Today is the first day of a new month. It’s hard to believe that it is already October. Typhoon Number 15 is on the way. The locals were speculating that or tomorrow would be a good day for surfing.
[531] Yet another storm approaches… (October 1st)
Date: October 3rd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Shizuoka.[555] How many mistakes can you see?!
Date: October 3rd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Language Learning.
While window shopping in one of the local surf shops, I found this wonderful Billabong fleece sweatshirt. I couldn’t believe what I had found. Check out the patch “Onry A Surfer Know The Feering” - Is this some kind of joke? A product that appeals to Engrish users? Or did some creative genius not bother to run it through a grammar or spell checker?
Maybe Billabong should change their spelling to Birrabong!
[542] Storm Front (September 24th)
Date: October 3rd, 2008 | Comments : none | Categories: Shizuoka.
Here’s what it looked like at Yoshida. But word on the street said that Shizunami was pumping. Surfers are infamous for saying “You should have been here yesterday” or “You should have been at <place 1> instead of <place 2>” so I was skeptical to say the least. However, it is only a few minutes drive from Yoshida to Shizunami and I hadn’t put on my wetsuit yet…
