A Gaijin in Japan - Discovering and Loving Japan, One Day at a Time
Posted in Ramblings, Video Clips on Oct 10th, 2007
One of the memories i cherish from home was back to back episodes of `The Office` … U.K version naturally. As much as the US version did grow on me in the end, nothing could come close to the one and only David Brent. Not long before i left Melbourne we had many an afternoon on the couch watching epsiode upon episode of The Office. Watching clips like this bring back many a fond memory.
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Posted in Japan, Television, Video Clips on Sep 30th, 2007
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.
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Posted in Video Clips on Sep 29th, 2007
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.
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Posted in Video Clips on Sep 22nd, 2007
Well i do anyway, call me immature if you will.
Edit: Sorry, this clip is no longer available, i`ll try and source it from another location
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Posted in Video Clips on Sep 17th, 2007
The learning curve for WordPress has been steep but i`m getting the hang of it. I still haven`t sorted out uploading images to posts and will keep trying and may have better luck tomorrow from my work laptop that has an English OS.
In the meantime it`s time to try and embed a clip from youtube. I subscribe to a few Japanese channels on youtube and some of the content stil amazes me. I haven`t seen this actually clip on TV here but I`ve seen enough similar.
Video Clip removed until i can sort out a few issues.
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Danny Choo