zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
Hey everyone! Well, we are one week away---mom, Trevor and I are heading to Japan from the 19th-28th---we will be 80 miles from Tokyo at the base of Mt. Fuji at Fuji-Q Highland (www.fuji-q.com). I promise I will post pics and stuff---I think I might pick up a DS lite over there or something---and my friend keeps going back and forth over whether or not he will get me money to get him NamcoXCapcom (a RPG that never made it here)---but yeah this is Trev's Make-A-Wish. He has kidney failure that is considered critical, but no longer terminal (he was at like 10-20% kidney function at one point, and to doctors can't explain it but he is up to 40% now and doing much better--has been so for a long time now---we say it is God)---so we are pretty psyched. I got to go there in 2002 as a goodwill ambassador for Montana to our sister state Kumamoto, Japan----so now Trev gets his turn  So now we are in insane mode--plus some stuff is happening here at Team KAIZEN (we are still working with investors and such) so it is kinda like trying to juggle everything and get it all in line before we go. I might check in once while away but I don't know where we will have access---plus I have a ton of pics to post from this last weekend---the Monster Trucks were in town and they heard of Trevor and wanted to throw a pizza party for him---which turned into us hanging with them, helping them out, throwing a bar-b-q and partying with them for 5 days---it was a blast hehe! Never been a major Monster Truck dude but I got to meet the driver of Big Foot---he's a pretty cool guy--so I have a ton of pics I think I am going to post on the TK blog but I need my staffer's help to get my blog to support pics----but yeah that prolly won't get done until after we get back---either way see ya on the flip side!Josh ------------------ |
Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
=D Have a good time! ------------------ |
Mack Administrator Posts: 2779 From: Registered: 01-20-2001 |
About time you're going back again! Take some pics! Have fun! ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
quote: Will do on both counts man!!!! Thanks! ------------------ |
CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
I shall take Japanese lessons and master the language in 24 hours. Then I shall give you money to buy me a Wii in Jap.  Look forward to seeing pictures! Have a safe trip. ------------------ "Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh." "Socialism works great... if there are no people involved." -- Pastor David Ginter, Union Church of Guatemala. |
Lazarus Member Posts: 1668 From: USA Registered: 06-06-2006 |
quote: ちょっと、私はそれを昨日した! Have a nice trip, zookey. |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
LOL! I can understand a few of the characters in that Laz----with everyone learning Japanese here is a starter sentence: Ahh kawa-i pureri doggu wa ching ni ikitai ne (pronounced) Meaning: ------------------ |
c0oL l33tZ Member Posts: 26 From: Registered: 09-15-2005 |
Cool! I have one question though: Is Japanese TV really as crazy as the internet makes it seem to be?  ------------------ |
SSquared Member Posts: 654 From: Pacific Northwest Registered: 03-22-2005 |
Wow! Have a terrific time! |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
Yep Japanese TV is weird--we get some of their shows---like I heard a massive obstacle course called the Viking that is on shows here, I think on ESPN2 but I am not sure---and a show there called Takeshi's Castle was turned into MXC (Most Xtreme Challenge) on SpikeTV----although that show doesn't run in Japan anymore----but one of my friends has a friend in Japan whose husband was on that show hehe! When I was there the first time I got to see Survivor Japanese edition--a girl got mad her team lost and chased this dude on her team--he was running backwards and fell over a log and I am staring at the TV with a dropped jaw LOL! ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
UPDATE: Just found out---we will actually be staying at the Tokyo Dome (http://www.tokyo-dome.co.jp/e/) which has a built in amusement park--one day out of the trip we will drive to Fuji-Q Highland, and we will also do other stuff like tour Sony Computer Entertainment Japan's HQ (YAY! and you can bet we will try our best to find someone there to take our business plan!) and go on a river cruise and visit Tokyo's districts. We will also visit some historic places like shrines---the itenerary we got included a day for that stuff and I hope there is a castle involved--when I went to Kumamoto, Japan in 2002 I got to go to Kumamoto Castle and those ancient Japanese castles are something else--LOL they actually have flat high-inclined sides so Ninjas couldn't free run up and attack--talk about having to be nervous all the time hehe. ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
Well, I am antsy as all get out now---only 19 hours until the plane leaves--something tells me sleep tonight is out of the question--but I will take lots of pics and give you all updates on it all--possibly during the trip if I have enough downtime--the laptop is coming along but I don't know when/if I will have the proper combo of time and net access---my frinend dropped off 50 bucks last night so I could pick him upNamcoXCapcom while we are there--which is a cartoony Japanese RPG feating Street Fighter characters, Tekken Characters and everything else from both Namco and Capcom--he knows he won't be able to play it without a Japanese PS2---but he wants it anyways--he is on Team KAIZEN and he already has plans of begging Namco and Capcom once we are big enough for them to translate it and bring it over--it is a long shot no doubt but I don't mind picking him up a copy--I may scoop up a DS Lite overthere but I don't know--I love the design but there isn't any games I want for it---but oh well, catch you all later ------------------ |
