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Thai Food Festival and new keitai!
Yesterday we had a pretty busy day! At the beginning of the afternoon, we went to the large flea-market in Meiji-kōen, and stayed there until about 3pm. I found a 7" single of the song Konishi Yasuharu is producing for Judy Ongg, "miserarete". (Update (5/9 15:13): The single is pretty good and I'm curious to hear what Konishi-san's version will sound like!) (Update (5/13 11:28): Hear a short MP3 sample at Musical Taste.)
Then, we walked to Yoyogi-kōen where was (and still is) being held the 5th Thai Food Festival! We ate a lot of stuff, including Som Tam (papaya salad), Pad Thai (stir-fried Thai noodles, or "Thai-style yakisoba", as it was described), Thai-style spring rolls, and Thai-style stir-fried rice. It was all quite delicious!
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When we were full, we walked down to Shibuya, and since I had felt the urge to get a new keitai (mobile phone) since a few days... we both got a SO505iS! And I was very lucky to get mine at a crazy low price!
Here, there are always two prices for keitai, a higher price if you already have a contract with the mobile phone company and want to keep your current phone number, and a lower price if you're making a contract with them for the first time. Plus, at least at some places, there are rebates depending on your age. Since I'm less than 29, I get ¥5000 off. In my case, since I was continuing on my current contract and keeping my same phone number, I was ready to pay the higher price, about ¥15,000 (full price ¥20,000 minus ¥5000 age rebate) for the SO505iS.
However, the cashier made a mistake and charged me the price for a new contract, about ¥12,000 instead of ¥20,000!! Minus the ¥5000 age rebate, minus ¥3000 (because I had accumulated 3000 points on my contract)... So I got this quite recent keitai for ¥5,040 with taxes, a 1/3 of the price for my age range!
So I now have a keitai with camera (1.3 megapixel), and I'm already all set up to start moblogging, and should be starting very soon! Stay tuned!
Posted on May 9, 2004 at 14:09 | Tweet
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Congrats on the new keitai, and welcome to the wonderful world of moblogging!
I totally forgot about the Thai food festival. Damn. But we had some yummy curry last night at a tiny restaurant just in front of Todai.
Posted by Jean on May 9, 2004 at 22:12
My moblog is all set up! All I'm waiting for is a nod (or shake) from Kevin at Mfop2 regarding a little request. Hopefully very soon!
I can't wait to start. :)
Posted by Patrick on May 10, 2004 at 07:53
SonyEricsson!! Sweden vs Japan... great choice :)
Posted by Jesper on May 13, 2004 at 16:35
Yeah!!!
I've been using it for several days now, and I really love the design. No need to open it except to use the keypad (not needed to make or take a call, check email or browse the Web)!
Posted by Patrick on May 13, 2004 at 16:40
Very nice article. I am a thai cook now in Denmark and love the food.
Alexander
Posted by Mad ud af huset on October 27, 2004 at 02:19
Hi. I visited the festival, too.
I also ate Pad Thai. But I liked more spicy one. Anyway, I think you must have eaten too much because all of them were so delicious!
However, you were quite lucky to get your new keitai...
Posted by Yoshiki on May 17, 2005 at 07:18