It's so big!!!
Ah Japan summer. Where it's so hot you can smell the garbage cooking as it waits in the dead heat for uniformed men to carry it away. In this unbearable heat two insects flourish. While both are "harmless" most people can't stand either.The first, the nimble cockroach. While in America they survive in swarms, it's not uncommon to see them terrorizing Japan's residents all by their lonesome. They are noticeably bigger than their American counterparts as well and come in a lush brown or black. Some, believe it or not, can even fly. Talk about a nightmare waiting to happen. While typically they thrive in the filthiest of places, an open window or door may help you to meet this unwelcome guest in even the most spotless residence. The second, the loud and fat cicada. This creature lives in trees and makes that loud prolonged chirping noise you may be used to hearing either if you live here or have seen a Japanese anime. However, the anime's don't give you the true sound of this pest. For a real sample, click here and turn your speakers up. This sample is just from one cicada. Imagine hundreds.The cicada's life span is actually very short. So along with their noise we must also tread lightly for fear of trodding on the dead and not-so-dead bodies that litter the streets and walkways. But never kick a cicada while they're down. You may get a surprise when they rise from their resting place and fly wildly away (or towards you).Well typhoon season is almost upon us. But if it brings cool weather and death to most of the creepy-crawlies, I'll take the typhoon please.P.S. The music info has been updated on the right side of the blog. Pretty, isn't it?
Changes
Waaaiiii! Hi everyone! Sorry for the delay. I seem to be saying that a lot lately. *sigh* But I promise to get better! We've been taking some time to plan some changes for Fudocom, it's blog and albums. Some are already in the works! As you might have noticed a change has already been made on the right side of the blog page. One of the popular items of our blog recently has been the Japanese music ranking every two weeks. If you've kept track, I've grown very frustrated with my previous source. They seem to have now stopped updating altogether. So I've changed (again) to another source that I've deemed to be super-duper reliable. So please check back often as the New Single and the Top 20 Ranking will be updated every week! That's right, weekly.As for the photo album, this is soon going to change and hopefully become a part of our main blog. Apologies for the delay in updating it, there's been some glitches that we're still working on. We expect the photo/video album change to happen in September. Please stay tuned!! Please contact us or chat with us anytime regarding questions, inquiries or just to say hi!Thanks to everyone for being patient!
You Drive Me Crazy
Hi all! Sorry for the delay again...geez I'm getting bad. And I know there's been some scrambling to get a brand new top 50 for the music hits, so you might see some changes there as well!
Well this time I bring you an interesting top 5. The top 5 ways to drive yourself crazy in Japan. Or at least annoy yourself to pieces.
1. Eavesdrop on a Japanese couple's conversation. It may sound a little something like this:
Him: It's hot today, isn't it?
Her: Yes it is, isn't it. I heard it's going to be above 30 degrees again tomorrow.
Him: Really? I heard it was going to rain tomorrow evening.
Her: Oh that's awful! I better make sure I remember to take an umbrella.
Him: Yes, please do.
2. Contact an "English" customer support centre for the company of your choice. You'll soon realize the English you know and love, and the Japanese English they speak are two immaculately different languages.
3. Try to find food in Japan that doesn't contain the 4 staples; curry (the cheap from a box stuff), wasabi, mayonnaise and/or red bean.
4. Ask to take a doggy bag at a restaurant. Be prepared for strange looks and a long wait as your waiter hmms and haws about what to do.
5. And last but not least, stand by and watch the older folks run, push and beat others (including small children) out of their way just to claim a seat on the train or the bus. I've only started noticing the large level in which this happens lately.
I could probably make a much larger list, but I'll leave it a lonsome 5. Stay tuned guys! There'll be tons more updates to come soon. Sorry for the lag lately. Blame it on the hotter than hot weather and the busyness of the season.
