I'm out of the country from 4/29 ~ 5/7.
Hopefully be enjoying some spicy kimchi
visiting the DMZ between the North and
South and enjoying not being in Japan.
with love
from Korea
Friday, April 27, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
let's go to the movies
and eat octopus balls! no, not actual octopus balls, but kind of dough nut holes filled with octopus and onion.
here we go. If you haven't seen it, I think you should at least give Little Miss Sunshine a rental, if it's out on video yet ..., not sure, anyway its great!
on to the takoyaki (fried balls filled with octopus bits and more!)
It's something you should really try if you come to Japan, and especially if you visit Osaka.
(1)
You mix some batter of fish sauce-ish water, egg and flour. Then you cut up various ingredients
octopus should be boiled first.
we also used shrimp, chicken and negi (green onions)
(2)
pour batter into the takoyaki grill and add ingredients
(3)
once they're ready, flip and let finish
(4)
remove from the grill and add garnish
common choices are takoyaki sauce, mayo or bonito (dried fish shavings)
(5)
the bonito flakes dance because of the rising heat form the takoyaki
(that might not be true at all, but they do dance)
anyway, we are borrowing the grill form Jo's manager so we might be experimenting with other styles, neither of us are really big fans of octopus. They are just little balls of dough and
fillings, add some sugar and its desert, maybe some breakfast types, ham and egg.
Everyone at work thinks im crazy because i change japanese recipes to my liking.
that's all, but in case you missed it Jo and I will be in Korea from April 29 until May 7 or 8.
Golden week vacation! yes! last year we hung out around here and I was sick, this year will be better!
you can always check out the pics and more at my flickr page
here we go. If you haven't seen it, I think you should at least give Little Miss Sunshine a rental, if it's out on video yet ..., not sure, anyway its great!
on to the takoyaki (fried balls filled with octopus bits and more!)
It's something you should really try if you come to Japan, and especially if you visit Osaka.
(1)
You mix some batter of fish sauce-ish water, egg and flour. Then you cut up various ingredients
octopus should be boiled first.
we also used shrimp, chicken and negi (green onions)
(2)
pour batter into the takoyaki grill and add ingredients
(3)
once they're ready, flip and let finish
(4)
remove from the grill and add garnish
common choices are takoyaki sauce, mayo or bonito (dried fish shavings)
(5)
the bonito flakes dance because of the rising heat form the takoyaki
(that might not be true at all, but they do dance)
anyway, we are borrowing the grill form Jo's manager so we might be experimenting with other styles, neither of us are really big fans of octopus. They are just little balls of dough and
fillings, add some sugar and its desert, maybe some breakfast types, ham and egg.
Everyone at work thinks im crazy because i change japanese recipes to my liking.
that's all, but in case you missed it Jo and I will be in Korea from April 29 until May 7 or 8.
Golden week vacation! yes! last year we hung out around here and I was sick, this year will be better!
you can always check out the pics and more at my flickr page
Monday, April 09, 2007
japan ultimate
to kick this off, jo and i have been in Japan for over a year! whoah! and happy easter to those who are eastering!
the following is a fairly... well, if you don't play ultimate or aren't familiar, feel free to skim the net chunk!
cheers
let's see, so this weekend, well sunday only, I played in an ultimate tournament in Okazaki. Iwas one of 2 foreigners on the team and the one with the least Japanese. Which made some things very very difficult. I have a decent level of experience with the game but a lot of the time it felt like i was playing... I'm not really sure. stall counts were in English, even though Japanese numbers are not an issue, pick, foul, travel the same, just with a heavy katakana feel. flick is called side and backhand is back. no break is ura, strike is either inside or open, and i think straight up is FM... i think. oh, the games are timed 50 mins and stop. even if you are tied the disc is in the air you jump catch (buzzer) you land, NO POINT, time ended before you touched down. After each game both teams line up facing each other and listen to someone read the scores and then you bow and say arigato gozaimashita (thank you very much), shake hands with the person across, arigato gozaimashita and then do the traditional line shake arigato gozaimashita, arigato gozaimashita, arigato gozaimashita. then you circle up for the cheer, which is the other team name then shout something, then your team name shout something. very fun.
we played zone, sweedish, ho stack, stack, man.
great group of guys, very fun, and since it's been... a very very long time since i've played
my legs are sore and tight today.
I had to work saturday so i missed out on the 1st 2 games, they lost, then on sunday we won the first two mainly due to the other teams' incompetence to convert our mistakes and then lost to the third team.
I played ok, few big mistakes, some great flow moments and a couple worthy d points.
not bad
as much fun as it was, im not sure i'd like to play another tourney mainly due to the language barrier (my bad for being not so great at japanese)
but i may start practicing with the guys
sweet.
anyway, if any of you disc fellows have any questions, feel free to ask!
the following is a fairly... well, if you don't play ultimate or aren't familiar, feel free to skim the net chunk!
cheers
let's see, so this weekend, well sunday only, I played in an ultimate tournament in Okazaki. Iwas one of 2 foreigners on the team and the one with the least Japanese. Which made some things very very difficult. I have a decent level of experience with the game but a lot of the time it felt like i was playing... I'm not really sure. stall counts were in English, even though Japanese numbers are not an issue, pick, foul, travel the same, just with a heavy katakana feel. flick is called side and backhand is back. no break is ura, strike is either inside or open, and i think straight up is FM... i think. oh, the games are timed 50 mins and stop. even if you are tied the disc is in the air you jump catch (buzzer) you land, NO POINT, time ended before you touched down. After each game both teams line up facing each other and listen to someone read the scores and then you bow and say arigato gozaimashita (thank you very much), shake hands with the person across, arigato gozaimashita and then do the traditional line shake arigato gozaimashita, arigato gozaimashita, arigato gozaimashita. then you circle up for the cheer, which is the other team name then shout something, then your team name shout something. very fun.
we played zone, sweedish, ho stack, stack, man.
great group of guys, very fun, and since it's been... a very very long time since i've played
my legs are sore and tight today.
I had to work saturday so i missed out on the 1st 2 games, they lost, then on sunday we won the first two mainly due to the other teams' incompetence to convert our mistakes and then lost to the third team.
I played ok, few big mistakes, some great flow moments and a couple worthy d points.
not bad
as much fun as it was, im not sure i'd like to play another tourney mainly due to the language barrier (my bad for being not so great at japanese)
but i may start practicing with the guys
sweet.
anyway, if any of you disc fellows have any questions, feel free to ask!
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