Funny Stuff

G'day, all. Well, not much has been happening here. A week or two ago, we went to Universal Studios again and last week we went to Kobe to do a little sight-seeing. It was fun, but nothing terribly exciting, I'm afraid. If you're interested, check out Charity's pictures on Flickr. She goes by the nickname Yasashisa, which, in Japanese, means kindness, goodness, or charity (surprisingly enough). You can click here to view her photo stream. At USJ, I was able to see the Blues Brothers perform, which was pretty fun for me. Also, the Peanuts characters did this Chinese New Year thing where they dressed up and danced in costumes from different Asian countries. Kobe was interesting in its own way. Kobe is a very international city, having been a main port for trade for several centuries. There is a unique blend of architectural styles in Kobe. The Kitano area north of the port has many western style houses and even a Muslim and Jewish segment. It was kind of neat to see. There is also a really cool Chinatown with all kinds of Chinese style buildings and stores. It's very red. Much like China, I suppose.

What I really want to feature in this post is something I found online. Video sharing is really taking off these days. Its possible to find all kinds of interesting "viral videos" on the web, including many Japanese videos. I found this one especially funny. As far as I can tell, they are actually saying what is being translated. This may not work so well on slow internet connections. Anyways, please enjoy the video. Take care, all.
-Joe.