Archive for February, 2008
Tokyo’s First Schoolboy Cafe
Here’s something for the female readers - Tokyo’s first schoolboy cafe, Edelstein Boarding School.
This is a nice cafe for the ladies where the waiters in schoolboy uniforms have manicured hands, wear lip-gloss, and soft voices pretend to be teenage students, chatting and flirting with well-dressed Japanese women playing the roles of benefactresses visiting the school.
The [...]
Summer Vacation Homework: Cut Greenhouse Emissions
Here’s a really interesting summer vacation assignment. All elementary school fifth graders in the Tokyo’s Koto Ward are required to take action to reduce greenhouse gas at home as part of their summer vacation homework.
The kids will be doing the projects this summer and they’re supposed to record their environmentally friendly actions, such as “turning [...]
AKB48 “Poster Strategy” Cancelled
Yesterday Dannychoo reported how pop idol group AKB48 are getting a bad name due to their management company’s business strategy on getting fans to collect 44 unique posters to attend a special event.
Now today, with I was surfing their site, it seems that they have officially announced that they are cancelling this unpopular business strategy [...]
Bandai to raise price of Gundam model kits
As reported by ITmedia, Bandai is considering to increase the price of Gunpla kits due to the steep rise in the cost of materials as a result of high oil prices.
However, there is no exact information on when the change in pricing might occur, exactly what merchandise it will affect, and how much it will [...]
PS3 Bundle With MGS4
Woot. Here’s a shot of the official Playstation 3 Bundle that comes with Metal Gear Solid 4 which is shipping out in June.
By that time, I would most probably have graduated and started working. Looks like I would be blowing my first paycheck on a PS3 just to play MGS4.
Source: Kotaku
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