Mz said...

Mz at 02:23 PM JST - 10th March

I'm horrified by the "bully magnet" comment! so that makes it alright then? And no, you obviously do not "feel sorry for this girl". This is so sad, to feel that the only way out is suicide. So commonplace here in Japan, but still sad.

Posted in 14-year-old girl dies after being hit by subway train in Sapporo at 02:23 PM JST - 10th March
Mz at 11:46 AM JST - 6th March

How sad that she was so bothered by her school results she felt she had to do this....

Posted in 13-year-old Fukuoka girl admits knife injury was self-inflicted at 11:46 AM JST - 6th March
Mz at 03:51 PM JST - 5th March

Yelnets: re ETC, Yes, they can lock it into your credit card, on ours it gets billed monthly. I think the initial outlay is about 30,000 though....We got a new car last year and it was included.

Posted in Weekend highway tolls to be Y1,000 in most areas from March 28 at 03:51 PM JST - 5th March
Mz at 09:51 AM JST - 5th March

Archiebald - Yes, I have tried taking a baby and young kids through crowded stations. I have also been stuck in traffic jams and had to abort several weekend trips (indeed, one to a safari park) as the traffic was so horrific - with a screaming, bored child stuck in…

Posted in Weekend highway tolls to be Y1,000 in most areas from March 28 at 09:51 AM JST - 5th March
Mz at 07:55 AM JST - 5th March

so why not reduce shinkansen fares?

Posted in Weekend highway tolls to be Y1,000 in most areas from March 28 at 07:55 AM JST - 5th March
Mz at 07:43 AM JST - 5th March

Ah, so there are good points! thanks Archiebald

Posted in Weekend highway tolls to be Y1,000 in most areas from March 28 at 07:43 AM JST - 5th March
Mz at 07:15 AM JST - 5th March

So extra traffic jams, pollution....

Posted in Weekend highway tolls to be Y1,000 in most areas from March 28 at 07:15 AM JST - 5th March
Mz at 07:07 AM JST - 5th March

Annoying ring tones

Posted in What cell phone habits by some people bother you the most? at 07:07 AM JST - 5th March
Mz at 07:07 AM JST - 5th March

horserfella - mobile phone conversations are irritating to those around the speaker pretty much everywhere so why single out the train? randomenigma - you're absolutely right. BUT a friend of mine HAD to take a call and lowered her voice and covered her mouth - she was more or less…

Posted in What cell phone habits by some people bother you the most? at 07:07 AM JST - 5th March
Mz at 06:59 AM JST - 5th March

Scary!

Posted in Marui shop attendants at 06:59 AM JST - 5th March