Cos said...

Cos at 02:56 PM JST - 23rd April

That's sad, not fascinating.

This woman is a nutcase or an idiot. Or both. Her line about Iran is a shame. Obama was right about them. Not sure it's because of bibles and guns, but the Pennsylvanians that voted yesterday have lost. Their minds. Americans are not yet out of…

Posted in Clinton wins crucial Pennsylvania primary at 02:56 PM JST - 23rd April
Cos at 10:32 AM JST - 22nd April

Frankly, I've always had more fun at cults than at gaijin bars. You meet all sorts of people, all ages, there are parties, you play games. I could even practice hypnosis and talk to ghosts. In Japan, it's one of the few things you can do with all your family,…

Posted in Why do people join cults? at 10:32 AM JST - 22nd April
Cos at 10:21 AM JST - 22nd April

So now, what can they do ? Maybe hire the French legion. I'm sure they wouldn't kill taxi drivers, but they wouldn't get caught.

Seriously, this a tragedy, but I'll keep it to remind it to the Japanese next time they do the "gaikokujin are all so dangerous..." after ONE…

Posted in 19-year-old SDF member arrested for alleged murder of taxi driver at 10:21 AM JST - 22nd April
Cos at 08:51 PM JST - 17th April

I don't think non-citizens should vote. A country is not a business, you don't vote "because you pay", you vote because you take a part of the responsability. But I definitely think Japan should allow dual citizenship and that all the "historical" zainichi should automatically get a Japanese citizenship (in…

Posted in Koreans, foreign residents step up calls for local suffrage at 08:51 PM JST - 17th April
Cos at 04:00 PM JST - 16th April

I know thousands of women, fluent in Japanese (JLPT + four years), Chinese (Mandarin + their Native dialect)and English, plus they have daigaku/daigakuin degrees that are supposed to be valid in Japan. They wouldn't even get their visa here with only that. They can find full time jobs, but only…

Posted in Trilingual ability lowers hurdles at 04:00 PM JST - 16th April
Cos at 10:12 PM JST - 11th April

@Black Humour

*As much as I want to sympathise for the riots in Tibet,

I don't (or maybe I do). I mean I was no idea what happened there. This is not the point.

*but look really.. this is about OLYMPIC..

This is no longer because Hu Jintao has made…

Posted in Japan won't let Chinese security guards accompany Olympic torch relay in Nagano at 10:12 PM JST - 11th April
Cos at 10:08 AM JST - 11th April

Should be added because they fit so much to olympic business and because it's the shame that those that make the actual show never receive medals :

spitting (especially for Pekin) shopping street fighting bare hand in sports clothes street fighting armoured and equiped like cops shopping poker cheating at…

Posted in Which sports would you like to see dropped or added to the summer Olympics in future? at 10:08 AM JST - 11th April
Cos at 03:15 PM JST - 9th April

Hunger, not rabies. Then they die of exhaustion. I have read that in Russia, squirrels have killed a dog last week. This year, animals are getting mad because they don't find enough food in forests. In Middle-Age, in my village in France, on bad years (with too few wooden fruits)…

Posted in Boar attacks 5 in Osaka, then barges into kindergarten at 03:15 PM JST - 9th April
Cos at 09:28 PM JST - 5th April

I don't know what the situation in Cambodia is now. When my friends left, getting married to become a prostitute abroad was seen as improving dramatically one's life. I guess most of the population is back to a more normal situation, but obviously not everybody. Women marry unknown foreigners only…

Posted in Cambodia bars marriage to foreigners at 09:28 PM JST - 5th April
Cos at 12:35 PM JST - 4th April

Singapour airlines, and not only for the charming male flying attendants, the comfort of the plane and so far, a perfect service. They have really been helpful with me a couple of times as they accepted to change my ticket when that was not possible in theory (changing city of…

Posted in What's your favorite airline and why? at 12:35 PM JST - 4th April