I just got back from Okinawa this morning and I must say it’s an awesome place to be, especially in the summer!
While I visited a number of historical sites which were far better than I had thought they would be, I’ve decided not to write anything too much like a travel blog and show you some things else.
First up, while we were driving along the streets, we spotted this particular car…
If you think about it, it is only logical that the vehicles in Okinawa have plates that read 沖縄 but this car apparently drove all the way from 品川 in 東京 here. How about that for a Guinness World Record? (I’m sorry if it’s too small to see. I’m really lazy to transfer the large format and edit again.)
Next, we headed to 首里城 (Shuri Jo), a historical site of the 琉球 (Ryukyu) people and spotted this in the toilet.
If this is not good enough to wash your dragon hands, I don’t know what is.
Around the same area, there is also a quiz section. But wait…
What’s the question?
Moving towards the cafe, we were wondering what to drink so we took a look at the menu.
They’re serving sour milk! I wonder how far past the expiry date the carton is.
After having the sour milk, visitors must’ve been pretty temperamental, thus the following sign.
Based on the Chinese characters, I believe the correct translation should be “No Fighting!”
The vending machine serving さんぴん茶 (Jasmine Tea) and うこん茶 (Turmeric) reminds me that I’m in Okinawa
「This is 沖縄県産品」 – World’s first sign meant for bilinguals only
Along the streets, we got thirsty and thought to check out the vending machines to see what drinks they have to offer.
Hmm… should I have black oolong tea or black oolong tea?
At 国際通り, we found T-shirt parodies!
We’ve got Coma and they’ve got Pork (which really is luncheon meat).
I walked into a souvenir shop and wanted to buy the deck of I heart 沖縄 poker cards.
I took a brief look at the Chopper poker cards in the box above and then decided to pick up the one I had wanted to get but it felt really light. Odd. I turned to look at the side of the box and found a missile.
Oh crap! No poker card games for me. It’s a different kind of game.
Oh, giant lizard! (That’s all I’ve got for this picture)
We also found a shop selling Yoshimoto Comedians merchandise and the following men’s briefs are hilarious.
My favourite is 「お子様の手の届かない所に置いて下さい」
And on my last night there, we had a great Okinawan dinner with excellent Okinawan music performance plus dance!
And the appetizer is… pig’s ears!
Look at the piss poor English in this post alone.
-> I’m sorry if it’s too small to see. I’m really lazy to transfer the large format and edit again.
What is ‘to transfer the large format’? It isn’t a careless mistake, because even ‘to transfer to/into the large format’ doesn’t make sense.
-> If this is not good enough to wash your dragon hands, I don’t know what is.
What in the world are ‘dragon hands’?
-> And the appetizer is… pig’s ears!
What kind of English speaking S’porean spells using American spellings? Appetizer?
Anyway, you can’t write English for nuts. It is 1am and I am too tired to write anymore. But you have no business teaching English.
辛苦你了。。。
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Anyway, you can’t write English for nuts. It is 1am and I am too tired to write anymore. But you have no business teaching English.
Excuse me, Sir, why did you use the ‘but’ conjunction in your sentence?
Jeezus, you even replied to me in Chinese or Japanese. How pathetic is that? You are obviously Chinese speaking.
Seriously, teach your native language – Chinese – and stop feeding the poor little kids your broken English.
Who told you you can’t start a sentence with ‘but’? Your ESL teacher? Lol, go ask for a refund!
OMG you are another ‘English teacher’ as well. Please, do your students a favour, if you don’t even know that you can start a sentence with ‘but’, then don’t teach English, you obviously suck at the language.
Try teaching Chinese or something.
Clown.
Hi Mr/Ms English Expert,
If you are so proficient in the language, do everyone a favour too and get the hell out of here.. If people have no business teaching, you have no business here as well.
Go and write a thesis or something..
Loser..
I’m sorry that I failed to see the contrast between your two sentences and understand your use of that conjunction.
Singaporeans speak broken English – a generalisation; I am not going to treat it as a fait accompli, nor would I accept your insolence.
Your puerile game kept me going for like five minutes but I’m bored now. Enjoy hiding your head behind this anonymous virtual identity of yours!