Month: June 2005

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Peeple knead two reed!

What is it with San Francisco people?  Not the Natives, the newbies.

Alledgedly, San Francisco people are the most edu-ma-cated according to various polls and worthless surveys.  Yet when it comes to reading, they dun do it! The excuses are myriad, such as “I was too busy because I was: (surfing porn, cutting my toenails, dealing with windows, eating) while “trying” to read the blog.

Like reading this takes a lot of friggin’ effort?!?

I’ve been online with frens from disparate places such as New York City, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore who read and appreciate this! Cannot tell me that they have lots of spare time to spare!

San Francisco, compared to these cities, is a sleepy burb. So enough with the excuses already! That’s why the title of the blog has been changed.

Just a little…

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Absolute BS (sort of)

So on the way back from the Headlands (see previous entry), there was a gently curving road that was fun until we hit this red light.

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It was 5 minutes. I timed it.

Read that sign underneath the signal. FIVE MINUTE LIGHT?!? And no countdown signal or anything!

But it’s there for a good reason since the tunnel you enter after the light has ONE lane.

But it still can use a countdown timer at that friggin’ five-minute light…

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Went for a Ride

Went for a ride on my motorbike with a friend who was breaking in his last weekend. It was a fun jaunt through Marin ending at the Marin Headlands (at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge).

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The Headlands are pretty high and the bridge is really big.
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This is the obligatory artsy shot.

At the other end of the Headlands is Point Bonita. There’s been a lighthouse there for a billion years.

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A BILLION years! From the time of the dinosaurs…
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Modern solution on the left of the pretty picture of the VA in the distance

But nowadays, instead of lighthouses, the modern solution is radar and electronically controlled foghorns.

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Definitely not lomantic, but the foghorns still wail
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Now this is just Wrong wrong wrong!

I went to PacBell SBC Park for a Giants game. We won, yay!

PacBell SBC Park is known for having expensive food, which it does. It also has expensive beer. All kinds of beer. Bud is US$5.00 and everything else (“premimum”) beer is US$7.50. They even had this:

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PBR! Nice…for some


But check out the price!

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Since when has PBR been considered a “premium” beer? Oh yeah, when the hipsters started quaffing it.

Now that’s just plain WRONG! And the US$4.25 is for the bag o’nuts you see there in the pic.

US$7.50 for Pabst Blue Ribbon? Anta BAKA??

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I’m Who?

Congratulations Rodney, you are…


Cowboy Caleb of cowboycaleb.liquidblade.com

You are smart, loyal and sensitive. You are also very caring towards other people and you help them out whenever you can. You are very passionate about your line of work. You fight for your beliefs and if someone doesn’t agree with you, you argue your point of view across in a very convincing yet diplomatic manner. For that, you earn respect.

Which Singaporean Blogger Are You?

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Irish Chinese Food???

I’ve heard of multinational companies, but this is absurd! Check out my bag of potstickers.

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In their defense, they were pretty good

Pretty straightforward, right? Now check out the name of the company that makes these taste treats…

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That would be the SoCal O’Tasty clan, don’t ya know!

Yup. A company from Southern California (City of Industry) with an Irish sounding name that makes Chinese food.

The mind wobbles… (Kelly Bundy)

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First BBQ of the Season

So baseball has spring training, football has pre-season and I’ve got the “it’s not raining anymore so let’s haul out the Weber” season.
Ergo, it’s the first BBQ of the season! We all decided to BBQ some chicken parts (Ivan), angus steak (me) and, erm, a Pork Log (Andy).

As the “master of fire”, I fired up the coals and started up the grill. Dun worry, I was supervised every step of the way.

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Tokyo Subway Resource

Toward the end of my last stay in Tokyo, I wound up helping an American serviceman find his way to Ueno and the Keisei Skyliner while we were on the Yamanote (The Skyliner is a waaay cheaper way to get to Tokyo from Narita, best if u dun have an expense account or a JR Pass).

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The cheapest limited express from Tokyo to NRT

He was a bit flustered as he ran in the car (getting his arm caught in the door in the process). Seems that he was trying to get to Narita and got the JR (Japan Rail) and the Tokyo Metro mixed up. Here’s some general rules about rail in Tokyo.

JR usually runs above ground. The Yamanote and the Chuo/Chuo Rapid are JR Lines. At JR stations, you go UP to the platforms.

Tokyo Metro generally runs underground. You go DOWN into the Metro station and usually once there, you go DOWN again to get to the platforms. This is the rule in central Tokyo, although as you head further out, some Metro lines become elevated.

To make things even more confusing, Tokyo Metro as it’s known by everyone, is actually run by two operators. The actual “Tokyo Metro” which makes up most of the subway lines on your map is operated by a private company while several lines (Oedo, Asakusa, Mido, Shinjuku) are known as the Toei Subway, which is run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Why this matters is because the fare structure is slightly different between the two systems. However, if you have a Suica or a Pasmo, which are prepaid transit cards, it’s not an issue. You can purchase these at JR or Tokyo Metro stations respectively.

Tokyo Metro also makes tourist videos, all destinations accessable by Tokyo Metro

Transferring about can be a challenge if you’re not competely familiar with the city (as I’m not, at least not yet!). I found this page run by Tokyo Metro that helps you transfer between the two subway systems.

Neat, wish I knew about this site while I was there! Live and learn and know for the next visit…