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Brian Thaut
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Your Favorite Restaurant:
712
Your Favorite Artist:
Pacha
Your Favorite Hotel or Club:
Mandarin
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Ginger Epicurean
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Pudding on the Rice

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“In a mad world, only the mad are sane.”

My first impressions of Tokyo are as follows. I've really enjoyed it here so far.



- After every few sentences when they translate what I say, the clients often laugh even though I didn't tell a joke.



- The elevators run really slow here. So slow it is hard to tell when you are actually moving in them.



- When there is a long discussion in Japanese, it sounds like they are making plans for global domination. Maybe that is because the only thing I can relate their… Continue

Posted on June 10, 2009 at 5:47pm

Lost in Translation

I have just arrived in Tokyo this afternoon. This is my first time to the amazing city. I'm not sure what to expect, but so far it has been very nice. We had some very tasty ramen and gyoza for dinner this evening. Tomorrow I'm hoping to take a few pictures and have a decent meal or two to report on.

Posted on June 9, 2009 at 4:23am

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At 1:07am on January 27, 2011, Eugene said…
Fredette FTW!
At 9:04am on July 1, 2009, Mark Huckabee said…
Brian,
I'm sorry I didn't see your post on my wall sooner. I forgot to have an alert set up for when someone posts there. To find the video you're looking for go here. All of my blog posts should show up there. Send me a message about which video you are interested in. I'd love to hear what you have to say.
At 6:31pm on June 7, 2009, Eugene said…
HI Brian! Welcome to theMET!! I'm a senior editor here. Glad you've joined us from Utah!
 
 
 
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