Monthly Archives: May 2009

Tokyo Fashion

Posted on Sunday, May 31, 2009 by luke

Tokyo fashion is a bit like what we have in Bangkok, there is this (apparent) anything-goes attitude and a abundance of subgroups wearing all sorts of strange things. It’s common to see people (adults) dressed as cartoon characters or 50s … Continue reading →

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Friday Vocabulary Test

Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2009 by luke

So it’s no secret that I love vocabulary (in any language), and that I think a study of a country’s culture is impossible without really understanding their language. In Thai, when asking what someone had to eat for dinner, the … Continue reading →

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My shoebox home

Posted on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 by luke

Tokyo rents are probably pretty much on-par with NYC rents; I rented a furnished (nothing fancy) studio (efficieny) apartment at Komagome station (Yamanote Line) for 105,000 Yen (~1,200 USD, 40,000 THB) per month. There’s a bedroom about the size of … Continue reading →

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Yes, I am here … in Tokyo

Posted on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 by luke

I don’t know why I haven’t blogged yet. There’s tons that I want to say, and I have loads of time. Odd really … I think I’m starting a trend here now tho.

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Teeming Tokyo

Posted on Thursday, May 7, 2009 by luke

According to Wikipedia, Tokyo is mach-zehnder“the world’s most populous metropolitan area with 35 million people” and Bangkok officially only has 8 million people but is estimated to have at least 15 million if you count the number of migrant workers … Continue reading →

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