http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog Blogging on building Gunpla, Gundam & Japan Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:44:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/07/05/727/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/07/05/727/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:16:36 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=727 Meet Claude, he’s an 8 year old Bear who currently lives in Asa Zoo, Hiroshima. He could seriously kick your ass. Unrelated: WordPress 3… ooooooooo…..]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/07/05/727/feed/ 1 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/05/17/janglish-signs-and-products-2/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/05/17/janglish-signs-and-products-2/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 18:50:29 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=707 A while ago I posted a collection of amusing examples of Janglish I came across during my Japan adventures, time for some more! Above we have a bar in Shibuya, not sure heading out to nob would be my idea of a good night Liquor Shop, I think that’s a slight exaggeration… Store my Ducks. [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/05/17/janglish-signs-and-products-2/feed/ 3 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/29/tilt-shift-time-lapse-kyoto/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/29/tilt-shift-time-lapse-kyoto/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:55:19 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=714 Rejigged my original Time Lapse Kyoto footage.. bumped up the saturation and added some lens blur to turn it into a moving tiltshift! Pretty happy with how this turned out, i’d recommend checking it out over on youTube for the high resolution version!]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/29/tilt-shift-time-lapse-kyoto/feed/ 2 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/15/japanese-house-extensions/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/15/japanese-house-extensions/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:45:23 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=689 Back here in the UK, building any kind of addition onto your home involves a ton of paperwork and red tape. By the looks of thing in Japan all you need is a few bits and pieces from your local hardware store and a bit of time! Here are a few unique extensions I came [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/15/japanese-house-extensions/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/08/janglish/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/08/janglish/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:36:36 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=668 Technically, Janglish refers to expressions that sound like English and are used by the Japanese when speaking Japanese but is also used when mentioning amusing  mistranslations too. During my visits i’ve encountered a good few firsthand, so here are a few amusing examples along with some downright funny/unfortunate choices for brands and shopnames! The image [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/04/08/janglish/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/03/29/panoramic-kyoto/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/03/29/panoramic-kyoto/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:41:20 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=650 When we visited Iwatayama Monkey Park in Kyoto last year, I spent a bit of time shooting several shots of the landscape with the plan to combine them into a Panoramic. Finally, here’s the result! It was a bit of an overcast day so i’ve had a bit of a play around trying to clear [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/03/29/panoramic-kyoto/feed/ 2 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/03/19/11-gundam-returns-this-july-now-with-100-more-beam-saber/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/03/19/11-gundam-returns-this-july-now-with-100-more-beam-saber/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:33:54 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=602 Well if I ever needed a reason to start scrimping and saving every penny I have, there it is. The 1/1 RX-78 Gundam displayed previously in Shiokaze Park is on the way back with a new addition! This time touching down at JR Higashi-Shizuoka Station, the ‘Real Grade’ unit sports a funky new beam saber(which [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/03/19/11-gundam-returns-this-july-now-with-100-more-beam-saber/feed/ 1 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/02/06/jet-a-disappointing-sidenote/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/02/06/jet-a-disappointing-sidenote/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:28:03 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=465 So I applied for JET, but found out yesterday I didn’t get selected for interview. To those not familiar, JET is the Japan Exchange and Teaching program. I applied back in November of last year to be in ALT(Assistant Language Teacher) which would involve moving to Japan for a year to help teach English in [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/02/06/jet-a-disappointing-sidenote/feed/ 4 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/17/final-fantasy-xiii-elixir-unboxing/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/17/final-fantasy-xiii-elixir-unboxing/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:00:29 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=393 It’s almost becoming something of a tradition for Square Enix to release a licensed energy drink around the time a new Final Fantasy game comes out, so it’s no surprise to anyone that Suntory-licensed FFXIII drinks are currently available. What did catch my eye was this funky box on sale in the 7-11, containing both [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/17/final-fantasy-xiii-elixir-unboxing/feed/ 2 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/13/tilt-shift-kyoto/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/13/tilt-shift-kyoto/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:16:26 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=370 I fired off literally thousands of pictures in my time in Japan last December(doesn’t that make it sound so long ago?) so I’ve picked a few with which to revisit tilt-shift photography. This time it’s shots of Kyoto, i’m sure in time i’ll try and pick some shots for Osaka also. Enjoy! The above shot [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/2010/01/13/tilt-shift-kyoto/feed/ 2