Why can I never get a straight answer from a man? We’re planning a trip to Guernsey (an island) dead early tomorrow morning, so I need to know what time we have to leave so I can set my alarm.
Me: What time do we have to leave home?
Piers: No earlier than an hour before the time we have to be there – which is an hour before we sail (6 am).
Took me 11 minutes of questioning, during which time I got more riddles, before I received the answer: 4 am.
Piers “invented” a really delicious Asian snack combo: Prawn crackers with hoisin sauce! So proud of him!
I also found this awesome lemongrass-flavoured prawn crackers at Tesco. From Netherlands, but makers were Indoneisan settlers. Tastes so great when you dip into hoisin sauce (sparingly)!
Yeah I know my photos are missing from my blog header. Looks very funny, doesn’t it?
Nanny Wen (aka Buggy Wen aka Davienne) says it reminds her of Harry Potter’s moving picture people.
Guess my photos are taking a break. They’ve gone into hiding because it’s been raining a lot in England and the weather forecast says it’s going to hail tomorrow.
IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER!
Crazy or not.
I thought I’d be in discomfort for a year because I was finding it impossible to get used to Invisalign in my mouth. But just 11 days into it, I hardly feel it anymore.
Was playing on my iPad before bed last night when I suddenly couldn’t feel plastic in my mouth and for one horrifying moment, thought that I had forgotten to put my aligners back on after dinner, which was ages ago.
Turned out it’s just my mouth has started to adapt.
Quote of the day
Me: I want a pet duckling!
Piers: LOL why!!!
Me: Cos they’re so cute.
Piers: All baby things are cute! Except babies.
A transport provider in the UK just sent me an e-mail asking me to take part in an online survey to help improve services.
So I go there and answer two questions (age and last time I used the service) and they say:
“Thank you for your time. Unfortunately, you do not qualify for the survey as this time around we are looking to survey our more senior customers (over 60) only.”
WTF fail.
Was googling the difference between biscuits and cookies and got linked to a Yahoo! Answers page. This guy’s answer made me LOL.
“The difference between the biscuit and the cookie is the Atlantic.
Plus, American biscuit more like a savory scone
Plus English biscuit is an American cookie.
Plus English or American cookie is in your computer to do stuff that no one really understands.”
Being too ambitious (or greedy). Two heaped bowls of ricotta and spinach tortelloni in bolognese sauce, with six sausages and three baby zucchinis thrown into the mix. A roll of garlic bread and a bottle of wine. Delicious!
Yay I got white tulips! My favouritest flowers. :)
England has the most beautiful flowers. Tulips and roses in white with pale pink. Gerberas in strawberry milk pink. Makes me happy!
Just read in detail about foot binding in ancient China. I always thought they just wrapped up the feet during infancy to stop them from growing.
But, no! They wait till the girl is 4-7 years old, then break her toes and arch bones so that the toes can curl under the sole. Without anaesthesia.
After wrapping the monstrous creation tightly, the girl is then forced to walk on her broken feet so her weight can help crush them into shape. The feet are crushed and rebound daily for like two years! WTF is wrong with people?!
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i also cannot get to my Settings on my jap wii. it plays all my backups fine but i cant get into settings. when i select settings, it just says i am trying to access a web page and has the opera help stuff. i dont think my wii is bricked because i can play my games, but i cant change any settings. anyone help??
wow!
this is really great guys!
thanks sooooo much!
i had a US one and the motherboard just died on me,
so i got a japanese one today and am so glad to find this page. ^^
now looking for a translation for Wii Fit’s screens.
finger’s crossed.
ok, i found the answers. not being able to get to the settings means my wii is semi-bricked. i need japanese wii fit to udate the firmware to fix(hopefully).
Just an update:
Sorry guys, I’m not able to give any further help because I’ve sold my Wii and, besides, I don’t really know Japanese that much *lol*. I hope everyone who has problems manages to find your solution somewhere else!
Cheers and happy holidays!
get the Wii fit Japan version to unbrick your Wii’s
semi-bricked mine with the Super Mario Galaxy but Wiifit fixed it.
Thank you so much for this! We bought a Japanese Wii because we are expats living in Japan… We were going to buy an imported US Wii for the language difference, but were told that the US Wii would not work in Japan because it is PAL and Japan is NTSC. For the same reason we were told US games would not work on our Japanese Wii–anybody know if that is true or not? It is really frustrating to play games and not be able to understand anything or change any setting/etc. because of lack of Japanese reading ability. Not to mention not being able to buy games like Zelda or Dragonquest because the game is so text-heavy, you know?
gaijin: You’re welcome. :) And it’s true. US games won’t work on Japanese Wii. Well, but since you’re living in Japan, I expect you can pick up Japanese eventually, enough to be able to read stuff in Wii.
Learn Katakana characters first. It is really really helpful because like 30% of Japanese is made up of Katakana and it’s easy to understand because Katakana is actually English words but written with Japanese characters.
Thank you Qiaoyun for reply and help. Actually, I can read and write katakana, hiragana and some of the basic kanji, just not really enough to get whatever game I want and things, kwim? But I suppose if nothing else, our Japanese Wii will help me to learn more kanji, lol. Thank you so much anyway. :)
“…US games would not work on our Japanese Wii–anybody know if that is true or not?”
This is partly correct and partly wrong. :D You could (in reality) “make” US games work on a JAP Wii. But of course, I don’t encourage it.
Modchip-really? Please do tell us more?! Also, would anyone know if an American Wii console would work in Japan, or not? Because if it would, I think I will sell my Japanese Wii and buy an American one instead. I tried looking all over the Net for the answer to this, and can’t find it anywhere. Thanks!
Hmmm… you searched? Try searching my handle in google. LOL.
Lol, okay, I will..! ;)
Warning though, it will void your warranty… also, I remember that there is this disc (but it was not for the Wii) called FreeLoader… which does what you want. You can try searching for it (If it exist for the Wii). :D
Thanks for all your help. BTW, does anyone know if a US Wii with US games would work in Japan?
As long as you TV is NTSC and your power supply is in the correct volts, it would work… I guess. :D
Thanks Modchip! :D
No prob gaijin, enjoy gaming in Japan! :D
this is a life saver! searched everywhere for this. now i can configure my japanese wii
Hihi, it saved my life too. :D
thank you so much!
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Thank you from the Philippines….
I’m sure this will help a lot of players around the globe!!!!
KUDOS!
Cool!
Hi Sheylara, thanks for the translation, great work .. but is it possible to convert a Jap console into english? Guy in the shop showed me how by hitting a couple of buttons…but I couldn’t replicate at home… is it possible?
The Wii has a language change function but it does not work on a Japanese Wii, unfortunately. Only works on other region Wiis. Perhaps you should go back and ask the guy at the shop for more info.
But I recently heard that there’s a third-party plugin that allows people to change the language on any set. I don’t have the details on that, though. Sorry. You might want to google around for it.
Wow, thank you.
It was really good. Thanks from Brazil.
hey guys…thanks for the info…but still kind of confused. i guess my video game linguistics are not up to date. i also have the opera website page that comes up when we try to change the settings on our japanese wii to try to get online. i see that everyone says it’s because my wii is ‘bricked’ but i’m still not sure what that means. and is the only way to resolve this to buy a wii fit? it’s kind of weird, no?
any instruction would be helpful! thanks so much!
p.s. did anyone find out if it’s possible to play with u.s. friends on a japanese wii?
Bricked means that your Wii is malfunctioning and useless. Though I’m not sure about this, the term “bricked” was first used on malfunctioning handhelds because of modifications (like; flashing etc…), like the DS (Shape of a brick or paperweight).
“and is the only way to resolve this to buy a wii fit” — Maybe this game have some update files that you need (Again, not sure). Some games actually do that, BUT if you update your JAP Wii with a US Wii Fit (If that was actually the purpose), the you get “BRICKED”. :D
About playing with other region friends — Haven’t tried this yet, but it was possible during the Dreamcast era, so there’s a big chance that you can.
Hi peeps!
I have a Jap wii and have bought Mario kart and Wii fit for it but am unable to play them due to the language barrier – anyone know a solution?? I need the games in English that i can play on my Jap wii as we have the mats and wheels etc for them
Thanks
I bought a Japanese wii over a year ago and have been missing out on the internet features!
I want the Internet Channel for youtube etc, But have no idea where to get it from!
I go into the wii shop but as its all in japanese have no idea where to get it!
Can any one please HELP!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks
Thanks for this translation sheylara, it’s very helpfull.
for wii fit translation :
http://www.ntsc-uk.com/feature.php?featuretype=tra&fea=WiiFitGuideTranslationHelp
for the internet channel, you must buy wii points (Wii shopping channel) and then you can buy the internet channel
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Hi peeps!
I have a Jap wii and have bought Mario kart and Wii fit for it but am unable to play them due to the language barrier – anyone know a solution?? I need the games in English that i can play on my Jap wii as we have the mats and wheels etc for them
Thanks
The simplest solution is by using FreeLoader for Wii. Make a quick google search to learn more about it. ;)
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I have US Wii and Freeloader US version. If I purchase wiifit JAP, can I play it with US Wii & Freeloader US? As it seems to be difficult to buy US Wiifit for a while…
Yah, that’s what FreeLoader is for, actually. ;)
Hey THANKS MAN!!!
just wanted to ask which game would’nt run on the jap wii set.
iron man and harvest moon seem to have problems.
Under freeloader? Here’s a compatibility list. :)
I’m goin to Japan for a trip and am thinking of getting the Wii there since it seems to be much cheaper than Singapore. However, can I check if I can’t get the US (English) version there and they only have the Japanese version?
If so, I’ll need to modify it also get a transformer?
Just get the appropriate adapter, I think it’s much cheaper than a transformer. :D
These comments go forever. You found your niche, Gamer Girl!
The GF’s translation has become one of the most famous translation / maybe the only one in distribution today. ;)
there are fix discs out on the internet which can un-brick your wii, if it is semi-bricked i.e settings blocked.
hey i got a japanese wii and i setup the internet using the translater
now when i click on wii shop it says something in japanese and the only button there is is to go bak to the main menu . i cannot access wii shop
can some1 plz helpppp
I recently got my NTSC-J [Japanese] Wii semi-bricked with Rock Band, it’s the most saddest thing I’ve ever done. >..<;;
I’m planning to get Wii Fit [Jpn] for my Wii soon, after I fix my semi-brick problem….
^ There’s a fix for that. You can get the files for your JAP Wii here. :D
Have recently purchased a Japanese wii and it appears to be semi bricked (error message when trying to access settings) i have purchased freeloader which allows me to play english games. It will recognise but not load the disc for an english wii fit. does anyone know a way i an solve this problem? thanks for your help
I think you need a system update — but then again, that could damage your Wii. System updates from another region is just plain evil. :(
what do you mean semi bricked with rockband? when i put rockband in my Japanese wii it gave me blank screen, if i get japanese freeloader for wii japanese console will i be able to play the rockband also how do i get into settings??