Denwa bango wa nan-ban desu ka...
...Is easier to remember then to say when you're drunk.
Went to a "J Rock" night at The Devonshire Arms (a pub in Camden) with a friend on Monday evening.
Not being that familiar with J Rock (what I know about J Rock can be written in large handwriting on the back of a very small postage stamp) I didn't know what to expect. I'd read a bit about it in various magazines and I'd heard of Hyde before, but had never actually heard any of the music, and I must say that I liked most of the stuff that was played that night.
The Devonshire Arms being an "alternative" pub, was full of the usual black clad Goths that Camden has become famous for as well as a small group of hardcore J Rock fans, immaculately dressed and all looking about 14 years old! (it's a school holiday after all!)
There was a screen showing J Rock videos (Which are quite impressive I must say. There's a lot of thought going into these mini epics) and I admit to drinking a lot more vodka than I should have done :D
I chatted to a very cute Japanese woman who was seated behind where we were standing and was dying to ask for her phone number.
Unfortunately the several units of alcoholic beverage that I'd already consumed put paid to any Japanese that I may have said actually making any sense.
It was only after she'd gone that I realised that I could have asked her in English...
Bugger.
Went to a "J Rock" night at The Devonshire Arms (a pub in Camden) with a friend on Monday evening.
Not being that familiar with J Rock (what I know about J Rock can be written in large handwriting on the back of a very small postage stamp) I didn't know what to expect. I'd read a bit about it in various magazines and I'd heard of Hyde before, but had never actually heard any of the music, and I must say that I liked most of the stuff that was played that night.
The Devonshire Arms being an "alternative" pub, was full of the usual black clad Goths that Camden has become famous for as well as a small group of hardcore J Rock fans, immaculately dressed and all looking about 14 years old! (it's a school holiday after all!)
There was a screen showing J Rock videos (Which are quite impressive I must say. There's a lot of thought going into these mini epics) and I admit to drinking a lot more vodka than I should have done :D
I chatted to a very cute Japanese woman who was seated behind where we were standing and was dying to ask for her phone number.
Unfortunately the several units of alcoholic beverage that I'd already consumed put paid to any Japanese that I may have said actually making any sense.
It was only after she'd gone that I realised that I could have asked her in English...
Bugger.
posted by Colin at 11:50 am
2 Comments:
Oh,oh, lost a good chance!
I don't know what she's doing in London(a student?) but mind you, most of Japanese women, who are living in London, are very cautious with the men who speak Japanse from the first(a little Japanese, actually). They think "This guy must approach every Japanese girl like this!". Ha,ha!
So, DO NOT SPEAK JAPANESE from the start unless you have strong confidence in your Japanese. Good advice, innit?
Maybe she will be there next time! Hahaha!
Yep, she was a student.
I think I was probably going to use that phrase because it was one that I had recently learned. And only then because I was drunk!
I did say goodbye to her with sayonara though! LOL!
Thanks for your very useful advice!
:D
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