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Do you know what is it? What is it for?

Well, it is sort of camouflage, which is used to prevent crime, as explained in this article.

Sometimes, I really have to write a 服 字 (hmmm, how to explain it, sort of meaning admire, or less than that) at Japanese: they can really come up any sort of ideas!

For example, just like this one. I thought this kind of ideas would only appear in Doraemon cartoon book or something like that, but this designer does come up with stereotype of her idea! And what is greater about all these inventions is the Japanese attitude towards ideas and inventions, no matter how “ridiculous” it could appear, as commented by this guy:

“Japanese society won’t just laugh, so inventors are not afraid to try new things,” said Takumi Hirai, chairman of Japan’s largest association of individual inventors, the 10,000-member Hatsumeigakkai.

May be this is Japanese boleh spirit you know. If anyone dare to put out this idea in Malaysia, he or she would be… you don’t need my description to know what could happen next.

Anyway, may be  I should say: Ganbatte kudasai! Please come up with more ideas!

10-06-2007: 10 000 hits.
04-09-2007: 20 000 hits.
21-10-2007: 30 000 hits!

Unbelievable. In about 6 weeks time my blog managed to get another 10 000 hits. But I was also surprised to note that actually my blog was referred from other famous blog/media, like: Guardian (UK), Stumbling and Mumbling, MaggieAnotherDotCom, 2 Blowhards, Malays/akini etc. That certainly push up some of the numbers…

[Damn, I forgot that I should not put Malays-aKini's name here, it will show up at their website. I am not so much fancy about the
unwaranted attention ]

So, so far I have 455 posts, 234 comments, 29 937 views, and best day ever is 487. The top ten posts for the past 30 days are:

Crime trend in Japan from year 1995 to 2006 on:

a) Homicide rate (per 100 000 population)
b) Rape rate (per 100 000 population)

Shukkei-en 16.09.2007, originally uploaded by micpohling.

Trying to get up to the shore, and probably hoping food from us

- Shukkei-en, Hiroshima.

P/S: I found this vey interesting pictures, worth of having a look! I wish I could do the same with the blue sky too!