わたしのしゅうまつ

わたしのかれはきにょうびにきました。どようびにともだちと Flushing えいきました。Dim Sum たべました。おいしいい！






けいにくのあし！

それから、ともだちと　Korea Town (K-Town) えいきました。のみました。

World Order in NYC

Earlier I posted the synchronized running video without really knowing what group did it, where they were, etc. but a friend recently sent me another one of their videos, where they're dancing around New York.



So cool.

It's Illegal to be Fat in Japan

Thanks to an anti-obesity law passed last year, Japanese salarymen across the nation are pulling up their shirts to have their guts measured... and if they're overweight, they face consequences.

If you're male and your waist is over 33.5 inches, you're considered fat. If you're female, the limit is 35.4 inches. Thanks to those burgers, you now have to attend mandatory counseling with a physician. For every grotesquely obese employee like yourself, your company gets hit by a fine; ergo, they strongly encourage you to lose weight with gifts of gym memberships and pedometers.

The goal of all this is to prevent Japan from experiencing an obesity epidemic like so many other industrialized nations. The theory is the less overweight people you have, the lower health care costs will be across the board. Although I think the waistline restrictions are a bit strict (how is a six foot tall foreigner supposed to have a 33-inch waist?), this seems like a good idea overall. America could certainly benefit from less junk in the trunk... but would such a system work here?

http://current.com/news/91443187_its-illegal-to-be-fat-in-japan.htm

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I agree with the basic concept behind the law, but the blanket rule of measuring waists without taking into account height at all is moronic. At least use BMIs or something.

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So I added a 〒 sign to my blog name, since that's apparently the symbol for a post office in Japan.

I have a bio midterm tomorrow I'm not too keen on studying for because I took so much bio in high school it's just tiring now. Sigh.

Anyways, the real purpose of this entry is to reveal my favorite Japanese band, who unfortunately disbanded in 2005.

BUT WHO APPARENTLY REFORMED IN 2008 ACCORDING TO WIKIPEDIA?!

Okay, well, more research will need to be done.

This is my favorite song by them though. I found it (rather embarrassingly, now that I think back on it) because of the anime InuYasha, which used this as an ending song.

No embedding, unfortunately.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIoDWTF0qSo

PS: I recently bought a Harry Potter poster from eBay AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR IT.