Jack

Jack
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

cool toys in Japan. I need to get some pictures of all the Star Wars stuff that they have in this one store. Jack is very popular and soo is Toy Story, Hello Kitty (duh.) and most everything Disney made

truck or van?!

truck or van?!
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Or just one uncool looking car. I don't want this one. But I think my wife does. . .heh heh heh

smoke 'em if ya got 'em

smoke 'em if ya got 'em
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

ANY kind of smoke that you need. . . And I mean ANY kind. They have it here. . . and every other street corner in Japan. Smoke break anyone?

bad motor scooter

bad motor scooter
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Ha! And I thought only two wheel bikes were cool.. . . how wrong I was. Now where did I put my old big wheel?

What the F#CK?

What the F#CK?
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

This was t he poster outside of a curry rice restaurant in the train station. I have no idea what the hell it is talking about. If anyone has any thoughts post a comment!
Do you really want to eat food with a "painful taste"?!?!

funny looking kid. . .

funny looking kid. . .
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

This is Peko-chan she is one of my students. Nah, just f$cking with you all. HAHAHAHAH!
I didn't ask her name

I want one of these

I want one of these
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Another car that I really like but it has a horrible name. . . "Tanto" I thought that tanto was stupid in Spainsh, right? But its still better than the Nissan Moco!
Yes it really is called "Moco" and I saw a green one about 2 months ago. And no one was around to laugh with me. sigh.

Anyway, lots of head room in these. . . but I need a different color and 2 15in. woofers and some triple gold daytons! YEAH! and the Virgin Mary mural on the back and . . ..
sorry I got a little out of hand

station wagons

station wagons
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Now if the Martinez family had had a station wagon like this one. . . we would have been pimps at St. Helen's! Wagons are making a come back look SUVs!

cool ride

cool ride
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

This a Lapin from Suzuki. I love the look of these cars. I think they look soo cool! But they are SMALL as F%CK!!! I would have to drive from the back seat!!

vegas

vegas
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

This a pachinko parlor. Think video games, gambling, and a little organized crime. And you have pachinko

when I grow old. . .

when I grow old. . .
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

This is what I will look like in about 20 years!
This a coworkers mask. It is a cool mask, scary huh?

pimp rides

pimp rides
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Note the yellow plates. All these cars have a 750cc motors. Who needs a V8?

noodle sandwich

noodle sandwich
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

ramen noodles and bread. . . two great tastes that go great to together!

YUMMMMMMMM!

MY Harley

MY Harley
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

I wanted a 1200cc Harley with monkey hanger and a suicide shifter, but this will do. . .

old skool skyline

old skool skyline
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Skylines are bad ass cars even ones from the 1980s! This one was just pimped out too!

vegas baby, vegas.

vegas baby, vegas.
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Man I thought I was in Japan. . . oh well, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. . . even if Vegas is in Japan?

Go time.

Go time.
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

I am sure that some of you wonder why the hell I post so many sumo pictures. To me it is a great sport. It is simple, violent, quick. That's all I really need in a sport. There is no show boating, trash talking, or bitching about not getting paid enough. Most of these guys (the lower ranking guys) fight for free! It takes skill and strength to win. AND even if you do win you can't show emotion, you have to bow to the loser with a straight face. They fight hurt and healthy. And your are only as good as your last win. Getting to the top isn't something good to these guys. . .Why? Because it means that EVERYONE in gunning for their top spot.

PUSH!

PUSH!
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Pre-fight stare down

Pre-fight stare down
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Falling ass first.

Falling ass first.
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Let's get ready to rumble!!

Let's get ready to rumble!!
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Oh man. . .put the mic down!

Oh man. . .put the mic down!
Originally uploaded by Drew In Japan.

Ugh. Me trying to sing at karaoke. I think this was Slipknot. . .or maybe Al Green's Love and Happiness? I think that I had the same facial expressions for both songs.

Karaoke, cute kids return, and the ups and downs of life in Japan

WOW. So where do I start. . . I have been here 11 months and I only went to my 1st session of Karaoke about 2 weeks ago. Now, when I listen to my Mp3 player I sing along with the music. . . and I think that I sing pretty well (and I know all the words!) in my mind anyway! After my session of karaoke I NOW know that I SUCK BIG TIME! Man, I am awful! Just awful. I was trying to sing songs that I thought I knew! I didn't the words to A LOT of songs! I tried Van Halen. . .and didn't Van-know half of the words to "Jump!" Then, I thought, "I should try a 2-Pac song! I know all the words to I get around!" So there I am pumping myself up to give a performance that would have made the late, great 2-Pac proud. The music starts and . . . IT'S THE BEACH BOYS. . ."I get around!" AWWWW DAMNIT!
Another thing that I forgot to mention is that I started my 1st time at karaoke sober. Bad idea number1. I was really nervous and I downed about 3 big glasses of beer in about 15 minutes. Bad idea number 2. So after an hour of trying to sing songs that I thought I knew we left the karaoke bar drunk and a bit embarrassed (well I felt that way!) But the next session went a lot better. . .but I was waaaaaay drunk the 2nd time. . . SO I know that I was DAMN good! Heh heh heh.

I'm still teaching little kids at work but I just picked up a class that only has one little girl in it. She is the cutest kid. She could melt Darth Vader's heart. She is 5 years old and the first lesson that we had together she was so scared of me that she cried the WHOLE lesson.
And all I did was smile at her. ouch.
But since then we have bonded and we get along fine. The best thing about her is can not say the word "green". . . bless her heart she tries, but it comes out "gleen". We rock out when we do our duet of "The wheels on the bus" of course, she can only really sing the "round, round, round" part, but it's the effort that counts! What bums me out the most is that I will only have her for about 2 more lessons then she will get another teacher! sigh.

I have been spending a lot of time by myself recently and that is one of the downers about Japan. I have only a few friends and my coworkers don't have the same days off from work so it can get a little lonely in a city of 700,000 people. Can speak a lot more Japanese now, and I can ride the trains without problems. But going places alone isn't really all that fun. I know that it will take time to make friends and to experience all the things that this country has to offer. I do miss things from home too (other than Mexican food!), like having a good conversation about music or movies or the latest episode of Family Guy!
But the odd thing is when I do feel down I think of the good times that I had back home. I sort of day dream about the fun things that I have done. I tend to feel better after that and I remind myself that I have overcome more difficult challenges in my life than being alone. I know that, I am in some ways, learning about who I am. And I (now know) that this is not an easy process. It's difficult to understand a lesson in life when you are still in the lecture part of the lesson. Only later do you truly understand what was taught.
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Oh one last thing. Congrats to all those 2006 graduates from Cal Poly, good luck in the real world. . .My only advice to you is. . . you should have stayed in school! The real world sucks.
Heh heh heh.

I got a post coming. . . I swear!

To say that I have been this month would be a HUGE understatement. I seriously don't know what happened to the month of May. I have lots to talk about good, bad, and strange. Its been a long week and its only just begun for me. I will have pictures from; my trip to karaoke, sumo, and other things that have caught my eye here in Japan. I will be back with a post tomorrow!
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