Tokyo and tech through the eyes of a split pea

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Every day at exactly 15:00, a five-minute exercise (mostly stretches) chimes through the company-wide PA system in a female voice over soothing background music. Of course, hardly anyone bothers to pay attention. It’s just another remnant of the “old days” – like the rubber date-stamps that need manual tweezer-changing. Anyways, having a bit of spare time on my hands, I thought I’d try my hand at some arts-and-crafts (it was also an excuse to try out Illustrator, which I’d recently gotten my hands on. What a great product!)

Behold, the X-rated version of the 3 o’clock company exercise! The right shirt shows the front – the text is exactly what the female voice recites before delving into each move; the left shirt is the back. I made a few trial runs with iron-on print paper and ultimately made a custom order through CustomInk – a fantastic service! The final CustomInk order is what you’re seeing.

I gave out a few prints to colleagues, followed by (albeit nervous) laughter; my crush actually had the audacity to ask which position was my favorite (it’s not on there :).

Leave a comment if you’re interested in purchasing one and (given enough demand) I may make another order.

UPDATE: Photos lost after the server move, sorry!