Fast becoming my favourite Japanese television celebrity, apart from Hoshino Aki (ほしの あき), is Kojima Yoshio (こじま よしお)
I`m not sure what his claim to fame is but several times a week he appears on Japanese Television doing his trademark `Yoshio`s Bootcamp` which is a piss take from the extremely popular `Billy`s Bootcamp` in Japan.
I warn you there`s not a whole lot of substance to Yoshio`s routine but it is amusing and the reaction of the punters he performs this too is the highlight for me. His main catch phrase is そんなの関係ねえ!”, it means “It’s not related” but it could better be translated as “So what? I don’t care!“
Like i said, don`t expect much … maybe i find it amusing cause i can see a bit of myself in him, a certain perfomance at a wedding last January springs to mind.
12 months ago today i was part of a 100,000 strong crowd watching the Eagles get up over the Swans by 1 point. Today the situation is very different, i`m living in Tokyo and i`ll be part of a 2 strong crowd at my mates place …. one things for sure the beers will be flowing the same as they did 1 year ago at the MCG.
I`m hoping Geelong get up however i have an annual bet with a mate that Port will provide and upset, it`s a win win for me i guess.
So i had the task at hand to redeem myself with my colleagues, up until this morning i wasn`t sure whether i had or not.
We enjoyed a feast of Nabe and plenty of drinking, for me beer …. many others went on to Hot Sake, Cold Sake and so on. Maybe 10pm and the call to hit the second party was made, no problems …. i still had 1.45 hrs till the last train. Off to Karaoke we went, about 10 of us in total, we`d lost 3 up until now.
It`s at this point i`m not sure what went wrong …. but all i know is the empty feeling when you get to the station and they`ve battened down the hatches for the night.
It`s decision time …. $250 in a cab to get home or drop that $250 in a few bars and get the first train at 5:20am. Needless to say i opted for tha latter and had a belter of a night … it`s a long way home on the local train at 5:20am to mind you ….stopping every stop … 1.5hrs to be precise and looking a little dishevelled i finally strode, and i use that term loosely, through the door at my place around 7am.
Lucky for me i had a day off in lieu as i`d worked the previous public holiday Monday. Did i earn the respect of my colleagues …. i`d say yes by the reception i got when i told them i`d stayed out till first train rather than the last.
