Working Away
My final presentation is coming up in 2 hours or so. Don’t really feel like doing anything, so I started thinking about my packages.
Last night I saw Ben’s printout, and I’m pretty confident that I remembered the formula.
A = 1.5m
A + (B+C)x2 = 3m
But it did say the size and weight limits vary by country, so I decided to give the Post office a call. (And I felt like calling someone)
Instead of reading out the formula like an Engineer, he asked me to think of the packages as people.
” 20kg. The height limit is 1.5 metres. And the guy’s waist plus height is limited to 3 metres.”
So it’s actually 20kg and not 30kg as the website listed. I thought Canada would deal with large items that other countries won’t touch.
And it seems my giant box won’t fit the description either. However! I do have a slightly smaller box sitting right beside me. I will bring it back and give it a measure.
Update:
I saw the Kirin 903 strips at Sanyo Conbini during lunch. But I just now I went up for Pocari sweat, and the stripes were all gone! Either it’s discontinued or sold out.
And why don’t the company namacha have those cute keitai decorations? I want to suspect the two kaching ladies, but i think it shows how old the namacha stock here is.
The 903 seems to be a clear colour, rather than the usual milky colour of sports drinks. There is definitely something strange about it - partly the taste, but I think there’s something weird about the texture too. The name and packaging aren’t exactly typical, either. The whole thing seems quite mysterious. I haven’t seen any ads for it - I really don’t know what to think at all. Where is the marketing department? How I am supposed to approach this “903″?
The combini here doesn’t have keitai decorations either. The Coca-Cola bottles had One Piece figurines a while ago, but I seemed to get nothing but that anthropomorphic deer.
(Hi Paul!)
To start, the three stripes belongs to Addidas Japan. It’s gotta be a sports drink. Second, there’s a warning at the back saying too much daily consumption is not advisable, which fits nicely with the Japanese mentality of eating fugu or raw chicken.