Delightful sculpture...

I went for a meal last night a Japanese friend of mine who works as the director of one of the schools - she suggested going to a Spanish restaurant that she knows as there was "something interesting to see there". Well, my mind was alive with possibilities - would it be something run-of-the-mill like a set of antique castanets? Or some eccentric Mediterranean-Asian fusion cuisine: sushi covered in sangria? It turned out to be these small sculptures - check out the front view:



If you look closely, you might be able to see the detail that makes this more than just a quaint oddity - here's the back view:

Yes, they're having a poo! In fact, the one second into the picture looks like he's been eating a little too much fibre - he'll end up in A&E if he keeps that up. Anyway, not quite what I was expecting but certainly interesting and it made me laugh.


While I'm messing about with photos, this is where I work on Sunday. It's in a swanky shopping mall in the city centre called La Chic (all trace of a French pronunciation is removed when Japanese people say it - "Lashick"). This is the entrance:



and here's the inside where the staff beaver away arranging lessons and such. Also pictured is nice friendly staff person Mia - that's not her real name, it's a nickname she uses because her Japanese name is tricky to pronounce for gaijin (I don't know what is it, she just told me it's difficult). This is pretty common, although it's still odd to have a Japanese guy introduce himself as Barry.


Not the most exciting photos, but more interesting ones are to come!