Bluesnow pointed this out to me a few days ago. Gundam legs!

Work has started on the “life-sized” Gundam. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the mecha anime/manga/toy/video game franchise, an 18-meter-tall (59-foot-tall) Gundam statue will be erected in Tokyo this July.
If only such events were held around the world, well.. Gundam is quite famous everywhere. Even anime fans here in Singapore who do not really support anime (tsk) do know of the mighty Gundams XD.
The only memorable gundam model I saw was a human-sized Gundam Exia in Singapore last year(excluding …

Just when we thought there will be more death threats made against singers, we have the latest news – a flasher!
A man was arrested yesterday for obscenity in public after he reportedly flashed passengers aboard the JR Kagoshima Line.

Ishikawa, who told police he was unemployed and homeless, admitted to the charges, and was quoted as saying: “I got on the train with the intention of flashing someone.”
The conductors attempted to question Ishikawa about the flashing incident but he escaped at Spaceworld Station in Kitakyushu City, running for about 650 metres …

If you never knew your old stuff could be useful, think again. Odakyu department store recently had a promotion whereby customers could bring their old ladies shoes and trade in for a 1,050 yen coupon. The coupon can be used for customers to purchase new items. The department store had initially decided to hand out 20,000 coupons, but ended up giving out more than 150,000 of such coupons!
First such sales started in April 8-21 2009. Because of the huge succession of the first trade-in campaign, Odakyu decided to have another …

Another man has been arrested, this time for making death threats against Kumi Koda. He posted death threats on Koda’s record company blog using his mobile phone. The man, Yusuke Nozaki, aged 31, was arrested on a charge of blackmail. He has admitted to the allegation, saying that he wanted to kill Kumi Koda, and then himself.

‘‘I will ‘assassinate’ her on the Shinkansen platform of Kyoto Station,’’ another post by Nozaki, a company employee in Saitama Prefecture, was quoted as saying. The record company called the Shibuya Police Station …

Swine flu reaches Japan! Three Japanese males from Osaka who returned from the United States have been confirmed to be infected swine flu, making them the first cases of Japanese nationals to contract the new flu.

The three—a high school teacher in his 40s and two teenage students from Osaka—had been staying in Oakville, Canada, on a school trip from April 24 and arrived at Narita airport from Detroit at around 4:30 p.m. Friday on a Northwest Airlines flight.
During a quarantine inspection onboard the airplane, the three, who have …

Seems that my fear is coming true.. ><
It is being reported that a Japanese woman who came to Japan on April 30th 2009 may be infected with swine flu. The particular woman, arrived in Japan via a North America Airline flight from L.A.

The passenger, a Japanese woman, was transported from the airport by ambulance to Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital. The woman, accompanied by quarantine officers wearing protective suits, walked into the hospital without assistance.
Around 10 other passengers who were seated nearby will be transported to another facility by …

A man by the name of Yosuke Ida, 22 years old this year was arrested for sending a letter threatening to blow up Konata’s house! The house was originally the home of Lucky Star manga creator Kagami Yoshimizu. He moved out last May and the house was reopened upon renovation by Satte City Chamber of Commerce and Industry on March 28: as the birthplace of Lucky Star

According to the authorities, the suspect said that he did not intend to actually set off an explosion, but thought there would be an …

Just got this youtube link from my friend, it is extremely entertaining that I have to share this with everyone XD.

This Japanese TV Show features how to get up, brush your teeth, prepare and eat your breakfast, bind your tie, etc in just 5 minutes!

What about you? I think I need like 1 hour to prepare every morning. Lol..

I will be visiting Japan next month ^_^. It will be sort of my first time overseas by PLANE. Yes I sound pathetic; Since I was schooling, I didn’t have time to fly to other countries for holidays. I had extra curricular activities commitments. So this time round, it will be a pretty exciting trip for me! ^_^

I will be following a tour with my mother, so meh, the trip will be pretty short and all, but still, this is a trip sponsored by my parents, so why not? =D
I …