Jamaipanese - Jamaica + JapanJamaipanese - Jamaica + JapanA Jamaicans documented dream of going to japan, as well as info about his other interests such as anime, technology, movies , music and much more. Articles
I've been on the front of many Magazines...have you? ^_^
2008-01-18 20:19:00 Found this cool site white surfing around on another idle Friday afternoon. Ever wondered what it would be like to see you face on the front of a popular magazine like Time, Rolling Stone, National Geographic, Maxin, Life, PC Gamer and many others? Well now I know and you can too! Check out Magmypic.com. I took thw liberty of removing many of the spammy links that came with the generated code and just post the cover shots -_- More About: Magazines , Front
Japan related news snippets
2008-01-17 17:15:00 My last Japan related news snippets post in October 2007 was caused by a full stomach and being unproductive. Today's news snippets are brought to you by a cranky overworked me taking a mid morning break and counting down the minutes to lunch. Japan to create bicycle lanes on roads to prevent accidents The Japanese government has announced that it will create bicycle lanes along roads in 98 districts across Japan in a bid to prevent accidents...read more Japan to build islands for 2014 Winter Olympics In Russia Japanese firms will help build artificial islands in the Black Sea off the Russian resort city of Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics...read more Japan opens 'tallest lift tower' Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has opened what it says is the world's tallest elevator testing tower. The 173m-high (567ft) structure is called Solae and dominates the skyline of Inazawa City...read more Japan plans Tokyo missile shield Japanese officials have carried out exercis... More About: News , General , Related
I am Legend - Behold the Star power of Will Smith
2008-01-15 21:47:00 Let me start by saying that without Will Smith in the staring role of I am Legend the movie would have deteriorated into a distasteful, second rate, watch and forget, science fiction flick. About the Film I am Legend stars Will Smith as Robert Neville a military virologist who might be the only human left on earth after a supposed cure for cancer turns out to a be a plague killing off most of the human and some animal occupants of earth and turning the remainder into violent, hyperactive, de-evolved mutants who fear sunlight. Robert’s only companion is a German-Shepherd dog named Sam, a final gift to him by his daughter and wife who had to be evacuated from New York just before the city was quarantined. Robert, who is immune to the virus affecting everyone else remains in New York to try and find a cure for the outbreak, search for survivors and pee his pants while the “Dark Seekers” reek havoc throughout the city at night. I liked the film but judging from reviews I have read i... More About: Power , Star , Behold , I Am Legend
56 Geeks project reveals the geek in all of us
2008-01-14 17:27:00 This project agrees with my notion that everyone has a little geek in them. Some shutter at the thought, but I believe it's true. In my mind "Geek iness" has evolved from the old definition of "a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp. one who is perceived to be overly intellectual". I am sure everyone can find and relate at least one "geek" on this list. Source - the 56 Geeks Project Geek @ Dictionary.com Geek @ Wikipedia More About: General
About Jamaipanese
2008-01-14 05:01:00 I’ve been blogging here for almost two years and I have never really got around to creating a proper “about me” page, so here goes ^_^I’ll be updating this page from time to time to time so check back every now and again. I am Jamaipanese, a young Jamaican male who has a great interest in Japan and its people for various reasons. I am what many people would call a techie and so I have a growing love affair with technology especially gadgets. I am also a big time car enthusiast who hopes to be able to start a collection of his various favourite models someday, that would we way cooler than my collection of movie tickets stretching back many years. I spend a lot of time watching anime, taking pictures and playing video games, too little time I think, I mean come on, who needs sleep anyway? One day I woke up realizing that most of my interests (anime, science, video games, cars, Godzilla ^_^, technology etc), originate from or are heavily influenced by a then mostly unknown (to me) p... More About: General
Sanyo Solar Ark – Solar Energy Generation Facility
2008-01-11 19:25:00 Sanyo is a well-known Japanese electronics company and a brand instantly recognizable worldwide. Sanyo’s Solar Ark is an ark shaped solar photovoltaic power generation facility located in the Gifu Prefecture of Japan. In my eyes the solar ark building is an architectural, engineering and scientific masterpiece. I just noted it as one of the places in Japan I would like to visit in a future trip to Japan as I want to see the solar lab and visit the solar museum housed within the facility. It’s free to enter the facility once it’s open and it’s boat-like features and name are obvious references to the biblical ark that Noah built to escape the floods. Infinite Solar Energy Unlike fossil fuels, bio fuels and other energy sources, the sun and it’s infinite solar energy isn’t going anywhere and the day the sun goes out is the day we are pretty much doomed as well. For more information and pictures visit the Solar Ark’s official website. More About: Solar energy , Sanyo , Generation
I shall tame the beast called the Japanese Language
2008-01-10 13:25:00 Yes I think of the Japanese language as a huge beast, but not an impossible task. It's not like I think I am incapable of properly grasping and using the language properly, it's just that process...a very long one and I have been incapable of sticking to that process and seeing it all the way through, I keep stopping it for various reasons and then having to start most of it over again. I have found inspiration from a...., of all things, a comedic video about the "secret to learning Japanese" which pokes fun at persons who are primarily using anime to study Japanese. I don't use anime as my primary studying resource, I have tonnes of books, ebooks, dictionaries and notes but I think anime is a great supplementary source to hear Japanese being spoken...albeit sometimes unnatural, filled will slangs and overly dramatic. The video's underlying lesson is clear to me and renewed by drive to study because i now know the "secret"...perseverance! My last update in the class logs and ... More About: Language , Beast , Japanese language
250 Entrecard Credits Contest Results!
2008-01-08 18:00:00 A big thank you to all of the 23 entrants in my 250 entrecard credits contest, I expected to get about 20 entries so I happy to report that this contest was a successful one. ^_^ Drawing and Results All entries to the contest were assigned a number from 1 to 23 in the order in which they entered. Entry to the contest was easy and all that was needed was a comment on the contest announcement post. The winner of the contest, chosen at random by Randomizer.org is the forth entry which is Ian from Ian. Congratulations Ian! Entry List 1. Gordon Swaby 2. Thomas L 3. Mike 4. Ian - WINNER! 5. Contamination 6. Matthew 7. betshopboy 8. Look 4 Dream Girls 9. George 10. Contest anomics 11. Victor 12. SEO Rob 13. CyberStrike 14. Tokyo Expat 15. Erz 16. ShadowKnight 17. Leon 18. Entrepreneur 19. Justin 20. deothersideofme 21. Sanjo-chan 22. Rob in Denver 23. Vijay I invite everyone who has entered the contest to post a recommendation of me and my blog on my entrecard page if you have not don... More About: General , Credits
A guest post by a true J-pop Fanatic
2008-01-07 23:29:00 This is the first guest post on my blog. It was written by Justin from educatedwhore.com, a very cool guy and one of my newest blogging pals. Don't let the name of his blog fool you as his site is well done and offers interesting posts on topic ranging from poetry to learning German to his general life experiences as a teenage growing up in California. Check out Justin's blog, why it is named "Educated Whore" and read much more about him. Kicking off the New Year right! I waited eagerly for the New Year to come for many reasons. I would be able to make new resolutions (that would be left unfulfilled) and I would get to see Ayumi Hamasaki's (浜崎あゆみ ) 9th studio album GUILTY. Ask any heavy j-pop fan and they probably would have said the same thing. GUILTY has been one of the most anticipated albums since it was announced. I didn't always like Ayumi Hamasaki. I always thought the she was at the top of the totem pole because she is drop-dead gorg... More About: Post , True , Guest
Bioshock - Video game Review
2008-01-06 20:53:00 Many argue otherwise but to me Bioshock is the best video game to be released in 2007 in terms of a single player experience. 2007 was a wonderful game for gaming, probably the best year ever, I found myself bombarded with new release after new release especially in the second half of the year, but very few even came close to fun I had (and still have) playing Bioshock. About the Game Bioshock is set in the 1960’s in an underwater city secretly built in the middle of Atlantic ocean. The city was build by a rich tycoon named Andrew Ryan who had grand ideas of a land free of political and religious oppression, a land which he also nicknamed “Eden”. Stem cell research from a new species of sea slug resulted in the creation of “Adam” powered by a special but hard to manufacture serum called “Eve” which was used to create “plasmid” which offered various upgrades to any regular human which included everything from eye colour changes, to my personal favourite…shoot fire from your hands... More About: Video , Gaming , Review , Video Game
Tokyo World's forth most Important city, Number 1 in Asia
2008-01-05 18:10:00 Tokyo is the capital of Japan and according to a recent survey by the Independent Newspaper it is the most important city in all of Asia and 4th most important in the world. Cities were ranked based on various criteria, including population, economy and influence. I'm not surprised by Tokyo's high ranking, after all it's the largest metropolitan area in the world, hosts various internal events regularly, at the cutting edge of technology not to mention a cultural behemoth. Tokyo City Official Site London, New York and Paris were ranked 1st to 3rd respectively. Read News article and souce I wonder if Kingston could ever make a list like this in my lifetime?...I have to be honest...it's highly unlikely. More About: Tokyo , General , Number
Loving my 2008 Pekochan Calendar gift
2008-01-04 17:42:00 My blogging pal from Jdonuts sent me a 2008 Pekochan calendar 2 weeks ago all the way from Japan and I am happy to say it finally arrived. It arrived just before my blog outage issues so I was unable to post about it till now. I love it and I have already added it to my little collection of Japan related gifts which include chopsticks, a headband and a Momotaru book from Tomoko sensei. I have to be defending it from various assaults from my younger sister though as she keeps trying to snatch the stickers that came with it. Thank you Contamination for such a great gift, now I feel compelled to send you something, but I don’t know what, any do you anything of particular interest from Jamaica? He also made a hilarious “public service announcement” as the possible reasons I was MIA recently. All 5 of them are hilarious, with my favourite a tie between 1 and 2: 1. A team of crack otaku ninjas abducted him and dragged him away to a secret laboratory in Akihabara. 2. The domain has bee... More About: General , Gift , Loving , Calendar
Blog outage and Frustration with my Domain Registrar
2008-01-04 11:03:00 After a little under 36 hours , my blog and all my other websites are now back online. For some strange, unproven reason my domain registrar (godaddy) disabled all my domains for suspected FRAUD! I have rarely been more angry and frustrated in my entire life, how can they just lock my account and disable websites for an unproven reason without even investigating or warning the customer? Now I realize that my problems with them are not over as they refunded my payments at the start of this issue but when they recharged and re-enabled my account the re-charged more money than they refunded! Feeling like a second rate customer Hours of buying phone cards and talking to their mainly stupid customer service reps have pissed me off mostly in this issue, because it seemed like because I was an international customer from Jamaica and seemingly because I am black and “unimportant” they treated me like I was some unintelligent ape! I seriously believe that this issue would have been rectifi... More About: Domain , General , Blog , Frustration , Outage
Happy New Year Everyone, All the best for 2008
2008-01-01 08:48:00 2007 was a year filled with ups and downs for me personally in all all aspects of my life, but I have now started 2008 as a stronger, more capable adult with strict goals to meet and various achievements to accomplish. I truly believe that if I stick to my primary goal to stop procrastinating that I will achieve all and more that I have noted mentally for 2008. I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all my readers and friends a productive, safe and prosperous 2008. More About: New Year , General , Happy , Happy New Year , Year
Top 3 Popular posts each Month of 2007 on Jamaipanese.com
2007-12-30 16:28:00 2007 was a good year for Jamaipanese.com. I'm waiting for the stats for the entire year to come in before preparing a post detailing the traffic stats on my blog. Until the I have written up a post detailing the top 3 popular posts each month on Jamaipanese.com according to Google Analytics. Although entries posted earlier in a particular month had a better chance of standing out I thought that since I have been getting a lot of new readers recently this post can provide a path to some interesting reads on my site. January Summer 2007 must have tech item - Apple iPhone Two words that describe me - Japanophile and Otaku Japanese emperor Akihito celebrates grandson's birth in New Year's poem February Naruto anime back now as Naruto: Shippuuden (Huricane Chronicles) Japan's Empire of Cool What would I buy with US$120 million? - A F-22 Raptor!!! March 300 Movie - An action packed showcase Cricket World Cup 2007 - Opening Ceremony Pictures Proud to be a Caribbean National - Cri... More About: General , Popular , Posts , Month , Pula
I won 200 EntreCard points Now I'm giving them away
2007-12-29 18:15:00 I woke up this morning 200 Entrecard points richer this morning when I found out that I was the one of the lucky winners in J-Donut.com's Entrecard points giveaway. I have decided to add 50 more points to the 200 I won and give it away!I recently started using Entrecard and I think it is a great blog promotion tool. J-donuts.com is a very good Japan related blog by an Australian living in Japan posting about his interests and life in Japan. It's run by a cool guy and not because he sent me a 2008 Peko-Chan Calendar which should be arriving any day now ^_^. How to Enter No complicated posts or link backs necessary, if you are interested in entering to win 250 entrecard points just leave a comment on this post! The winner will be chosen at random on Tuesday January 8th 2008! Good Luck to all More About: General , Giving , Points
Japan, China Relationship Continues to Improve
2007-12-28 19:12:00 I blogged about the improving relationship between Japan and China a few months ago and I happy to report that the positive trend continues. After a long meeting today between Japan's new Prime Minister and well known otaku Yasuo Fukuda and China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao today in China it has been reported by them both that the very long meeting was a success and that "Spring has come" in the two countries diplomatic relationship after decades of mistrust and unrest on various topics from border disputes to visits to a certain war memorial shine, military build-ups, pollution and disagreements with how to deal with a nuclear powered North Korea. Yasuo Fukuda (left) and Wen Jiabao (right)Image source Press Coverage "Prime Minister Fukuda said the spring has come in our relations and, after two-and-a-half hours of talks, I truly feel that the spring of China-Japan relations has arrived," Mr Wen told a joint news conference. Mr Fukuda said that China and Japan had never had m... More About: Relationship , General , Improve
Japan, China Relationship Continues to Improve
2007-12-28 19:12:00 I blogged about the improving relationship between Japan and China a few months ago and I happy to report that the positive trend continues. After a long meeting today between Japan's new Prime Minister and well known otaku Yasuo Fukuda and China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao today in China it has been reported by them both that the very long meeting was a success and that "Spring has come" in the two countries diplomatic relationship after decades of mistrust and unrest on various topics from border disputes to visits to a certain war memorial shine, military build-ups, pollution and disagreements with how to deal with a nuclear powered North Korea. Press Coverage "Prime Minister Fukuda said the spring has come in our relations and, after two-and-a-half hours of talks, I truly feel that the spring of China-Japan relations has arrived," Mr Wen told a joint news conference. Mr Fukuda said that China and Japan had never had more influence or responsibilities in Asia and the world... More About: Relationship , General , Improve
Assassins Creed Review – Playstation 3 version
2007-12-27 17:04:00 Assassins Creed was one of the most highly anticipated games of 2007. I will start by saying that it doesn’t live up to all the hype and to me is not an “exceptional” game but in today’s console gaming world even high budget, heavily promoted games like this will come across as “regular” when put side by side with other great games like Bioshock, Halo 3 and Mass Effect (I recently started playing this ^_^). Story and Experience The game follows the ancestor of Desmond Miles who is kidnapped and brought to an unknown facility. The ancestor of Desmond is named Altair aka “the flying one” and the main game begins in the 12th century during the heights of the Christian crusades in the middle east. Three huge and uniquely designed cities, Jerusalem, Acre and Damascus are where most of the game takes place as Altair goes around assassinating targets while slowly unfolding the story. I don’t want to get too much into detail but by the end of the adventure there are enough twists in the ... More About: Gaming , Playstation , Review , Playstation 3 , Version
Daily Writing Tips
2007-12-27 09:19:00 Good communication and writing skills are important no matter what is your profession. Daily Writing Tips is a frequently updated blog that offering writing tips, punctuation, grammar and spelling tips that are useful for any English Language speaker. A recent article explaining the difference between “further” and “farther” is an example of the great tips on writing available on the site.
Entrecard – A great blog promotion Tool
2007-12-26 06:30:00 Do you have a blog? If the answer is yes my next question will be, are you using entrecard? If you answer is no then you are missing out on a great opportunity to drive visitors to your blog. Which blog owner doesn’t like their page to be viewed by as much people as possible? Entrecard is a program I signed up for a few days ago that I wish I had signed up for sooner. How Does Entrecard Work You sign up for the program through their website at Entrecard.com, copy and past a small code that displays the entrecard widget (available in three sizes) somewhere on your blog, preferably in the sidebar or somewhere above the fold where it is very visible. Now other entrecard users who view your blog will have the opportunity to “drop off” their card on your page and when you browse other entrecard user’s blogs you will have the opportunity to do the same. This dropping off and receiving cards allows you to earn EC credits which you can then spend to purchase 125x125px places on any blog y... More About: Promotion , Blog Promotion , Blog , Great , Tool
Merry Christmas!
2007-12-25 06:22:00 Merry Christmas to all my readers. I hope that everyone will have a great day with their family and friends. This Christmas has been more quite for me that others in recent memory but I don't mind. I'm off to grandma's house to....you guess it to eat, but also to spend some time with my family especially my uncles. Stay safe, have fun and have a Merry Christmas ! Silent Night in Japanese mixed with scenes from various anime ^_^ More About: General , Merry
Watch Anime Episode Online with Anime Tome
2007-12-23 15:36:00 Looking for a good website to watch anime online? Anime Tome is a new website that is a website that offers up a large variety of hundreds of anime for you to watch online for free, and unlike other free anime websites there pages are not plastered with advertisements and there is no linking to and clicking unto third party sites to get the videos you want to watch. Every thing is integrated in one easy to use website and all the latest anime are updated regularly plus there are many classics available that can be viewed. Great series like Fooly Cooly, Gungrave, One Piece, Rurouni Kenshin, Hellsing and even some of my favourites like Naruto, Kaze no Stigma and of course….Claymore! Watch anime anytime you want without having to download large files through torrents, p2p software or direct from websites. With over 250 series and 6000+ videos available is a great resource for fans of anime. Watch Anime Episode s - AnimeTome More About: Online , Anime and Manga
Etana - Roots - Music Video
2007-12-22 07:34:00 She is one of the best musicians to appear on the scene in Jamaica in the last year. She sings positive songs about life, reality and progress. Still a fairly young entertainer inn terms of experience but one I am looking forward to great things from in the future. This is the video from one of Etana's latest songs entitled "Roots " Great work Etana and please continue to keep the message positive. Visit her website or Myspace page. More About: Video , Music , Music Video
Christmas is for Eating!
2007-12-20 22:49:00 Many people look forward to Christmas for for the gifts, seeing family and friends, traveling, or many others reasons, but I look forward to Christmas for the FOOD! That may come across as surprising because I am a very skinny fellow, but I look at the positives because unlike everybody elseI don't have to be watching my weight or counting calories - the benefits of of super fast metabolism. Just realizing this is the first image of me on my own blog...so much for a good first impression -_- I have been to two Christmas luncheons so far plus a customer appreciation day at a restaurant that I order lunch most days when I am at work from. The second of the two lunceons today and now I sit with a full stomach and lazy typing this message but still giving thanks for my many blessings. Any Plans for the Christmas Holidays? More About: General , Eating
Seido Jamaica karate team dominate karate tournament in Japan
2007-12-17 18:38:00 I was forwarded these news items by a reader, it seems Jamaica went to the land of Karate and stamped their class. Congrats team Jamaica. ^_^ The Seido Jamaica karate team returned home on December 5 with a 14-medal haul from the World International Karate Tournament held in Nagoya Japan on December 1 and 2. The catch includes five gold, two silver and seven bronze. To add to that, Bruce McFarlene won the coveted Grand Champion Trophy after easily dominating the heavyweight division...read more - Jamaica Observer Jamaica's Seido karate team returned home this week with a swag of 14 medals and the prestigious Grand Champion Trophy, won by heavyweight Bruce McFarlane, at the World International Karate Tournament in Nagoya, Japan. The team's haul included five gold, two silver and seven bronze medals, while McFarlane was the stand-out performer at the event as he dominated the heavyweight division over the weekend...read more - Jamaica Gleaner In Other News Japanese Emperor... More About: Team
Web Hosting by Network Solutions
2007-12-17 18:02:00 Network Solutions is the first and most well known domain registrar. Network Solutions also provides various other internet services such as website design, online marketing, email and Web Hosting Services. Web Hosting by Network Solutions Network Solutions provide 3 feature rich web hosting packages; Standard Web Hosting, Advanced Web Hosting and Pro Web Hosting. The most important figures to pay attention to when finding a web host are bandwidth, disk space and site uptime. The standard package comes with 7 GB of web space and allows 150 GB of bandwidth, the advanced package has 15 GB of diskspace and allows 400 GB of bandwidth, while the pro package has 30 GB of diskspace and allows a whopping 500 GB of bandwidth. All packages come with a 99.9% percent uptime guarantee as well as various other special features and a 30 day money back guarantee. The web hosting services by network solutions are competitively priced and come highly recommended with a well known established name ... More About: Network
Resident Evil: Degeneration Trailer
2007-12-17 05:16:00 Resident Evil fanatics rejoice! It's now confirmed that not in the too distant future that a Resident evil move entitled Resident Evil : Degeneration will be released. Compared to other game based movies the Resident Evil series of live action films did very well but it's good to see a CGI film coming out because if it's anything like Final Fantasy Advent Children it will be a must watch! RESIDENT EVIL DEGENERATION TRAILERUploaded by PANZERDRAKO Source - Kotaku More About: Trailer , Resident
Internet Connection back to normal
2007-12-15 07:20:00 After a little over a week of enduring limited internet access at home, which turned out to be DNS issues from my internet service provider I am happy to come home tonight to a fully functioning internet connection. I hope I am not celebrating too early but I feel like a junkie getting a fix after a long period of failed rehab. I'm heading to this beach on December 30, more info and pictures soon ^_^ This is perfect timing because I am off from work until next Wednesday and I have tonnes of work to do on my current websites as well as I have 2 new blogs I will be launching in the next few days, One will be my photoblog to go with my new camera and Flickr pro account and the other will not be too surprising but I'll keep it a secret till I snag the domain name. Now let me check if you guys are really reading through my posts: the first person who sends me a message through my contact form earns themself a free domain name, that I will register on Monday while I grab a few names I ... More About: Internet , General , Connection , Back , Normal
Herbert Henry McKenley - A Great Jamaican
More articles from this author:2007-12-13 23:15:00 I have been meaning to write this post for almost two weeks now but my internet connection problems, pre-Christmas workload and my coverage of the death at the calarlions.com blog has caused me to delay it. When I started the Calabar Lions blog for my old high school a few weeks ago I never dreamed that I would be blogging about the death of Herb McKenley. more images at detailed news coverage at calabarlions.com Herbert Henry McKenley was a great Jamaican and a hero to me and many other persons who thought highly of a man who has achieved so much during is long life. “Hustling Heb” as he was known by his teammates during is athletics career is still the only athlete to have reached an Olympic track final in all three of the classic sprint events, 100, 200 and 400 meters. Herb and his teammates literally put Jamaica on the track and field map in 1952 with 5 medals (2 gold and 3 silver), of those 5 medals Herb walked away with two individual medals in the 100m and 400m as well as ... More About: Great 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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