Hishamuddin Rais in Tokyo: Sushi News 4
September 29, 2007 10:48:59 AM GMT+08:00
TIME 11.22 TOKYO/10.22 KL
Shit, I’ve never wake up so early in my blinking life – what a waste of sleep!
Well, I’ve checked out of International House – headed for somewhere in TOKYO – to visit a BLUE TENT – “blue tent” is something like Kampung Berembang/Tasik Utara – the Japanese version – this is a follow up after a briefing by MUMYa – an NGO which handles homeless people.
The trip should start at 5pm – but the checked out time is at 11.00am – BUT this place is very civil – i just plugged in my laptop on one of the tables and I am CONNECTED – no crap like Streamyx or shit like that fucking Starbucks – this is more civil, but the ONLY bad thingy here is “NO FUCKING SMOKING” – fuck – I could only smoke in my room – or outside compound – shit!
Yesterday KEAN WONG rang me up from Berlin – he must be bored living in GERMAN town – despite the myth of Berlin having a huge counter culture community, I am sure boredom is real.
NOW – bloody HUJAN – dah turun – shit – what the fuck, I’m here in this fucking cold weather – plus i am yet to buy an underwear – I have been looking for that VENDING machine that supposedly sell used school girls underwear – that is my first priority (if you could not smell it then i think belacan would be good enough).
FOOD: I’m still into sushi – and lots or pork – well porky is the only cheap meat here – i lived by my pockets plus i have no arabs as my relatives they are all orang asli who enjoyed their babi hutan. A bowl of mee sup is around 30RM here – real mahal.
MY PROJECT: I’m doing a 2 minutes video presentation on JAP/MALAYSIAN youth – that would be sometimes in NOVEMBER – hopefully i have collected enough materials.
I’ve asked Joe Kidd to relay me some info about the PUNK SCENE in TOKYO – by this weekend i was told by Black that Latiff’s wife would be in Tokyo. Well, she could help me with some jalan – plus i hope she brought along MY KRETEK – satu karton dah abis.
Ok take care – stay happy and stay TUNED!
cheers
Isham
huu
banyaknye fuck and shit
Hi Hisham,
Welcome to Japan. I met you a few times at Bangsar Utama.
Anyway, there is a plot on this Wednesday night at Shirokane posh- area where actually quite near from Int’l House. As the G8 is coming to Japan in the next year, lots of activism business are going-on in Tokyo especially.
Title: The Role of Alternative Media at the German G8 Protests
Out of four speakers, two from Dissent! (German anarchist collective that were in the fronline at the G8 protests) and the other Japanese are a writer based in NY and a young cinema critic, both are close to the anarchist scene as well.
Date: 4th Oct, from 18.10 to 19.40
Place: Art Hall, Shirokane-campus, Meiji Gakuin University, Minato-ku.
http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/access/index_en.html
Language: English
Admission: Free
Inquiry: 03－5421－5652
http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~prime/katsudo/kenkyukai/kenkyukai_2007_1004.html
Btw, re chasing around the vending machine, I guess your finding would be someting to do with the middle-age men’s culture and economy not the youth.
Enjoy,
Risa
The event is on Thursday, 4th. Not on Wednesday.
You might be interested in these places;
Irregular Rhythm Asylum (infoshop in Shinjiku)
http://a.sanpal.co.jp/irregular/cont/about_us.html
No! G8 Action (activists preparing for the 2008 G8 protests)
http://a.sanpal.co.jp/no-g8/
Armature Riot (opshops/cafe which agitate youth underclass for class-war in Koenji. A documentary on them just came out with English subtitle)
http://trio4.nobody.jp/keita/ (Japanese only)