After five years of flying thousands of miles every winter, I finally got a mileage card. Stupid, I know. I’m positive I’d have become a gold member in a year if I got one when I moved to Japan… Either way, I’ll keep gathering miles now (and hang out in elite lounges at airports as soon as I can) – although I’m a little concerned if I’ll have time to fly whatsoever in the coming few years. I have no issues with working all day every day, but visiting my family around Christmas is something I’m not willing to give up.
Whitstable Bay
The last of the Shepherd Neame beers on shelf at the nearby supermarket was the organic ale named Whistable Bay. I don’t know if it’s because of the “organic” or not, but it’s a really (taste-wise) smooth and quiet beer. Don’t get me wrong, it’s full-bodied, but not in a heavy way, so it’s quite refreshing. Even I recognize a subtle grapefruit-ish aroma from the hops in it. It somehow reminds me of classic all-butter shortbread.
The best part of this all, which I only noticed today, is that these imported ales in 500ml bottles are only 3 yen more expensive than the 300ml can Japanese beers. I think you can guess which am I going to pick.
一日目
今日朝から配属スタジオの発表があった。希望とは若干違うけど、ガンダム作ることになった。テレビ作品じゃないから来週すでにテロップに俺の名前が乗ってるの待ってる人は残念だがそうはいかなかった。だけど今からの仕事それなりに楽しみにしてるし、めっちゃいい環境で働けるってことぐらいは今日だけでもすぐわかった。
あとすごくびっくりしたというか感動したとこは、研修の講習のときネット配信の品質について入れたツッコミがちゃんと通って今日細かく意見とか聞かれて…新人が言ってることそう真剣に聞いてくれるとはな。やっぱいいとこに入ったと思った。
Mainbrace IPA
Now I get it why people are all going on about IPA this, IPA that. (Although I see people going “it’s not even a proper IPA” in the reviews all around, I don’t have any other point of reference…) It’s pretty damn good indeed. It stays an ale while having all the hops and bitterness that I like in beers. It was a bit surprising that I could taste the alcohol in it, which I usually can’t in good beers. It has what I missed from the other two Shepherd Neame I tried the past days: a lingering aftertaste. Out of the three so far, this is one I definitely would buy again if I got a chance.
Midway (or not)
After a week and a half of struggling, today I finished the spring event of Kancolle. This was the second event I completed after the Christmas Arpeggio collaboration, as I gave up on E3 during Iron Bottom Sound.
1698
Tonight I opened another Shepherd Neame beer, a Kentish strong ale called 1698. Even if I’m not a big fan of pale ales, this one made me go “yumm”. It’s sweet and smooth, and reminds me of the ciders I had in England. I was a bit surprised when despite its entirely different character I discovered some of the beer-ish tones I was familiar with. To be honest, because of its well-rounded caramel sweetness, it feels like a crossover between a pale ale and a stout.
But here I am again trying to sound smarter and more knowledgeable about beers than I am, so you’d be better off with some pros’ reviews instead.
Beer beer
For a change I’m not talking about music, but about the actual beverage. I ran out of food so today after I got out of the studio I went shopping to my usual supermarket “nearby”. (Reminds me, this was the last day of my tutorial month, I’m gonna get assigned to a studio finally next Wednesday.) As I was about to pick up my usual six-pack of Sapporo Black Label, I noticed a few interesting-looking bottles nearby.
Alkohol
Régebben nem értettem, hogy miről beszélnek, ha valaki a “piaízt” említette. Az utóbbi időben már néhány kommerszebb dolgon sikerül megéreznem az ízt, amit szerintem a gyenge minőségű alkohol ad a piának, de a jobb dolgokon azért nem.
Viszont ez az utóíz felidézett bennem pár régi emléket, amikben valamiért elég fontos helyen szerepelt egy derék cseh katona és magyar alter-énekesnő. Jó visszaemlékezni azokra az időkre (már amennyi megmaradt belőlük az emlékezetemben)…
Furfang
Ma itt munkaszüneti nap van (kezdődik az arany hét ugye), de ennél jelentősebb volt nekem, hogy mosnom kellett. És esik.
Az még hagyján, hogy a könnyebbik részét (alsógatyák, zoknik satöbbi) a szárítógép megcsinálja, viszont ha már a pólókat is beleteszem, akkor vagy kétszer annyi aprót kell beledobálni, hogy elég legyen. Vagyis a feladat: kiakasztani a pólóimat száradni úgy, hogy az ablakom előtti (szabadtéri) szárítórudat nem használhatom.
Doing stuff you don’t like
There are these people who do stuff they don’t like. I don’t get it.
It’s one thing when you just have to do something to survive, even if you hate it (like working some shitty job), but apparently for some people online hobbies are like that too. Yesterday, in response to my earlier post, I was told “you and Xythar have this idea that fansubbing can be compared to like passive entertainment. But that’s you – other people treated it like a job.”
