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Not Kansas!
Finally got to Shinjuku about 8:30 PM local time (6:30 AM EST). Went out to
a restaurant at Harajuku with our education leader, a place called Fujimama
- a famous place in GBD mythology because one of engineers allegedly pissed
in the sink there because he mistook it for a urinal. A software engineer,
of course, none of us hardware dudes would ever make a mistake like that. I
had a dish called Danang Noodle, with mushrooms and warm ginger-blessed
tomato wedges. "TLC" - The Learning Caretaker - had some medium sirloin
piled atop an ice cream scoop of mashed potatoes. Then he had cheesecake
and I had lemon tart for dessert.
I've eaten like a pig all day and it's inexcusable despite the stress of
travel. If I decide to return to the chilidog diet, there's a Nathan's in
Harajuku, directly across the street from Condomania, a store that sells
about 83 kerjillion brands of condoms in all colors and textures, as well
as condom-oriented art and sculpture. I don't think it has been franchised
in the US.
When I got back to the hotel to finally relax, it was about 11:00 and I
took my first pictures of this trip.- of the underside of the commode (or
whatever it is) lid. I think it might be a bidet and if that alone were not
enough to frighten me into an unintended assist in performing our mutual
destinies, all the instructions are in Japanese with only those normally
hilarious universal icons to explain the functions of the four buttons. I
think one of them heats the toilet seat, which us hardware dudes think is a
pretty good idea, but the large icon decals under the lid with big X's over
what appears to be a baby being bathed in the bowl, highlighted with
capital "WARNING" and "CAUTION" take the bathroom experience to a new
level. The fine print, in English, warns of electric shocks and serious
injuries don't help matters any, but I have learned that as long as you
find the flush lever (mounted on the sink, not the "unit" itself), things
work pretty much the same as they do half a planet away.
Umm, gotta go now. NO! Not that way! I'm exhausted and need to watch some
Japanese TV and slip away into dreamland.
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Not Kansas!
Finally got to Shinjuku about 8:30 PM local time (6:30 AM EST). Went out to a restaurant at Harajuku with our education leader, a place called Fujimama - a famous place in GBD mythology because one of engineers allegedly pissed in the sink there because he mistook it for a urinal. A software engineer, of course, none of us hardware dudes would ever make a mistake like that. I had a dish called Danang Noodle, with mushrooms and warm ginger-blessed tomato wedges. "TLC" - The Learning Caretaker - had some medium sirloin piled atop an ice cream scoop of mashed potatoes. Then he had cheesecake and I had lemon tart for dessert.
I've eaten like a pig all day and it's inexcusable despite the stress of travel. If I decide to return to the chilidog diet, there's a Nathan's in Harajuku, directly across the street from Condomania, a store that sells about 83 kerjillion brands of condoms in all colors and textures, as well as condom-oriented art and sculpture. I don't think it has been franchised in the US.
When I got back to the hotel to finally relax, it was about 11:00 and I took my first pictures of this trip.- of the underside of the commode (or whatever it is) lid. I think it might be a bidet and if that alone were not enough to frighten me into an unintended assist in performing our mutual destinies, all the instructions are in Japanese with only those normally hilarious universal icons to explain the functions of the four buttons. I think one of them heats the toilet seat, which us hardware dudes think is a pretty good idea, but the large icon decals under the lid with big X's over what appears to be a baby being bathed in the bowl, highlighted with capital "WARNING" and "CAUTION" take the bathroom experience to a new level. The fine print, in English, warns of electric shocks and serious injuries don't help matters any, but I have learned that as long as you find the flush lever (mounted on the sink, not the "unit" itself), things work pretty much the same as they do half a planet away.
Umm, gotta go now. NO! Not that way! I'm exhausted and need to watch some Japanese TV and slip away into dreamland.
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