Merry Christmas!

To all of my friends, acquaintances and family. Wherever you are and whatever you are doing. Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, are eating a bucket of KFC, spending it with someone special.. or not. Wherever you may be, I wish you an amazing merry Christmas and a happy new year.

But... but...There is someone special I would like to wish a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to. I hope you know who you are by the looks of this drawing I scribbled up.




I wish you all the best and I hope you are doing well. Please have an amazing year as I continually wish for your happiness.

~Mike

ps. I really hope you like my drawing :)

Oita 2 part B.. n Fukuoka

Didn't take nearly as much video and picture as I thought in my second trip to Oita. I just threw together what I had on my camera for this one.

Oita 2!

Just about most of the things I captured on camera, mushed together with Final Cut.. and bam!

Scam # 2

Some people think they know a good cornbread when they see one.



This isn't even cornbread!! Throwing grains of corn into a normal piece of white bread does not constitute cornbread! But apparently in Japan it does.

Scam of the Day

I once had a friend look at me in great disappointment after having purchased a bottle of water. She said "paying for water is stupid." And she was right. Since then, i've always felt guilty of buying something that should be free to everyone. So if I was going to spend money on a drink, it had to be something like a soda at the very least.

A year or two later, as if I didn't already feel like paying for water was big scam, I found one even bigger. Rescue Water!! (@_@)

Its basically the same thing as water from your faucet or a bottle. But it now comes in an attractive orange can that costs twice as much!

I was hoping they would put ions or minerals in it. But nope, its just water.. in a can for 158円. Almost $2.

Music Rant

The more I get talked into going to karaoke, the more I get to hear American songs that Japanese and other foreigners want to sing. The more I hear American songs, the more I get to see the actual lyrics on the screen. The more I see the lyrics on the screen, the more I get a sense of what kind of culture my country is exporting.

I think about the lyrics, pause.. then wonder what the hell? Some of todays popular music has the most vulgar or by far the dumbest lyrics I have ever heard. What kills me is not only are people listening to this shit, other people are making bank off of it! I really do think our parents and grandparents lived in an age when music was still decent. It was maybe more simple, but it wasn't garbage. Will America ever go back to having good music? Or will it be like a musical version of Idiocracy where the dumb out-breed the smart?

Fukuoka thus far...

福岡のアップデート！




今まで日本の二回目アドベンチャはめっちゃ楽しい。少し貧乏だから中古自転車をかって探検するためにそれをどこでも乗っている。自分自身で時間をよく過ごす機会がありますから愛宕浜の辺りを良く探検しています。

とても便利だ。

このビーチを見つけた！　僕のホストファミリの所から多分十五分だ。ここから、ウインドサーフィンと船をよくみえる。色んな島もみえて景色がとてもきれい。

この景色はももちビーチからみえる。そのビルは僕の住んでいる所だよ。ホストファミリはリッチやな〜！


福岡タワーを見つけた！

タワーの後ろもきれいな砂浜があるんだ。下の写真は僕の新しいデスクトップバックグラウンドだ。

この教会を初めて見た時すごくうれしかったけど．．やっぱり偽物の教会だ。あいにく、キリスト教は日本で珍しい。この建物や実はウエディングの結婚式の場所だ。T＿T　こんなにきれいなビルがチュリストのアトラクションになってしまった。


自転車を良く使って、海の近く住んでいるからさびがよく受けている！
ホームセンターからスプレイを買って自転車をペイントすることにしました。



スプレイをしながら、むしから刺されてしまった。T＿T　むしがにがて！




福岡で自分自身時間を過ごす機会があっても、友だちとよく遊んでいる。日本にいるのは２週間過ぎないんだけどいい友だちをもうみつけた。普通天神であそぶからよくうんどうしている、自転車で。

みなみ！

チュリスト風。


プリクラを取る機会もよくある。
日本が好理由は多くあるけど一つのは花火だ！一年中買う事出来る。



チーズフォンでゥ。



侍！


あのう．．．ブラックミュジック？