Most intriguing video in 2012
Though I didn't have much time to go to the
theater last year, I fortunately run into some interesting/inspiring videos
online.. Among obvious ones and many others, here is what haunted me for a
while…
I found this on Daily Mail’s article in last
July, this video shows how Time Traveler’s Party hosted by Stephen Hawking
went. Somehow this got me thinking “what is the
best way to promote this party for future people?” It's probably for several thousand
years later, so forget about TV or internet. Then, what? Keep it in the
library? Put it in a bottle and bury it? Send it to space…??
But no one showed up. So, this means either
time travel is impossible, or preserving this invitation is impossible. No matter
how we try in the future, it’s
impossible. The proof is there. I don’t know about you, but this just stunned me. Just one simple
party, and this could prove 2 things!? Wow. No wonder Stephen Hawking is called
genius..
(But hey, what if there’s Time Patrol in
the future like an anime? You know, those people who stop you if you
try to change something in the past??)
Gunma-chan (Orange Pony)
If you happened to check my Japanese blog
post, you may see orangy horse-looking mascot. That’s Gunma-chan, a mascot pony
of Gunma-ken. It’s getting really popular to have local mascot in Japan: prefectures,
city, town or organization now have their own mascot like soccer or baseball
team.
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Gunma-chan cake |
A few months ago, Gunma-chan got 3rd
prize at Japanese local mascot contest. Total 865 characters participated. I
know this is crazy, but as a least known prefecture, it’s a big deal. Now Gunma
is overusing Gunma-chan for anything. Booklet, website, events, merchandise,
cakes… anything you can think of. Being Gunma native, I've known this guy like forever and I didn’t even care about it. But the recent surge is
tough to ignore… I started to feel sorry for this pony. They really made him
work like a horse… not just sending him to events, lately they make him clean the room too... I don’t know… I really don’t know what they want to do anymore… Poor Gunma-chan, his work blog is here. (Why pony? "Gunma" in Kanji character can be read as "a herd of horses", that's why.)
New Year
Traditional way of celebrating new year’s
eve in Japan is to be with family and watching year-end music show together while
eating soba noodle. So I did that, and while doing that I could play “The Room”. It was fun and it was good new year’s eve (family, tradition, cutting-edge
game at the same time, a lifehack right?).
So, 2013 is here. New year, new calendar,
new resolution.
…well “resolution” is intimidating word, so
I’m gonna write down some casual wish lists such as where to go and what to do.. that way it’ll be more fun (and
it’ll be long list).
Hope this new year will be filled with happy surprises for us.