Maaga kaming umalis ni jun kanina sa office. Sya yung kasama kong pinadala dito ng kompanya namin. Wala kasing gaanong trabaho. Pumunta kami sa downtown. Shinjuku. Kain daw kami ng ramen dun. Meron daw syang alam na kainan dun pero di na nya matandaan kung saang banda. Ako naman na gustong gusto ng adventure um-oo agad. Malapit daw to sa 100 yen store at Mcdo.
Lakad kami. Mga 15 minutes. Syempre gumagana ang eagle eyes. hehehe. Girls in mini-skirts and big boots. =)
Kailangang pumasok sa isang street para makapunta dun sa pagkakainan. May sumabay sa amin habang naglalakad. Hapon din. Naka-amerikana. Biglang nagsalita. "Excuse me, would you like some live show. 4000 yen only". Di namin pinapansin. "We got beautiful ladies. How about massage?". Nyahahaha.
May baboy na statue sa harap ng shop. Pagpasok, isang countertop lang. Dalawang matanda ang nagbabantay. Mag-asawa yata. Order kami ng ramen. 500 yen. Isang malaking bowl bigay sa amin. Sulit na din. Tulo sipon sa init. Hehehe.
Totoo ang sabi nila. Maliwanag ang gabi sa Tokyo.
Pauwi na kami, papuntang Shinjuku Station nang may madaanan kaming banda na tumutugtog sa tabi ng daan. Tatlo lang sila. Mga teenager. Isang drummer, isang bahista at isang Trombone player (trombohista?). Di ko alam kung anong genre ang tinutugtug nila. Mukhang jazz or blues. Malamang jazz kasi medyo upbeat ng konti yung music. Instrumental lang pero galing. Parang hawig dun sa ibang kanta sa soundtrack ng Cowboy Bebop. Meron akong 3 CD album nito. Diverse ang sountrack niya. Halong jazz, blues at carribean rock. Check nyo ang blue, want it all back at piano bar.
Di ko alam kung anong festival ang dinaraos nila ngayon (matanong nga) pero may mga lanterns na nakasabit sa tabi ng kalsada papuntang apartment. Mas maganda to pag personal.
Galing ano. Try mo din isearch yung The Seatbelts. Kasama ni Yoko Kanno yun sa soundtrack ng Cowboy Bebop.
Try mo to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQbmyOOJ85w
May pagka-ska yung dating.
Yup may “boss, chicks” din dun. Malapit pala sa Red Light District yung pinuntahan namin. hehehe. Kaya pala naka-ngisi yung hapon na officemate namin nang tinanong kami kung saan kami pupunta tapos sinabi namin gagala lang kami dun.
Posted by cow at September 15, 2006, 8:15 pmMasokay to ah! Parang Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra!
Posted by JP Loh at September 15, 2006, 9:10 pm=)
Galing din nung Tokyo Ska Paradise ah.
Posted by cow at September 15, 2006, 9:24 pmAh Shinjuku Ramen, sarrrrap! Did u visit Shinjuku West area? May ibang putahe dun. Hehe. Onaka Su-ita!
Posted by benhur at July 14, 2007, 1:28 pmJapan was the first trip I had outside the country and it was a memorable time. Tulo sipon talaga ako nun habang kumakain ng ramen. Hehe.
Shinjuku West Area? Is that where Kabukichou is located?
:D
Really really want to go back there someday. Maybe stay for a year. Para maranasan ko yung apat na season nila.
Heard Sakura Bloom and the autumn season are extraordinarily beautiful over there.
Posted by cow at July 15, 2007, 11:28 pm*The more you learn, the more you know.
Posted by Christian Louboutin Replica at December 11, 2010, 2:51 pmi am cow - the anonymous coward.
cow is in his mid-late-20s, working for an IT security company.
previously worked as an IT guy at a hotel in Makati for 6 months (taga kabit ng hidden cam.hehe.)
he likes to take pictures, the smell of freshly cut grass, and walking barefoot along the beach.
spent sleepless nights playing Heroes of Might and Magic II when it first came out.
Meron din pala dyang “Boss, chicks!”.
Lupet talaga ng jazz scene sa Japan, nakaka-inggit. Mukhang okay tong Yoko Kanno ah.
Posted by JP Loh at September 15, 2006, 12:26 am