J's Chimes: Quality Over Quantity...


It is been known that Japanese products are particularly small in size and expensive too. But little did we expect it to be this small somehow. Some examples could be seen in Daiso Singapore where certain snacks and drinks are too meager or small to consume happily. Take for example this soft drink which doesn't cover the palm of your hand.


A single slice of pancake can be even package like this for sale in a Supermarket. Talk about portion... Don't think one is enough... Snacks are also expensive in Japan though... However the case, do you also now that it is bad to be fat in Japan? That may have been a way to control their diets.


It is also been said that Japan separates their trash for disposal and recycling. Thus imagine purchasing just a small packet of drink could cause you plenty of trouble throwing it away unlike in Singapore where all types of trash are thrown at home together. For a packet of drink like this in Japan, the plastic straw is separated for disposal from the packet. The packet needs to be cut, flatten and washed clean on the inside before separating it. Different types of trash are then disposed off in different days of a week.


You'd have packaging for even the smallest product available in the market. Even a piece of candy is nicely wrapped for sale. It is been said that Japanese products are small is because they do not have the storage place to keep the products for use at a later day. For example if you rent a house in a city district, it is likely that the rooms are small and thus storage are valuable spaces that they can't afford to have.


Another reason was that in the Japanese tradition, they would go shopping for groceries everyday. They don't normally store food for consumption the next day as they believe in eating food fresh bought on the very same day and thus the quantity need not be too much for the day's consumption. Taking a look at this salad cup, you could easily tell that it's for a meal consumption only.


Sometimes, people say that quality is better than quantity. Well it really does depend on your eating habits and hunger at that very state of time. But at times, you'd think that this really ain't worth the money to buy for a little snack.


And if you drink beer, ya gonna be disappointed at the quantity of it available. I just hope Singapore would decrease or shrink their products in the future ahead when prices increases... Normally these are what manufacturers would do to save on costs and earn more profits.


And finally if you are going to have some deserts, a small slice of butter cake wouldn't be enough to satisfy your hunger if you are not from Japan. Knowing that, you should now be glad that you are in Singapore or other countries that offer product quantity and quality in abundance for you to indulge in. Perhaps you should think twice on wasting food if you are in Japan...
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J's Chimes: Kill Bill


The DLC for Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 was out yesterday with a new add on campaign known as 'The Sacrifice' which depicts how Bill was killed in action when he tries to get that bridge up to save the others (Can be seen in The Passing campaign). However, the story is a bit different from the comics for some reason or another....


In any case, Left 4 Dead is now selling at a great discount of just US$10+ for a bundle of both part 1 and 2. And if this doesn't get any better, the No Mercy DLC for L4D2 is also available for download featuring the old characters with l4d2 weapons and Special Infected. Here's the trailer for the campaign 'The Sacrifice' to get you all beefed up and ready to fight for your apocalyptic survival.
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J's Chimes: Travel To Japan


Air Asia finally have flights to Japan starting from December 2010 onwards to Haneda Airport. What's amazing is the price of RM99~ which is approximately SGD$42~ for a one-way trip. I've always wanted to go to Japan, however the air fare always seems to be one of the costliest among all besides accommodation. But the fact that ya can only get there from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia only... However, I still got reviews from friends stating that it is wiser to take a better economy class flight like SIA to Japan instead because the trip is very long and would not be feasible on a budgeted airline. Anyway you can find out more about the flight here at AirAsia.com.
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J's Chimes: Genuine Fake


Popular gadgets like the PSP is given the fake treatment though such has been copyrighted and stuff. Am amazed that how similar the packaging is as to compared with the real one. It reads as POP Station instead but bears the exact same design and casing for this hand-held gaming device.


It's already been years since the Sony Playstation came into the market but fakes are still popping out in the streets. I remembered seeing this console somewhere and it uses cartridges instead of CDs to play games. The games are in 16 bit formats like those you'd play in the earliest of Nintendo console games.


Now almost every product starts with an 'I' in the front to mimic the ever so popular items for Apple. That didn't turn a blind eye for those who wanna make replicas of the ipod but of a different purpose...


Well, unless you don't use the internet and has no idea was Google is, you might truly believe that Google is actually a brand name for toilet papers...
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J's Chimes: K-On! Tribute


With the popular anime K-On! now officially over (So were the manga and anime), so fans play their final tribute for this amazing animation by actually doing what supposedly the last episode of K-On! did... Graffiti onto your school chalk board. I guess K-On! was seriously popular those days... Not to worry so much though... there are plenty of other good animes coming your way right as we speak already...
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J's Chimes: The Naked Blanket


Didn't think this is obscene in anyway so might as well post it up for laughs sake. Anyway these are nudity printed blankets for your bed together with your partner. Looks pretty weird for that matter and would definitely be mistaken by many if ya use this and your kids or friend found out about it... Probably the next in-thing after the Dakimakura...
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J's Chimes: Hatsune Miku Meets Half Life 2


Hatsune Miku is back again... this time, to meet Gordon Freeman in Half Life 2.I think someone manage to mod the characters and spam Hatsune Mikus all around the map battling the combine that has been targeting Gordon Freeman ever since... Now Miku takes a little break in singing and join forces with freeman to do some fighting as a pas time hobby...
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