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  Friday, Sep 26, 2008 1:41PM / Standard Entry / Members only
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  So it's been a long time since I've blogged anything.. I'm lazy, I admit, and my life isn't that exciting.. BUT.. Things are getting a bit more exciting for me this month.
  
  I've been in Japan for a week already rehearsing with Vanness Wu for the 7 F4 shows in October. It's starting to hit me how big these shows are gonna be. I think most chinese people, or people in China and parts of Asia have heard of F4. I know I heard about them within the first month of living in Taiwan. And we got 7 sold out shows in Japan that seats 10,000+ people, so turns out there's some people in Japan that heard of them too.
  
  And the Japanese production team is out of control. Van's band (Terry Li, Vic Lau, DJ Zhong Wei, and myself) have been blown away with the courtesy and patience of these people. We even have our own translater, Toshi San, who sits around and just kicks ass all day. He translates everything from our funny jokes to our really stupid, waste of time jokes. And we got the most handsome driver, who just drives us around all day looking handsome. And of course the rundown is changing everyday, and we are constantly making little adjustments to our set striving for perfection.. We have 15 days of rehearsal.. 8 hours a day. Hella work.. But all for a good cause.
  
  And I've been to Japan twice before and had my notions coming into this country, but I'm finding out Japan is changing..
  
  
  Not every part of Japan is spotless. We went searching for trash on the ground in Shinjuku, and after 3 hours, we found it!!
  
  Also, you can't smoke anywhere in Japan anymore.. You can't even smoke on the street...
  
  And people sleep on the streets in Tokyo.. Not homeless.. Simply Sleepy..
  Cigarette Vending Machines still exist.. but.. You need a TASPO card to buy from it. But you can only get a TASPO card if you have a Japanese ID. And you can only get a Japanese ID if you're Japanese... Half Japanese doesn't count.. I tried...
  
  Garbage Cans are recyclable in themselves... Saving the planet in style..
  But the sunsets are the same as I remember.