I was recently having a look through the depths of my computer and found this email. I really does explain my time that I spent in China. So many new friends and new experiences…I also managed to make it into the Chinese Newspapers with an article entitled ‘Luke Floorwalker’!! hehehehe
¶«·½Ô籨 ê°Ãù ß--------------@etang.com> wrote:
Luke Johnson£¬ÄúºÃ£¡(hello!)
¡¡¡¡hello,im glad to receive ur mail & read ur thought of china & ur experience in china. "luke floorwalker"has been printed in our oriental morning post last friday & i'll send the piece of news to ur mail this afternoon,coz i haven't go to my office. my english is poor,so maybe u could let ur chinese friends help u read that chinese article. i think u've many friends in china,what's more,u've a friend in shanghai!! it's me,haha:)
welcome u come shanghai again! wish u have a good time in china everyday! good luck!
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Hello Everyone,
This is the first of my emails regarding funny things in china.
If you like, you can read it.
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China is a place that helps you understand the world. Ok i went to this YHA in Shanghai and talked to Hiroshi and Takishaki, they were round jolly Japanese fellows, they drank Chinese beer and told me about the AK-47s they were firing in Cambodia 4 years ago, they couldn't hold them straight so the chickens they were trying to shoot flew off, 10USD. They were very entertaining, apparently a rocket lancher is only 200USD to shoot a cow.
They told me about what they called the 'hand bombs' (hand grenades). Hiroshi did the action and threw an imaginary 'hand bomb' , he seemed very excited.He said, "mmm a little dangerous me think"
This pair of jolly japanese fellows I found out later, had been to 35 countries. They got lost on a camel in Morrocco, with lots of water!, it was yummy water said Hiroshi.
Everywhere I walk a little dude jumps out and says Rolex, Mont Blanc Pen, DVD, today a little dude wanted to shine my shoes (they are runners) I agreed cause they looked a tad shabby, then he instantly pulled a chair out and shined them, then he wanted 50 RMB,ahhhh, rip off, I gave him 20 and ran like the wind. He yelled something, I smiled and said New Zealand in chinese.
I ran up the Oriental Pearl Tower twice and talked to CCTV and Oriental Post, halfway up whilst qualifying, I really needed a W.C cause I had drank too much chinese gatorade, and asked a little fellow who looked official and who had popped out of nowhere
"WHERE IS W.C!??" I pointed to the nether regions
'ahhhh W.C' he said
"NOOOOO" and pointed up!
There was only one way to go, up! To the finish! Ahhhh, I ran like the wind to find this sky W.C and managed to have a little lady give me a ticket all in chinese when I came to the end, it said 12 on it in arabic numerals, only later did I find out that was the finish and I had qualifed for the big run. I guess it was a great run just for the fun as all the chinese dudes running with me were helping each other and I helped them, one notable fellow was very polite and wasn't feeling too well himself, I said, don't worry superman! Too the top, lets do it! He smiled and said, Superman and we sprinted up the next flight.
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Until Next time
May the Floor be with you always
Luke Floorwalker
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2004-01-04
Friday, November 26, 2004
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Episode 0: Luke Floorwalkers Adventure to Japan (Tamagochi, vending machine and Hello Kitty Land)
July 31st 2004
Well dudes, starting a whirlwind tour of tomagochi and vending machine land, naturally before any overseas travel, I was very excited. Sometimes I can get overly excited and forget many things but luckily on this occation it did not happen. Ah well, it only happened once when I lost a camera.This is a story about my first impressions of places and of people becuase when one enters a new place for a first time their impressions are added to a new space in that persons brain where more physical memory has become available, now they can chuck out any garbarge that was having a holiday in that place before like a new puppy stretched out on your parents queen bed.I remember i needed to clean my shoes becuase one must always clean their shoes before any multi-continent journey. However i could not find any shoe cleaning material, therefore i used a shirt to give them a whipe over.Bording any trans continental flight is exciting. As I lined up to catch JAL from Sydney to Toyko, i remembered a theory of mine. People are very excited to catch a plane and line up much earlier than needed. They are like little puppy dogs. And then when they get on the plane their seat is assigned and they have to sit there for some long time anyway, so what is the point of being so eager. Then when people get off planes it is like a mad rush anyway. I call it mad plane theory.So there i was waiting for the remainder of people to get onto the flight. We took off above the oceans across the Pacific over Guam where i noticed some turbulance and then to the finish , Narita Airport. We flew over 196 hole golf courses and small pockets of densely vegetated forests, rolling hills and separated satellite settlements. Japan is a very clean place with lots of modern cars and people. They seemed to have evolved to a culture with endless talent for finding new and interesting ways to dress themselves.I checked into my modern hotel suite after visting the talking lifts and vending machines. In the hotel lobby I noticed a multitude of young Japanese dudes really trying to dress like surfer dudes. They were wearing board shorts sixty sizes to big, thongs and either frizzy long hair or trucker hats turned sideways. I think I noticed them on their way to a BBQ in the hotel courtyard. A Japanese style outdoor BBQ. I was attracted to the laughter and smell of beef. I went and had a look, it was a pleasant sight with large groups of Japanese dining outdoor in the garden with the background sounds of cicadas and frizzling BBQ sounds. A picture of my friendly vending machines, after chatting with them a little I decided to try a multitude of cool and refreshing Kirin drinks.
Drink Up! Enjoy refreshing time. Well I certainly had a go at this.. In my spaceship room it was an excellent room. Quite small but comforatble. As soon as I turned on the televison i was overwhelmed by the Japanese love for game shows where the objective of the game show was entirely questionable. I noticed one fellow had to run 100km through rivers along roads and forests, at one point he was running with a picture of his wife and family on his tee shirt and he looked like he was in agony, at 12km he was consulted by a doctor and for some strange reason they showed an x-ray of his upper thy, carefully and meticulusly examining this while he waited nearby.
I had a go of the traditional dressing gown in the room, it was great. I felt like Ninja or Samuri.After my exploits through the cupboards of my room and the interesting television programs i managed to go on another adventure throughout the jungles outside the hotel to a shopping mall via the USA because I was very hungry by this moment.I ran out of the front of the hotel clasping my Kirin refreshing time drink, I picked a direction and ran in that way. Into total darkness. At this moment in time I did not care where I was running, it was a wonderful feeling, running into the darkness in another country, an unfamiliar place. I soon came across a sign. It said USA, this way. Wait a minute I am in Japan, not the USA? This sign intreged me. So I followed it and after some 5 minte of running i came across another. A full moon rose out of the darkness leading me. It was a barmy, warm and pleasant smelling evening as jogged through the bushes near Narita Airport. Out of the midsts popped up a mini mart. Wow I exclaimed as I rushed into the mini mart.
Inside this mini mart were all sorts of wierd and wonderful treats. I spent about 1 hour in this shop looking at almost everything. Most things were different to an Australian store or an American store. Hello Kitty, Tamagotchi, every little plastic dangly thing one could imagine. There were a few things that I could not work out at all, little these battery powered slots for your mobile phone SIM card. Like for your keyring? I seriously do not have any idea what these were used for.I took some pictures of the SAKE on the shelf because the dude in front of me took some pictures of it, puzzled was I by his intentions, but it was ok as I waved at him and laughed. He gave me a funny look and laughed. Well that was some cool cultural exchange as I was just interested in his intetions of photographing the SAKE on the shelf with his digital camera.
Well dudes, starting a whirlwind tour of tomagochi and vending machine land, naturally before any overseas travel, I was very excited. Sometimes I can get overly excited and forget many things but luckily on this occation it did not happen. Ah well, it only happened once when I lost a camera.This is a story about my first impressions of places and of people becuase when one enters a new place for a first time their impressions are added to a new space in that persons brain where more physical memory has become available, now they can chuck out any garbarge that was having a holiday in that place before like a new puppy stretched out on your parents queen bed.I remember i needed to clean my shoes becuase one must always clean their shoes before any multi-continent journey. However i could not find any shoe cleaning material, therefore i used a shirt to give them a whipe over.Bording any trans continental flight is exciting. As I lined up to catch JAL from Sydney to Toyko, i remembered a theory of mine. People are very excited to catch a plane and line up much earlier than needed. They are like little puppy dogs. And then when they get on the plane their seat is assigned and they have to sit there for some long time anyway, so what is the point of being so eager. Then when people get off planes it is like a mad rush anyway. I call it mad plane theory.So there i was waiting for the remainder of people to get onto the flight. We took off above the oceans across the Pacific over Guam where i noticed some turbulance and then to the finish , Narita Airport. We flew over 196 hole golf courses and small pockets of densely vegetated forests, rolling hills and separated satellite settlements. Japan is a very clean place with lots of modern cars and people. They seemed to have evolved to a culture with endless talent for finding new and interesting ways to dress themselves.I checked into my modern hotel suite after visting the talking lifts and vending machines. In the hotel lobby I noticed a multitude of young Japanese dudes really trying to dress like surfer dudes. They were wearing board shorts sixty sizes to big, thongs and either frizzy long hair or trucker hats turned sideways. I think I noticed them on their way to a BBQ in the hotel courtyard. A Japanese style outdoor BBQ. I was attracted to the laughter and smell of beef. I went and had a look, it was a pleasant sight with large groups of Japanese dining outdoor in the garden with the background sounds of cicadas and frizzling BBQ sounds. A picture of my friendly vending machines, after chatting with them a little I decided to try a multitude of cool and refreshing Kirin drinks.
Drink Up! Enjoy refreshing time. Well I certainly had a go at this.. In my spaceship room it was an excellent room. Quite small but comforatble. As soon as I turned on the televison i was overwhelmed by the Japanese love for game shows where the objective of the game show was entirely questionable. I noticed one fellow had to run 100km through rivers along roads and forests, at one point he was running with a picture of his wife and family on his tee shirt and he looked like he was in agony, at 12km he was consulted by a doctor and for some strange reason they showed an x-ray of his upper thy, carefully and meticulusly examining this while he waited nearby.
I had a go of the traditional dressing gown in the room, it was great. I felt like Ninja or Samuri.After my exploits through the cupboards of my room and the interesting television programs i managed to go on another adventure throughout the jungles outside the hotel to a shopping mall via the USA because I was very hungry by this moment.I ran out of the front of the hotel clasping my Kirin refreshing time drink, I picked a direction and ran in that way. Into total darkness. At this moment in time I did not care where I was running, it was a wonderful feeling, running into the darkness in another country, an unfamiliar place. I soon came across a sign. It said USA, this way. Wait a minute I am in Japan, not the USA? This sign intreged me. So I followed it and after some 5 minte of running i came across another. A full moon rose out of the darkness leading me. It was a barmy, warm and pleasant smelling evening as jogged through the bushes near Narita Airport. Out of the midsts popped up a mini mart. Wow I exclaimed as I rushed into the mini mart.
Inside this mini mart were all sorts of wierd and wonderful treats. I spent about 1 hour in this shop looking at almost everything. Most things were different to an Australian store or an American store. Hello Kitty, Tamagotchi, every little plastic dangly thing one could imagine. There were a few things that I could not work out at all, little these battery powered slots for your mobile phone SIM card. Like for your keyring? I seriously do not have any idea what these were used for.I took some pictures of the SAKE on the shelf because the dude in front of me took some pictures of it, puzzled was I by his intentions, but it was ok as I waved at him and laughed. He gave me a funny look and laughed. Well that was some cool cultural exchange as I was just interested in his intetions of photographing the SAKE on the shelf with his digital camera.
Life In Germany for an Aussie
Well peoples,
If you do not know already I have recently moved countries again. This time I managed to find my way to the 'farterland'. Well thats what they call it here.
In general moving countries is quite an eventful experience. Before I left Australia and all my friends, relatives, history and home, I felt a touch of excitement coupled with a drop of Sadness. Hey man, i felt sad, but on the other side of the coin I felt excited and really I think I would have it no other way. It is a chance, a chance to gain some valuable experience overseas. Stretching my boundaries to the absolute maximum. Something in my head told me that it might be a little hard when I first arrive in Germany because I did not speak any german, I had no accomodation sorted out and I was new in a job. But it made me feel like its another new adventure, something to be treasured and enjoyed even if times were to get tough.
Now I have managed to survive here 2.5 months and I am settling in. The first few weeks were wierd as I lived in a hostel and went to work. I lived there a grand total of three weeks while I was looking for accomodation. Man it was hard to find, I remember ringing many people and they could not speak english so I was basically stuffed. But no worries, I decided to try a new approach, the Luke approach and just chill out and have fun. Well that led top making some new friends in the hostel that were in the same position as me and we searched together to find an appartment. Eventually it worked out and we found this maaad appartment.
Now all I need is a bed, I thought, yeah i will try to be minimalistic and sleep on the floor and have no furniture. Yeah that will be cool. So for the last 2 months I have slept on the floor chilling out. Eventually I think that I better find myself a bed, but after a few more months I reakon cause someone told me that sleeping on the floor is good for your back?
Man I can't work out how I can upload my pictures for free to my blog, I have so many cool pics. If anyone reads this can they suggest where I can upload my pictures? I tried that Hello thing but it does not seem to work.
If you do not know already I have recently moved countries again. This time I managed to find my way to the 'farterland'. Well thats what they call it here.
In general moving countries is quite an eventful experience. Before I left Australia and all my friends, relatives, history and home, I felt a touch of excitement coupled with a drop of Sadness. Hey man, i felt sad, but on the other side of the coin I felt excited and really I think I would have it no other way. It is a chance, a chance to gain some valuable experience overseas. Stretching my boundaries to the absolute maximum. Something in my head told me that it might be a little hard when I first arrive in Germany because I did not speak any german, I had no accomodation sorted out and I was new in a job. But it made me feel like its another new adventure, something to be treasured and enjoyed even if times were to get tough.
Now I have managed to survive here 2.5 months and I am settling in. The first few weeks were wierd as I lived in a hostel and went to work. I lived there a grand total of three weeks while I was looking for accomodation. Man it was hard to find, I remember ringing many people and they could not speak english so I was basically stuffed. But no worries, I decided to try a new approach, the Luke approach and just chill out and have fun. Well that led top making some new friends in the hostel that were in the same position as me and we searched together to find an appartment. Eventually it worked out and we found this maaad appartment.
Now all I need is a bed, I thought, yeah i will try to be minimalistic and sleep on the floor and have no furniture. Yeah that will be cool. So for the last 2 months I have slept on the floor chilling out. Eventually I think that I better find myself a bed, but after a few more months I reakon cause someone told me that sleeping on the floor is good for your back?
Man I can't work out how I can upload my pictures for free to my blog, I have so many cool pics. If anyone reads this can they suggest where I can upload my pictures? I tried that Hello thing but it does not seem to work.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
A friends Blog
Here is a link to one of my friends blogs, now this dude is an individual as I remember once he started singing all of a sudden in a resturant, he is a talented photographer and a great person.
bohan.blogspot.com
bohan.blogspot.com
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
The Arctican Rennaissance
Dreams
"We are all arcticans by night
inside us is the power
the power to inspire
to beliveto love
and to desire
Some hearts are cold
These hearts sleep alone
Some bleed with warmth
These hearts are the angels
Sometimes my heart
Still dreams of you
You feel me too
Let the rennaissance take you
Take you across the savannahs of your desire
Floating above the reality you once loved
Escaping
we are all arcticans by night
inside us is the power
the power to inspire
to beliveto love and to desire
Wake and you will be new
Your clouds will clear and
it will be seen
What you truely believe
this is you
renewed"
"We are all arcticans by night
inside us is the power
the power to inspire
to beliveto love
and to desire
Some hearts are cold
These hearts sleep alone
Some bleed with warmth
These hearts are the angels
Sometimes my heart
Still dreams of you
You feel me too
Let the rennaissance take you
Take you across the savannahs of your desire
Floating above the reality you once loved
Escaping
we are all arcticans by night
inside us is the power
the power to inspire
to beliveto love and to desire
Wake and you will be new
Your clouds will clear and
it will be seen
What you truely believe
this is you
renewed"
Monday, November 15, 2004
Eternal Summer Evenings
A Poem I wrote last september
Mellow Moonlight
Sparkling Starlight
In a mesmerising trance,
Dance amongst the whispering leaves,
Eyes drowning in the timeless ocean.
Light, indulge in the magnificence
Of your adventure
Fracture in every direction
Injecting hope into my barren eyes
Trees, Glide through the summer heat
Gently with the slightest whisper
Watch as clouds slip through the sky
And teasingly reveal the heavens.
Heavens metamorphose as my
Imagination gazes through your
Infinite brilliance turbulent without
Time
Sparkling eyes, smile never to fade
Your glowing aura
Ears, listen to the infinite sounds
Of the rhythmic percussion,
Envelope my senses
Senses, become enchanted
As our captivated hearts unite
Enveloped and entangled as one
Together lets
Dream
This summer evening lasts eternity…
Luke Johnson-Sept 03
Mellow Moonlight
Sparkling Starlight
In a mesmerising trance,
Dance amongst the whispering leaves,
Eyes drowning in the timeless ocean.
Light, indulge in the magnificence
Of your adventure
Fracture in every direction
Injecting hope into my barren eyes
Trees, Glide through the summer heat
Gently with the slightest whisper
Watch as clouds slip through the sky
And teasingly reveal the heavens.
Heavens metamorphose as my
Imagination gazes through your
Infinite brilliance turbulent without
Time
Sparkling eyes, smile never to fade
Your glowing aura
Ears, listen to the infinite sounds
Of the rhythmic percussion,
Envelope my senses
Senses, become enchanted
As our captivated hearts unite
Enveloped and entangled as one
Together lets
Dream
This summer evening lasts eternity…
Luke Johnson-Sept 03
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
46 Past 10
Its 46 past 10
This weekend I am planning a trip to Frankfurt. If any funnies happen like last weekend then the trip will be great. Last weekend Dresden was the destination. The things that were included in this trip were being chased by a museam attendant, seeing many flying people paintings and being bitterly cold.
Well now its 48 past 10 and I better go and write my experiment out in German
This weekend I am planning a trip to Frankfurt. If any funnies happen like last weekend then the trip will be great. Last weekend Dresden was the destination. The things that were included in this trip were being chased by a museam attendant, seeing many flying people paintings and being bitterly cold.
Well now its 48 past 10 and I better go and write my experiment out in German
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