This one will still make you fat

Kung may tingi-tingi na gin sa Maynila, eh sa Tokyo rin tingi-tingi ang beer. A 135ml shot of beer!
A lot of things here are also sold in small quantities, but one big difference between our version of "tingi" and the Japanese version is the quality of packaging. It has also been said that the reason why "tingi-tingi" is prevalent in the Philippines is due to the shrinking peso, while in Tokyo, things are sold in small amounts due to the cramped living space, walang pag-lalagyan kasi. There are refrigerators here that have doors that open bothways, like you grab the left handle, the door swings open to your left, and vice-versa. I don't know if this is popular elsewhere, I am just amazed, why would anyone design something like this unless it is a necessity!


Isn't this a cutie?

Philippine Fiesta sa Hibiya Park

YEHEY may piyesta sa Hibiya sa Sabado!

Lahat na tingi-tingi

I just blogged about the Japanese obsession with over-packaging things, when I stumbled upon this article in Newsbreak about GIN SACHETS! Siyempre, we Pinoys also have an obsession with all things in "tingi-tingi", di ba? Why not gin?

Onigiri

Talk about a quick lunch, this is it, "onigiri"!
Today's fare is tarako-mayonnaise, goma-salmon-ikura and okura-salmon.
I only ate 2 rice balls for lunch as they're really filling and I had the remaining one for merienda.

Feeling good today knowing that I did not use and dispose of any kind of plastic for lunch. Grabe kasi dito ang packaging, kahit toothpick, individually wrapped! When you buy a bag of cookies, the cookies inside are individually wrapped too!
Pero kahit sangkatutak ang pag gamit ng plastic wrappers, bags, etc. dito, the streets of Tokyo are quite clean though, compared to other cities I have lived in.

Tokyo Designer's Week

I went to TDW yesterday at Aoyama Jingu Gaien, just a 15-minute walk from our office. It was good to soak up the creative atmosphere, especially at the Student's Exhibition grounds. Pingmag wrote about the event plus pics, here and here.

The exhibitors were mostly Japanese and there were a number of Western exhibitors as well. There were designers from SEAsia, noatably from Indonesia and Thailand. I was hoping to find a Pinoy designer, sayang wala or perhaps I missed his/her/their stand.

Nostalgia Manila: Nostalgia List #01

Nakaka-aliw talaga itong Nostalgia Manila. I discovered this at Leaflens
Nostalgia Manila: Nostalgia List #01
Sana may jukebox rin sila, 3 benchinco 3 tunog. Pero at least may Nostalgia Manila Radio naman sila.

Uy, maraming salamat Nostalgia Manila sa pagbisita dito at sa comment ninyo!