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
Got my new Digital Camera Yesterday
2007-12-12 07:10:00 Got a text message last night from the local courier service I joined recently saying that my package had arrived and was ready for pick-up, so being the typical civil servant in Jamaica I took it upon myself to take time off from the government’s work to go pick up my package first thing yesterday morning. It was my first time using one of these courier services/clubs where you join for a fee and then get an American address where you would ship items bought online to as long as you place your membership number as part of the address, they would then ship the item to Jamaica for me charging a fee depending on the weight of the item. Bought my cam online on the 5th of December and on yesterdat the 1th it is safe and sound in my hands. Anyway enough of that, please allow me to geek out about my cam ^_^. Following Taylor’s recommendation I discarded my plans for a SLR and went for a easy to use semi professional digital cam with great zoom and features. The number one candidate was ... More About: Digital Camera , Camera , General , Yesterday , Digital
Gaming Bliss - playing through multiple video games
2007-12-10 04:35:00 My internet connection at home continues to be unreliable, it seems Yatta was right and Flow Jamaica has DNS problems. I have taken the opportunity to spend a lot of time out of the house this weekend and I have also been playing a lot of video games. I have managed to finish the PS3 version of Assassins Creed so everyone can look forward to a review soon although I will be playing it over on the Xbox 360. Bioshock continues to be a wonderful (but scary) experience that I can only manage in small doses but I think I am about 80% complete in that game. Call of duty 4, I am playing this game on the second hardest difficulty and it frustrating! (in a good way). I love the experience and enjoy every minute of it. The sight of an RPG flying through the air never looked better. FIFA 2008 is the best football game I have ever played. The multiplayer scene is very hyped right now and I am must admit that I am a small fry compared to the big guys at the Area 51 Video Game arcade, but ... More About: Gaming , Video Games , Games , Video-Games
Fix my Connection!
2007-12-06 03:36:00 It’s been about 3 days now since my internet connection at home been acting funny. Certain pages are either displaying very slowly or not at all and for someone like me who spends a lot of time on the internet for both leisure and business it is frustrating. I have to keep refreshing certain pages or waiting for a long time for images to load up. I have checked my wireless connection and equipment many times and I am sure the problem isn’t from my side but calling Flow Jamaica’s customer service is proving increasingly difficult lately, I have to hold for long periods, listening to annoying jingles, christmas promotions and advertisements and the dumb technical staff still have not properly diagnosed the problem since yesterday. Been calling back all day but can’t get anyone, I’m guessing because today is Local Government Elections, so much for 24/7 customer service. Flow Jamaica's website has a new look since the last time I visited I’ll sleep on it and then call again first thi... More About: Connection
Overstock.com - All I want for Christmas Giveaway
2007-12-03 22:44:00 Overstock.com is a well known online store offering a wide variety of high quality brand name products and reasonable prices. Christmas is in the air and Overstock.com launched a wonderful contest called the All I want for Christmas Giveaway. Each day of the contest, you can enter for the chance to win gifts that you've chosen from Overstock.com, gifts chosen must be worth more than $1000. They're also giving you the opportunity to share your winnings and spread some Holiday cheer, by inviting up to 5 friends each day to register to win right along with you. If you win your gift, so do your friends Drawings will take place at the conclusion of the 5 day contest,to see if you won each gift you've registered to win over the duration of the giveaway. So there is lots of incentive to submit a new gift everyday, to increase your chances and gifts to win for not only you but your friends. If I was choosing five of my blogging friends I’d choose, Stunner, Gordon, David, Contaminatio... More About: Overstock
Speaking Japanese is hard but English is even harder
2007-12-03 15:29:00 A friend of mine sent me this video in an email. Many English language speakers like me who are studying Japanese find it very difficult because of the difference between the languages, how it is spoken, read, pronunciation and much much more, but have you ever thought about it from the other side? Here is a hilarious video from a television program in Japan, the aim is not to laugh while a native Japanese speaker tries to speak English. I laughed within the first minute, and by the end of the video I was laughing uncontrollably. More About: Hard , Speaking
2007 Miss World Competition - Well done Yendi Phillips
2007-12-01 15:43:00 So I was dug out of bed earlier than usual on a Saturday morning by my little sister who wanted a screaming partner while watching Miss World 2007. As it turns out I enjoyed the show and I had my beautiful women from all over the world. As expected I had my bets on my two stereotypical favourites: Jamaica and Japan, but as the program went on Poland, Trinidad and China looked as If they stood a chance to win. The Japanese and Polish contestants were the first to illuminated and then I got super excited when Jamaica, Trinidad and China made the top 12. Only to be shouting at the screen 5 minutes later when Jamaica fell out of the race and didn’t make it to the top 5. Her motto is “Life is short so do everything with wholehearted commitment; love life and live in love!” So the top five turned out to be Mexico, Trinidad, China, Sweden and Angola. No disrespect to my Swedish brethren but Miss Sweden looked and acted completely out of the loop as if she was rising a series of “buck-u... More About: Competition , Phillips , General
Japan Extension Dreadist Society
2007-11-29 21:32:00 Harvey, a fellow blogger on Japan related topics has a blog called Japan Newbie. He has lived in Japan for years and I swing by his blog from time to time to read up on his latest experiences living, working and traveling in Japan. A few days ago he made a post called "are you a dreadist?" which is about an interesting organization in Japan called the Japan Extension Dreadist Society . I wasn’t surprised that such a society existed but I was surprised at how great their dreads/braids/cornrows look and how pro Jamaica they were ^_^. More information and images over at Japan Newbie. edit Also found this photo on Flikr taken by m-i-k-a More About: General
Hitman Movie Review
2007-11-28 23:08:00 It’s been a while since I have watched a movie that caught my interest enough for me to blog about it and the last movie I blogged about was Death Note – The Last Stand. Yesterday I watched Hitman at the theatre and it was a great experience. I have been following up on news related to the Hitman Movie for a few years now and I remember some time ago that there was talk that Vin Diesel would have stared as the main character. After a while though Vin passed up the role and all I remember was that a young not so popular actor was taking over. The movie is now out and doing very well and after watching it I have to say that it lives up the gaming franchise it was based upon although I have only played a few of the Hitman video games. The action in this movie is believable, so no super powered, untouchable hero here. The Hitman character comes across as he should and is supported well by the rest of the cast with the exception of the robot like Russian General who had me in stitches ... More About: Movie Review , Review
Personalized Flash Drives
2007-11-28 22:57:00 USB flash drives have become more and more popular over the years as they are a fast, easy and safe way to carry all kinds of computer files from music, to e-books to pictures on a small device that can work on any computer with a USB port. Pexagon Tech has taken it one step further by offering personalized flash drives which are the perfect gift idea especially for the upcoming Christmas season. There are 14 colours and over 30 customized themes to choose from that can be engraved unto the drive which would make the perfect gift for a family member, friend or even business associate and with no order limits, no set up fees and orders process in just a few days it’s a simple, convenient process. More About: Flash , Flash drives
Quizzes, Tests and Widgets for your Blog
2007-11-27 22:03:00 Justsayhi.com is the perfect site to find Blog Stuff. When I say blog stuff I mean Quizzes , tests, widgets and other interesting things to post on your blog. Blogging is fun but the ideas may not be always flowing and a simple five minute post offering something interesting and out of the ordinary for your visitors to participate in is an excellent way to keep things “human” on your site if you know what I mean. I myself have posted various quizzes and tests on this blog from time to time and they all have been successful at engaging my readers and getting feedback. So whether you own a blog or not visit Justsayhi.com. Now what’s a blog post about blog widgets and quizzes without one? What Are Your Chances of Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse? 43% Take the Zombie survival quiz and post your percentage results in a comment. More About: Widgets , General , Tests
Want me to make a Guest Post on your blog?
2007-11-26 16:28:00 Blogging is fun and more and more everyday people are getting into blogging and visiting blogs. I'm all for spreading the idea of blogging to as many people as possible, no matter what the topic of your blog might be. With that said I offering any any visitor to my site that owns a blog who wants me to guest post of their webpage to send me a message through my contact page. No matter what your blog is about as long as i can think of something to blog about related to the topics covered I will do add my input. In return you are free to guest post on my blog as well ^_^ cool huh? All you have to do is keep it Japan, technology, Jamaica, music, movie, gaming, sports or science related. Drum Machine my favourite 5 minute animated musical stress reliever All fellow blog owners who are suffering from bloggers block or would like to try something new and interesting while attracted new visitors will like this idea very much. So go ahead, send me your messages and let the guest posting... More About: General , Post , Blog , Make , Guest
Heroes TV Series Biblical Character Comparison
2007-11-23 18:26:00 This is the point where I planned to make a first impressions post on season 2 of Heroes but my twisted mind has hatched another plan and I have thought of something out of the ordinary. As all fanatic Heroes fans I am always trying to predict the next twist in the story of this popular show but so far there have been little or no patterns to follow in the story and Heroes is the type of show that not even if a bullet pierces your skull, death is still uncertain.^_^. This post took me a week to write, hence its length -_-. So I either have too much time on my hands or I am just enjoying Heroes, I have found an interesting comparison to make, and it involves the characters with biblical names in the series! Biblical Noah Righteous man instructed by God to build and Ark and save his family as well as one male and female of every living thing of flesh. All of the people of the world are descended from him and his family and he lived to be over 600 years old. Heroes Noah Noah Bennet b... More About: Series , Tv Series , Character , Comparison
Samus Aran Cosplay
2007-11-22 19:26:00 Samus Aran is my favourite female character and one of the baddest video game characters in general. He powersuit is what her extraordinary but also makes it extremely hard for fans to reproduce her look for cosplay events. No simple cloth and headband costume here like Ryu from street fighter and them other basic characters. A couple fans from Sweden, with much effort, has managed to make the best Samus Aran costume I have ever seen. More Images @ pixel Ninja [ Via - Samus Central ] More About: Gaming , Cosplay
Fingerprinting of all Foreigners entering Japan has begun
2007-11-20 19:12:00 Yes, its now official all non-Japan ese nationals or persons with special privileges and permission inside of or visiting Japan are all suspected terrorists. I've never been off this beautiful tropical island rock called Jamaica, not because I couldn't but because I refuse to travel to another persons country and feel like a second rate human and the visa and paperwork requirements were too much for me and I couldn't be bothered. I am having trouble swallowing the terrorism prevention measure excuse been offered up by Japan and my plans for visiting Japan just got more complicated. I have nothing to fear and to the best of my knowledge I am not a terrorist but if this is not discrimination I don't know what is and if I were a terrorist Japan would be extra attractive right now, can you imagine the publicity bomb the first terrorist attack in japan after these new rules are implemented will get now? Even if you have lived and worked in Japan for years you are not exempt - image ... More About: General , Reign , Foreigner , Erin
Alicia Keys American Music Awards 2007 Performance
2007-11-19 17:24:00 Yesterday's performance by Alicia Keys at the AMAs was well received by the audience and the experience was heightened by the Jamaican contribution of Junior Reid, Chaka Demus & Pliers & Beenie Man. Check out the video of the performance and leave your feedback via comments. [via - Reggae Lifestyle ] More About: Music , Performance , Awards , Music Awards
Sunshine Girls finish third in World Netball Championships
2007-11-18 20:01:00 The roses of England bloomed for six days then finally wilted in the heat of the Sunshine Girls That was how the opening sentence of Suzanne McFadden's well written post game coverage written in the New Zealand Herald. The Sunshine Girls after making it to the Semis we beaten by New Zealand but out shined England to take third place in World Netball Champions. In finishing third they lived up to their ranking on 3rd in the world. Well done girls you have made me and the entire Jamaica proud. Editorial cartoon in today's Jamaica Observer Newspaper Both Jamaica and England maintained their world ranking from the last WNC held in Kingston four years ago. Incidentally, England beat Jamaica 53-52 to win the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, last year...Read more from the Jamaica Observer Despite millions of dollars and four years of preparation, England failed to live up to their own expectations at these world netball championships - the year they pre... More About: Championships , Finish
The Sunshine Girls - Semi Finals of Netball World Championships
2007-11-15 19:35:00 The Sunshine Girls are into the semi finals of the 2007 Netball World Championships and will be facing the Silver Ferns from New Zealand for a spot in the final. The match will be taking place in the wee hours of tomorrow morning Jamaica time and I hope the young Jamaica team makes it through. I’ve been watching highlights of the matches and although this is not the best team we have ever sent to an international netball event it’s still a strong and young team and we have to keep up with or improve our number one ranking in the world. Elaine Davis, Jamaica's super tall Goal Shooter at a press conference before the 2007 Netball World Champs I recently got interested in netball after my too other favourite sports (football and cricket) continue their downward spiral. The reggae boys and the West Indies are at the bottom of the FIFA and ICC rankings and sometimes I can’t bother with the embarrassing performances. If I was up to my I’d fire every last coach, player and member or the... More About: World Championships
Japanese Fashion Influenced by Crime
2007-11-14 17:32:00 Fool pursuing robbers by disguising yourself as a soda machine, that’s just one of the various “ideas” being developed by designers in Japan. The Japanese people are afraid of crime and although living in a country where crime is actually declining they are always brainstorming ways to keep their themselves and their families safe. Image source - NY Times So if a soda machine camouflage is not your style why not try the “manhole bag” that when dropped unfolds to look like a manhole cover, I posted about manhole covers in Japan a few days ago, I wonder if any of them were manhole bag prototypes. Anti Crime Fash ion for Children Protect your children with knife proof body armour, read up on how to dress them as thugs to ward off bullies and ensure they wear a special backpack that you can track their every movement and also be notified when they leave the school compound. Read full New York Times Article The Inventive Japanese Japanese people are always inventing new thing... More About: General
The intersection of video and opportunity
2007-11-14 17:00:00 Vidopp.com’s tagline of “The intersection of video and opportunity” describes the purpose of the website very well. Vidopp brings together all video competitions on the web that gives the creator the opportunity to win cash prizes for their video creations. All the rules and criteria for each video contest are clearly listed on the website as to give you all the information needed in one place. More About: Video , Opportunity , Unit
My battle with an error while Registering for Youtube
2007-11-13 20:10:00 I just spent the last 30 minutes wrestling with Youtube and swearing at the computer screen only to realize that the culprit was a cookie! Sound weird to you?...Ok let me explain. I was creating a Youtube channel to post future game related videos from Area 51, that same videogame arcade I talk about from time to time. So I headed over to Youtube and signed out my regular account and clicked sign up to create one for the game arcade. I thought it would have been cool to have the date of birth field being the first day the arcade opened which from the arcade's website states April 2002. I kind of thought that it wouldn’t work but I click so fast that I thought it would only cost me about 3 seconds to see if it would work. I filled out all the other fields and clicked enter and was hit in the face with an error "Sorry. Based on the information you have submitted to us, you are ineligible to register for YouTube.com." I said to my self “oh well, it didn’t work” and hit the back butto... More About: General , Error , Battle , Regis
Color-Changing Auto Paint by Nissan
2007-11-12 19:48:00 Want a car like a chameleon? In three years you might be able to get just that. Nissan is developing a special technology using polymers limned with dyed iron oxides, which become visible when lit up with a carefully-measured charge. I guess different measurements give you different colours. Turned off, the car reverts to being it’s default, plain white. Great colours, I'd turn of this one to pay homage to my alumni - Calabar High School How cool is that eh? I will not even think evil and mention the benefits of this technology for when trying to evade the police, I’ll more think about having a different colour for each day of the week, or for my different moods, or to match my clothes! ^_^. Red, now this colour just makes the 350Z look even sexier [Via - Sci-fi Blog | Mobile Mag | Wired Blog ] More About: Color , Auto , Changing , Paint
Enjoying Xbox Live
2007-11-09 21:12:00 Microsoft is now a major player in the console gaming market, but they had to fight long and hard for the recognition. One area that they have made their name is in the area of online play. I give then top ratings for the Xbox Live experience and with games Like Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, Gears of War, just to name a few; logging on for a couple hours each week is an experience I look forward to. I've been an Halo 3 addict since I got my hands on it, but it seems my addiction will have to wait a little because my 1 month free of Xbox Live Gold Membership expired on November 5 -_-. Call of Duty 4 is out and from the little I saw from a "not to legal copy" on a modified Xbox 360 being played it's a must buy. Keeping my fingers crossed that the legal copies will arrive this weekend for the Area 51 Video Games Arcade. My New Xbox Live Gamer tag Put your gamertag here too. My new Gamer Tag that was only used to take advantage of a free month is now going to be my main gamer Tag, repla... More About: Gaming , Xbox-Live
Shaggy Intoxication Album and Bonafide Girl Video
2007-11-07 17:31:00 Local and International entertainment news overflowing the news on Shaggy and his new album to be released on November 13th. Shaggy is a good entertainer and I've always preferred cheerful "gyall tunes" (as we'd say in Jamaica) than the negative, profanity laden, violent rubbish that the Jamaica music industry bit spitting out by the hundreds lately. Had to take the time to big up the positive. Check out the first video off the album, I must admit it's kind of shallow lyrically, but with a catchy hook sung by Rik Rok, a classic Jamaican beat and lots of beautiful ladies as eye candy how can you not like this song and video, especially for a party vibe. ..."sweet girl, your the only one for me the only one that has my heart, there's no need to stray our love is like a perfect work of art, ain't no need to loose your cool you really got to play it smart"... More About: Video , Girl , Album , Bonafide
Otaku Fest in Guam a Big Success
2007-11-06 18:00:00 The Otaku conquest of the world continues with our latest ally turning out to be a small island in the middle of the pacific ocean. Guam is an overseas territory of USA with a population of less that 180, 000 people. More than 120 of them came out to Guam’s first ever Otaku Fest and from the looks of it, they had fun. Some of the jubilant cosplayers showing off their costumes Winners of the costumer contest first place (middle), second place (left), third place (right) Read more at Pacific Daily News Who wants to join me in planning an Otaku Fest for Jamaica? More About: Success , Anime and Manga
Tech Bargins - for the Best Deals in Technology Related Products
2007-11-06 13:58:00 Techbargains.com is a website dedicated to helping you save money on all technology related purchases by scouring the internet and retail stores for the best deals on the best products. The most useful feature is the “Bargain News” which includes the latest new special and/or exclusive deals, coupons, rebates, and offers for Tech products such as computer parts and hardware, DVDs, Video Game related items, gadgets, cell phones, discount computers, digital cameras, software and much more. Another great feature on the website is an extensive up-to-date catalog of coupons and rebates in the right column coupon section. These discounts are current and unlike other coupon or discount websites you will not find long expired deals listed, only active, usable deals for you the consumer to save anywhere from a few bucks to a couple hundred dollars. If you like the website and I see no reason not to if you purchase tech products regularly, be sure to grad their RSS feed to be on top of the l... More About: Technology , Products , Tech , Related
Jamaica's 2030 Vision and plan for Development
2007-11-04 18:55:00 Filing through all the negative news over the past couple days I heard multiple mentions of a new development plan for Jamaica. I’m glad that finally there are moves towards a national development plan. Jamaica continues to fall behind the rest of our Caribbean neighbours and the world with barely any growth in our economy each year. I’m hope that this plan is not derailed by political divisions and uncooperative people. I'll be following this issue closely in the months and years to come. Jamaica's 2030 Development Vision Article Excerpts Jamaica's 2030 Vision, which aims to catapult the island into developed country status by that year, is driven by a plan and an approach that is unique in Jamaica's history of developmental planning. The PIOJ Director General said that it would be the task of national leaders to "excite the people to join in working toward the ultimate objective of meeting the goal of developed country status by 2030". He said that already a lot of mater... More About: Plan
Tokyo Motor Show 2007
2007-11-02 18:25:00 The bi-annual Tokyo Motor Show has been going on in Chiba City Japan since October 26th and will official end on November 11th. I’ve been on top of news related to the show and swearing to myself while wishing I was there. The new Nissan GT-R is a huge hit at the show Shiny new cars are not the only attraction at an auto show Out of all the wired futuristic motorized contraptions that premiered at the show the Suzuki PIXY takes the cake ^_^ Two online sources for news and updates related to the 40th Tokyo Motor Show are MSN Autos and the Auto Blog. Which of the cars (or anything else for that matter) caught your eye? More About: General
Tokyo Motor Show 2007
2007-11-02 18:25:00 The bi-annual Tokyo Motor Show has been going on in Chiba City Japan since October 26th and will official end on November 11th. I’ve been on top of news related to the show and swearing to myself while wishing I was there. The new Nissan GT-R is a huge hit at the show Shiny new cars are not the only attraction at an auto show Out of all the wired futuristic motorized contraptions that premiered at the show the Suzuki PIXY takes the cake ^_^ Two online sources for news and updates related to the 40th Tokyo Motor Show are MSN Autos and the Auto Blog. Which of the cars (or anything else for that matter) caught your eye? More About: General
Tokyo Motor Show 2007
2007-11-02 18:24:00 The bi-annual Tokyo Motor Show has been going on in Chiba City Japan since October 26th and will official end on November 11th. I’ve been on top of news related to the show and swearing to myself while wishing I was there. The new Nissan GT-R is a huge hit at the show Shiny new cars are not the only attraction at an auto show Out of all the wired futuristic motorized contraptions that premiered at the show the Suzuki PIXY takes the cake ^_^ Two online sources for news and updates related to the 40th Tokyo Motor Show are MSN Autos and the Auto Blog. Which of the cars (or anything else for that matter) caught your eye? More About: General
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - First Impressions
More articles from this author:2007-11-01 01:39:00 So far I have watched the first 4 of 25 episodes expected in the first season of the latest Gundam Series. I have been excited about this new Gundam series for months and I wrote about it in June. Gundam Exia and it's pilot has yet to impress me The story is very Gundam-like and revolves around a private organization calling themselves Celestial Being using the power of advanced mobile suits called Gundams in their quest to end all wars. Also in typical Gundam fashion a simple story is complicated by a huge cast of characters and the viewer sees the progression of the Gundam 00 story through these various characters. The "Flag" Mobile Suit that wiped the shine off Exia It's a bit too early to say if I like Gundam 00 or not, but I do look forward to each episode and I have already found my favourite suit and pilot. I have always been a fan of the big, high damage dealing Gundams like Heavy Arms instead of the pretty, agile, and flamboyant types and so far it seems that Gundam V... More About: First Impressions , Anime and Manga 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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