Apsara said...

Apsara at 07:55 PM JST - 28th February

Zatoichi was a good one. I also didn't see the ending of the Fight Club coming at all- quite rare for a Hollywood movie.

Posted in What is your favorite movie with a twist ending? at 07:55 PM JST - 28th February
Apsara at 07:51 PM JST - 28th February

onewrldoneppl, it makes no difference that Chile is thousands of kilometres from Japan, a tsunami will keep going until it hits land so the whole of the Pacific Rim is at risk from an earthquake in South America. 50 years ago a tsunami generated by an earthquake in Chile killed…

Posted in Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side; 520,000 told to evacuate at 07:51 PM JST - 28th February
Apsara at 06:17 PM JST - 28th February

The warning seems fairly narrow in scope.

I have no idea what you are talking about here. In Japan the tsunami warning is for the entire Pacific coast, and there have been warnings in place for New Zealand, the east coast of Australia, Hawaii, basically the whole of the Pacific…

Posted in Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side; 520,000 told to evacuate at 06:17 PM JST - 28th February
Apsara at 06:14 PM JST - 28th February

Who is panicking? It all looks like a very orderly, sensible reaction to me. If you have been watching TV you will have seen water overflowing sea walls and going down streets, so all the precautions have been justified in my opinion. Do some of you people really think it…

Posted in Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side; 520,000 told to evacuate at 06:14 PM JST - 28th February
Apsara at 08:31 AM JST - 28th February

I agree with ogtob. With 5,000 people running that route just at lunchtime, how long do you think the grass would survive?

Posted in Facilities for joggers mushrooming around Imperial Palace at 08:31 AM JST - 28th February
Apsara at 08:29 AM JST - 28th February

While some of it will be due to construction, there will be various factors. Perhaps it didn't score a direct hit on a major city. I haven't checked yet, but it's likely it was a deeper earthquake that Haiti's. The frequency of the shock waves is also important- that's a…

Posted in Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side; 520,000 told to evacuate at 08:29 AM JST - 28th February
Apsara at 05:02 PM JST - 27th February

PenelopePitstop, read what I read above. You don't get 10m tsunamis, thankfully. Many people were killed by 1m "waves" in the Boxing Day tsunami. A continuous flow of water, even 10cm high, is something noticeable, if not dangerous. It's still a tsunami.

Posted in M6.9 quake jolts Okinawa Prefecture at 05:02 PM JST - 27th February
Apsara at 01:51 PM JST - 27th February

Lots of people with genuine qualifications and skills in other areas come to Japan and start off teaching English. As above, Tony is actually a linguist. I have a friend who was a physiotherapist in her home country who teaches English in Japan, and others who now work at a…

Posted in Cast and original couple of 'My Darling Is a Foreigner' attend preview at 01:51 PM JST - 27th February
Apsara at 12:58 PM JST - 27th February

I also find the number of adult female Arashi and Johnny's fans in their late 20's and 30's disturbing too.

That's an odd thing to say. The members of this band are in or near their late 20s themselves, so what on earth is wrong with people the same age…

Posted in Boy band Arashi even fascinating old men with close-knit image at 12:58 PM JST - 27th February
Apsara at 11:59 AM JST - 27th February

Tsunami waves, even 10cm high, would be noticed basically because they are not waves but a surge of water which keeps coming. Whereas waves break and draw back tsunamis just keep going inland. Wouldn't you notice something out of the ordinary if you lived 100m inland and sea water was…

Posted in M6.9 quake jolts Okinawa Prefecture at 11:59 AM JST - 27th February