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Archive for August, 2008

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I didn’t weigh myself for a couple days. Too busy and forgot. I weighed myself today and got a pleasant surprise. I’m down another 2.5 making it 5kg since I started. I’m going to continue to lose. My goal right now is lower than 108kg. Since I came to Japan my weight as been very [...]

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Nothing new today.
Day 8
Walking: 10min
Stairs: 148steps
Water Drank: 2 500ml bottles
Food:
Lunch = Bagel
Supper = Ton Katsu, Yogurt and juice
Other Drink = Ume alcohol with Coke Zero
Snack= Bun
Night Weight: 117kg

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OK it’s day 7. It was another hot hot day. The humidity is soooo high in Japan. I have 3 more days off and I’m back to work. Not much happened today except that I did work on my school’s homepage and watched Hellboy 2. It was good with interesting characters.
Day 7
Walking: 20min
Stairs: 428steps
Water Drank: [...]

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Was too busy to update so I’m doing 3 days at once. Today was a lazy day and didn’t do much.
Day 4
Walking: 20min
Stairs: 490steps
Water Drank: 2 500ml bottles
Food:
Lunch = Sausage bun
Supper = Mushroom Soup, Egg salad sandwich, Yogurt and juice
Other Drink = Ume alcohol with Coke Zero
Night Weight: 117.5kg
Day 5
Walking: 20min
Stairs: 280steps
Water Drank: 2 500ml [...]

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Well, today I didn’t do much. I mostly stayed in the house and watched MMA. I first watched Dream 5 which was OK. I’m glad Aoki didn’t win, I can’t stand that guy. He looks like a scrawny geek with those colorful pants. Although I did like that gogoplata from mount when he fought Nagata. After [...]

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Had a busy, very humid day today.
Day 2
Walking: 20min
Stairs: 420steps
Water Drank: 3 500ml bottles
Food:
Lunch = Banana bun
Supper = Ham Sandwich, Yogurt, 0cal Jello and Peach Tea
Other Drink = Ume alcohol with Coke Zero
Night Weight: 120kg

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OK, so I decided to go on a diet and keep track of it here. I’ll give my reasons for dieting later since it’s now 3:00am here.
Day 1
Walking: 30min
Stairs: 198steps
Water Drank: 4 500ml bottles
Food:
Lunch = 1 sausage bun
Supper = Half of Meat Rice Bowl, Yogurt, Small glass of apple juice
Snack = Cheese Crackers
Other Drink = [...]

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We are no longer Aliens!!!

The current alien registration system will be abolished with the start of the new residency management system.

The aim of the new residency management system is to enable the Ministry of Justice to continuously keep information necessary for managing the residency of foreign nationals residing in Japan for the mid-to long-term with resident status, and ensure greater convenience for those foreign nationals.

Kinpunshou

Topless Gilded Dancers

strange, but kinda cool!
his event seems to be always held in October. In fact the 34th annual was held just last weekend. The 金粉ショウ(kinpunshou) is a major attraction. The show is performed by DAIRAKUDAKAN and consisted of several dancers painted with gold powder. The women dance topless in g-string bikini bottoms. That’s the kinda cool part. But the downside is the men are also wearing the g-string bikini bottoms.

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Typhoon Roke headed toward Japan disaster zone

Even before its arrival Typhoon Roke turned deadly, with local media and police reporting five people killed or missing after being swept away by rivers swollen with rain.
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