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mannikin

existential void where prohibited

May 05, 2006 07:24

you know what isn't just like riding a bike?

riding a bike. i dropped a cool ten thousand yen on the gaijin bullet a few weeks ago. it comes with no gears, a thumb bell and handlebar basket standard. it is a thing in the main. it has served me reasonably well as my primary (read: only) mode of transportation. i spent my first day of ownership ( Read more... )

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So it's a squatty-trough... kegpony May 6 2006, 00:29:15 UTC

If you had to take a long time pooping, it would really suck after awhile. Though I've been told that it's healthier for your colon if you squat down like most of the world does.

Is your boss american or Japanese or what? Is it just the honkys that party too much? What about the mundane daily teachings of 7 classes/day? I have lots of questions...

Re: So it's a squatty-trough... mannikin May 6 2006, 10:33:40 UTC

regardless of what's healthy for my colon, i prefer to sit down while i'm pooping. as an epilogue to the trench story, today i did manage to find a western style toilet. oddly enough, it had a heated seat. apparently all the public western toilets here have heated seats. so weird.

my immediate boss, the one in the photo, is american. it may well be that honkys party too much, but i haven't partied with enough japanese people to make a firm declaration on the subject. and i typically teach eight lessons a day, which is super mundane, but it can be fun every once in a while. i just wish i had more time for rocking out (not that i rock out that much, but you know).

Re: So it's a squatty-trough... mavra_chang May 6 2006, 20:59:27 UTC

From what I've seen and heard, Japanese also hit the sauce a bit too hard. I've heard that it's because they're straightlaced workaholics, so when they do unwind they unwind pretty damn hard.

mavra_chang May 24 2006, 17:20:23 UTC

The link I was talking to you about:

http://bicyclesafe.com/

hiiii shellerama June 21 2006, 23:38:28 UTC

i would very much like a heated toilet seat in which to squat.

sounds like you are having a rocking good time over there.

when do you get to come back?

Re: hiiii mannikin June 22 2006, 16:05:31 UTC

hey!

yeah, the heated toilet is nice. closer inspection also reveals that the heated toilet has a built-in bidet, which is just weird.

and yeah, it hasn't been a bad time so far. i'm hoping to come home for a week or two around new year's, and my contract is up in april, although there's always the possibility that i'll stay longer . . . i'm not going to decide one way or another on that until january or february, though.

it's great to hear from you, though. what are you up to?

celticlovecross July 11 2006, 03:26:14 UTC

so a l-o-n-g time ago, when i first looked at these, i noticed in the cherry blossom one you're wearing the same green striped hand-made scarf you wore before you left ... nice. i liked it then. sorry i didn't comment til now.

pgmcc July 18 2006, 19:14:56 UTC

picture a two-foot by six-inch porcelain trench positioned in the middle of the floor.

The French style toilet is more or less a six inch by six inch hole in the ground with foot-plates either side. You mostly find them in the more rural towns but they used to be ubiquitous being found in private homes and hotel rooms.

By coincidence I did a little rant on my lj yesterday about toilet cubicles.