We decided to warm up and go on the Flume Ride. It was a log water ride with a small dip at the end. It was actually kind of fun and had a decent dip at the end for a small water ride.

0.5/5 thrill-o-meter
 

We then decided to be brave and ride what seemed to be the flagship ride of the park which was called the Cyclone. Unfortunately the dips were too low and the coaster was too slow. There was a cool part where we went into a pitch black tunnel for a few seconds and could not see anything.

2/5 thrill-o-meter

Next was the Flying Pirate. It is one of those big boats that swing up and down. It is quite a popular ride at most amusement parks.

1.5/5 thrill-o-meter

Across from the Flying Pirate was a yellow roller coaster called the Corkscrew that goes sideways and upside down. It had potential to be a great ride but it was over way too quickly. It was an anti-climax. Kind of like when you…. never mind…

2/5 thrill-o-meter

The ghost house was ridiculously bad. Nothing more to say -_-

0/5 thrill-o-meter

Meanwhile, two kids broke into the zoo, stole a panda and went on a rampage!!

The flying swings ride was actually quite soothing. I don’t think I have been on one of those since I was really little

1.5/5 thrill-o-meter

All in all it was a fun day. The queues were short, it was close to home and the environment was pleasant. However, for an action junkie such as myself it has left me itching for more. It is golden week in 2 weeks time. Anybody up for going to Fujikyuu Highlands and riding some real rollercoasters ?