Separated at birth?
Posted in Humor on Jul 6th, 2010
Holland’s World Cup team manager Bert van Marwijk and cycling legend Greg Lemond?
Musings from a financial translator in Tokyo (and now London)
Posted in Humor on Jul 6th, 2010
Holland’s World Cup team manager Bert van Marwijk and cycling legend Greg Lemond?
Posted in Humor on Mar 17th, 2010
David Brent and Nikolai Demidenko?
EDIT: Here’s the ‘Arsenal off-side trap’ scene mentioned below: If you haven’t checked out this movie yet, do so – it’s hilarious. And this is my second-favorite scene – my favorite scene is the ‘Arsenal off-side trap’ scene, which is why I saw the movie in the first place after PK mentioned it. Haven’t found [...]
Posted in Humor on Aug 24th, 2009
Steven Gerrard…a younger version of Russel Crowe?
If you don’t win, but you tried your best… You’re still a loser.
Anyone who’s spent anytime in Japan has heard of engrish.com. You know, the site were people upload pictures of the weird English sayings that you see on t-shirts, cups, billboards and menus all over Japan? Well, it turns out the Japanese can get their revenge. The MBH found this crazy clothing store in Covent Garden, run by some [...]
I finally got around to passing out my new name cards. I hadn’t looked at them very closely (the division assistant ordered them for me). It’s probably a good thing I hadn’t passed any out yet – PK noted something when I gave him one last night. According to the name card, the official name [...]
Don’t go to the pool…
So…you want to ride a bicycle in Japan? I have to warn you – it’s slightly different from riding a bike back in the States. First, go out and buy a generic looking bike – you know, one that will look like every other bike in existence in Japan: Once you’ve got your new baby [...]