We went to a Japanese supermarket in Costa Mesa yesterday and bought Japanese lunch boxes. David is very impressed at his new Japanese lunch box as it comes with a chopsticks case built in on the lid. We also found some English writing on it. It says,
“Trad Club – My mind is relaxed. An orthodox beauty.”
I got a pink, glittery little lunch box and it also has an English writing on it. Mine goes,
“Sweet Club – Function Designs”.
So I guess now David’s in the Trad Club and I’m in the Sweet Club. Not sure what the rest of it means. If you ever go to Japan, you should keep an eye out for these funny English phrases on various products. A lot of the things you’ll see will have English writings on them, and most of the time you’ll find yourself entertained. They’re just, really random, often grammatically incorrect, strings of English words. I’m really curious how they come up with these phrases.
By the way, today is national holiday in Japan. (Well, technically it was yesterday because they’re a day ahead of us.) It’s called something like “Respect for the elders day”. I usually call my grandparents and say hi, but this year I sent a postcard with a California sunset and palm trees on the back. I think it’s a cool holiday. Two days after the Elders Day is the Autumnal Equinox Day, which is also a national holiday. So the government decided to just make the day in between them a national holiday too. And since the Elders Day was Monday this year, people in Japan are enjoying a 5-day weekend right now. So, Happy Elders Day everyone! I hope you all have a nice week.