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Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Keep getting caught out by pesky japanese flavour twists - the bottle of grape juice I bought earlier was actually sour plum drink. Delicious but a complete surprise. The lovely lemon drink I bought turned out to be lemon / milk fizzy hybrid, not so nice. I need to keep on flavour alert, it's not so much that things taste bad, just a massive jolt to the system every now and again. I have been feeding other taste miscalculations to te crows which sit on my window sill.
I've been here a week now, which feels like much longer. Today was day 2 of filming aiko-san in Shinagawa.
Aiko-san's name plate
Mikari, the translator came today and was really helpful. There is now way I could do this without translation! Aiko-san really relaxed in front of the camera and told us about her clouds, dolls and her hopes for the future.
Mikari and Aiko-san
Mikari will be helping me edit, finding the threads of story and matching to the cutaways I've filmed. She is also translating Home-maker derbyshire into Japanese. She tried to do this yesterday but has had some difficulty understanding the accents and local phrases so I have to write a dialogue list.
Aiko-san's tower block
Aiko-san has asked us to visit her in her new home which we will do next week. It looked unlikely she would be able to come to the exhibition but Mikari has volunteered to get her there.
Shinangawa, Aiko can see from her window
Back to Muse Company and more exhibition planning. Materials are very expensive here so it's proving quite challenging. Will find out tomorrow what is achievable with the budget. I have been having real problems remebering people's names which has become a standing joke. My inability to pronounce Naoko properly has led to her being called nao-chan for my benefit. It's taken me 2 days to remember Mikari, I kept calling her Mirako. Oh dear.
texting on the subway
Carol emailed me this site about Japanese temples and Nightingale floors really beautiful.
Japanese stuff
No-one jay walks, ever, in fact I saw an american being shouted at the other day by a traffic cop for jay walking.
If you have a cold you wear a mask.
Even though it is rude to blow your nose in public it is fine for men to hock up great lumps of phlegm and spit.
Eggs are pure white - makes me feel like a 50's house wife when I cook with them.
It's rude to eat in public.
Beckham is everwhere.
Baseball is really popular
The theme tune to the morning weather report is a j-pop version of I'm in the mood for dancing by the Nolans.
There is always a food programme on tv, no matter the time... I suppose you could safely say the same about the UK - Nigella, Jamie et al.
posted by Jeanie Wednesday, February 12, 2003
