Bungleer said...

Bungleer at 01:02 PM JST - 7th July

ensuring ‘‘stability and unity’’

Let me translate:

Having police shoot randomly at people protesting peacfully.

Installing surveillance software on every single computer in China (not yet, but soon http://is.gd/1pwl2 )

Their "monk shooting season" seems to be over mostly, but China is really living in "interesting times"...

Posted in Fresh protests erupt in China's Xinjiang region at 01:02 PM JST - 7th July
Bungleer at 05:50 AM JST - 15th April

So the country my children go to kindergarten is most likely not Japan.

Funny enough at our kindergarten the children are pretty well-behaved (as much as you could expect at that age) and our kindergarten even has a reputation of being far less strict than the others in the vicinity.

Posted in You can learn a lot about Japanese culture from kindergarten classes at 05:50 AM JST - 15th April
Bungleer at 05:08 PM JST - 31st March

I'd say the twat is the taxi driver, he should have smelt something fishy there. Or at least told the customer that he could fly the same distance for a tenth of the amount he was going to charge him...

Posted in Man arrested after taking taxi from Tokyo to Fukuoka and refusing to pay Y359,230 fare at 05:08 PM JST - 31st March
Bungleer at 05:06 PM JST - 31st March

Yes Seiyu is owned by Wal-mart now, but it was bought in. You could as well have said a few years ago "at Chrysler - as Mercedes-Benz is called in the US"... or Get the gist? This is just plain wrong, just because one company has bought another one it…

Posted in Japan warming to cheap foreign gadgets amid slump at 05:06 PM JST - 31st March
Bungleer at 05:36 PM JST - 13th March

Moe is so braindead she turns me of in spite of her somewhat cute face.

Posted in A little English and big heart go a long way for Moe Oshikiri at 05:36 PM JST - 13th March
Bungleer at 09:46 AM JST - 5th March

Man will they be in for a shock when they find out that Japanese are not considered white people...

Posted in Koyuki chosen as 'most attractive person with white skin' at 09:46 AM JST - 5th March
Bungleer at 02:54 PM JST - 3rd December

I'm all for "Happy Winter Solstice" and be done with it. After all, the very source for most religions holding Dec 24/25 as a holiday is the solstice, which later became a symbol for the birth of your god of choice or any other thing you could bring into relation…

Posted in Do you suppport calls in some countries to replace expressions like “Christmas tree” and “merry Christmas” with “holiday tree” and “happy holiday” in an effort to include the many beliefs of a diverse population? at 02:54 PM JST - 3rd December
Bungleer at 10:23 AM JST - 10th November

The problem is that labour laws are enforced far too rarely, and if you complain or insist on your rights as a worker you're often looked at as a difficult "demanding" and ungrateful guy, somehow betraying your company...

Posted in Modern working conditions a throwback to '20s, '30s at 10:23 AM JST - 10th November
Bungleer at 11:50 AM JST - 4th November

I guess with Temp workers they meant "haken shaiin" (派遣社員). Most of which have contracts of about a year which will or will not be renewed then.

Posted in Nissan to dismiss 780 temp workers at 11:50 AM JST - 4th November
Bungleer at 11:18 AM JST - 4th November

We she was probably the one woman who could speak at least some English so she could go to an international beauty contest...

Posted in Miss World Japan goes for the crown at 11:18 AM JST - 4th November