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Ni-chome Crew

I decided to spend some time in Ni-chome for my fieldwork, and met some great people at Advocate’s on my first night out. I was really excited by a conversation I had with this one woman who mentioned how furita have developed new ways of organizing that are closer to raves than typical demonstrations, just like I had read about and been interested in in my youth in East Asia course.

Oddly enough, they were playing Zathura on the TV they had there, and the people I met also brought up Facebook, which I wasn’t expecting. Though, do keep in mind that Advocate’s attracts an international crowd, and I was talking to English speakers.

Finally, I was surprised to see a crowd of cops attend to two drunk, belligerent men, but even more surprised that the cops did not seem to get angry or retaliate when one of the drunk men was pushing up against the cop, repeatedly. There’s a difference for you.

Mos Burger

After I got back from Ni-chome I stopped by Mos Burger, whose motto is hamburger is my life. While there I texted friends from the states, like Angie.

Sexist Dr. Pepper

My Dr. Pepper can had this really sexist design on it. There were two others that were pretty bad too.

Links

• This article on blocking cellphone spam also mentions that you can change your cellphone’s email address to an alias rather than your phone number.