Far East Cynic

Urban Legends…………

There is a myth that goes around here in Japan that drinking sake does not leave you with a hangover. I’m here today to tell you that is not the truth. Drink enough of those little cups and you do get your ass kicked. Note to self: 15 cups of

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Unrequited love………..

I’m crushed. It seems that Norika is getting married. And I was (sort of) saving myself for her. Who is Norika? This is Norika: And so is this: Norika was the first Japanese pop star I became familar with after I came to Japan. She was on TV a lot

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Down for the count………

Greetings from the land of fat women. Floght over here was OK, but its been windy here in Dallas. Guess who packed only short sleeve shirts because the internet said it was supposed to be warm? I’ve got a cold. So here I am, on a Friday night huddled in

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Note to self…….

Drinking 7 of these: Is probably not a nutricious dinner and a lousy way to deal with being pissed off at one of these: But its my way and its a lot cheaper than some of the other alternatives. Subscribe in a reader

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Good news and bad news.

First the bad news………… THERE IS NO TOKYO AUTO SHOW THIS YEAR! Waaahhh! Waaaaah! Who the f**k decided to skip a year? So that means I will not be taking the train to Makahri Messe in 2 weeks so that I can drink beer and eye tech babes. On the

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Its been a while……..

Since I did Beer and Babes………. To tell the truth, when I was in Korea, I just did not have the energy, I was just grateful to have the week be over with. Since then, I’ve been a fitful mood, although I did see plenty of these during my little

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No time to post!

But not to bust to forget beer and babes. And not forget my favorite babe, Mrs Bacon who is waiting for me to price that cheap imitation tokidoki purse. Its on tonights agenda, unless my recently discovered, favorite female bartender pours too many of these down me: Thanks to General

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Funny things to see……and read!

Out and about town that is. Having gotten our cars all properly registered, we decided to put them to some use this evening. Out to Kura sushi for dinner. ( All plates 105 yen!). After gorging myself on 15 plates ( and thus tying my previous record….), I rolled out

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Its been a while……

For beer and babes that is……… Life has been hectic these last for weeks……and damned unsatisfying. Not sure why, except I am having growing pains adjusting to the new job. Suspect that happens with every one at some time, so patience is required. Then again, maybe it could be due

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Out the door…looking for?

My stuff’s in! So now I will do the prudent thing and head to Texas for a few days. For business. For beer. For hopefully seeing lots of these: And if I don’t, at least the Phibian and Donovan were kind enough to remind me to be careful out there.

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