I posed a question to my student, what’s the difference between robots in Japanese movies and American movies.
She told me that in Japanese movies robots are generally the good guys and American movies robots are generally the bad guys.
I asked her why she thought that was. Her reply was thoughtful, considered and perhaps accurate.
“Japanese believe in Science, Americans believe in God!”
I think she nailed it.
A man and a woman are having sex.. when there son walks in.. he sees them and screams “what are you doing?” and runs out of the room all freaked out.
The man laughs and says
“I’ll give him a few minutes and then I’ll go out and explain to him what’s going on.”A few minutes pass and he heads out to find his son.
He walks into his sons room and there his son is having sex with his grandmother.
The man screams “What are you doing?”His son replies
“See it’s not so funny when it’s your MOTHER!”
So I have been having this weird wave of vertigo strike me when I go to bed, and when I roll over in bed. It wakes me up and makes going to bed not as pleasent as it should be.
So today on my day off I decided to go see the Doc. But because I was late in leaving home I couldn’t get to see the doc at the university hospital - u had to wait for this evening to go see a doc in a private clinic.
My friend rang the clinic to check if the fox could speak English. I generally have enough Japanese to get by, but with medical probe especially something like this which requires a bit of explanaltion an English speaking doctor for me is required.
So I go to the clinic which is staffed by a bunch of pretty girls under 30, one elderly matron (who spoke a spattering of English) and Doctor Dickhead.
So I go into see the doctor where I am instructed to place my bag on his desk, not on the vacant chair, but placed on his desk.
Then I have to sit down in something resembling a barber/dentist chair. Which a) was made 40 years ago and built to hold little Japanese.
I just fit.
Attractive assistant number 2 then steps on the peddle and my chair raises 10cm and rotates to face the doctor. The doctor instructs me to lift my feet and place them on the foot rest - which is fine if you are under 165cm which is ridiculous if you are over 180cm. I now look like a fat squashes tow in the barbers seat.
I’m not happy already.
The doctor asks me if I speak japanese, I say no, I was told you speak English. He says no.
He then proceeds to interogate me in Japanese, waterboarding would have been more successful. Elederly matron helps a bit. Then with all assistants present he makes me go stand on the spot.
Assistant number 2 lowers and rotates the seat. I am led to the spot (2 footprints painted on the floor). He then instructs me to raise my foot, then raise the other.
If I was suffering from vertigo while standing up this would make sense. However as I, and the elderly matron explained to the doctor I only have attacks when I am horizontal. Surely this is the pistiln that must be adopted for testing.
Anyway the doctor ten perceived his opportunity to humiliate the gaijin, in front of his stuff of pretty young assistants.
Close your eyes and march on the spot and count with a lou voice. I proceed to do so. So now I’m marching on the spot, eyes closed, arms out like Frankenstein’s monster.
And I’m counting and marching, couring and marching. How far do I have to count? I get to 50 and he gets me to stop and start again. This time I have to count to 100. FUCKER!!
He then instructs me to sit down (we go through the opening phases of the consultation again.
He prescribes 2 medications. 1 to take when I feel giddy and one to take 3 times a day.
What is going on? I only have attacks when I’m sleeping - at night and attacks only last 20-30 seconds. Clearly neither medication is designed to make my nights sleep satisfactory.
For now I only have an internet diagnosis - which is never really a good thing - but I would expect my doctor to ask me to adopt the horizontal position for testing.
Well this one managed to fuck me in the vertical postion - in front of a crowd. Wanker.
Tomorrow I’m going to see if I can find a real doctor.
Every December Odori Koen (the central park in Sapporo) lights up with is White Illumination Festival.
Just before the TV Tower small stalls are set up as part of this festival “The Munich Christmas” Full of German flavoured foods, beers and Christmas ornaments.
It is all very beautiful and a bit expensive.
Today I splashed out on what I thought was a good deal ¥600 for a German Hot Dog. (The festival finishes on the 24th and now the food stands are having stock clearing sales).
The hot dog was most unsatisfying. The bread stale the sausages cold (I was given a bonus sausage) and the onions were cold too.
The lights are, however, beautiful. Now if I could just take a decent photo.
http://is.gd/bjDa Seems like the cops got it right… good riddence to racist scum.
Met a girl for lunch. Ended up cosmetics shopping. Gay guys are onto something.
I think this time the snow is here to stay. - Photo: http://bkite.com/02UDg
I’m beginning to wonder if the appetite of these birds has moved beyond that of a sandwhich. Big Aussie might see them through the winter.
That is not so strange. I watch the pigeon and his attention us now behind me. I turn around to find an army of pigeons slowly walking to me
Too weird. Sitting in the park eating my lunch. Pigeon flies down in front of me with that look. That give me some of your sandwhich look.
I have now moved to a different location the park. Thy were freaking me out.
