Archive for April, 2009
Kamifukuoka Slide(s?)
An odd shaped slide. However, in a very Japanese way, it does away with the long waits for little children to use the slide.
Scattered Blossoms
Scattered Blossoms, where have your admirers gone? Why do they leave you to rot, when they would have died for you just days before?
Mountain View from Saitama
I can't get used to the natural beauty outside my apartment; I never could see mountains from my place in Montreal...
The cat stared back, the very next day…
This kitten had the sense to hide as soon as he saw me coming (LOL)
What is a “15 Minute Walk”?
Being a shameless miser when it comes to paying rent, I don’t want to pay the normal foreigner rate on an apartment (IE: $2500 + place in Roppongi Hills). At the same time, I hate the other extreme (the shared house with 5 people, paying $650 a month to share a washroom). This left me having to deal with Japanese real estate agents (many of whom had no idea what I was interested in, even when I tried to explain. You’d think ‘Big and cheap’ would be easy enough to understand..). I finally found my current place, but like two of my other previous domains, it was 15 minutes from the station.
What does that mean, practically speaking?
- It’s a 15 minute walk (or an 800 yen taxi ride) after a 1 hour train ride and a long day of work.
- If I need bread or milk in the morning, I either get out my bike or get by on fried da’al with rice.
- I travel less because I don’t want to deal with dragging myself in and out of town.
Not a big deal, honestly, but I can imagine some people would swallow their pride and do the “shared living” deal rather than dealing with the inconvenience.
:devil: