theperilouspea - are you OK? There are many examples of privately funded cable systems in the past - FLAG, to name one that I am personally familiar with. NTT Com is Japanese and they are partnering with a Russian firm, how will this afford you insight into American corporate philosophy?
When I'm vacationing abroad and going out and about, I'll take a color photocopy with me and leave my passport in the hotel safe/friend's house. The fake undercover cop who is actually a brazen identity thief may get some private info when you show him the paper but not your…
Yes, the housing here generally does a good job of destroying the myth that Japanese are so demanding of quality in all things they purchase. I live a in great nieghborhood here in Tokyo but many of the houses are so craptacular it boggles my mind when I think how…
Agree with romulus3... Hmm, 11:30PM in Shinjuku, two gaijin gals...yes, they can ask for and you should just show your passports right away - why the drama? Now if they ask you to get in a car or accompany them down a darkened alley, then you may want to establish…
I once worked at a place where the boss decreed that if you were late three times in a month, even by just a minute, they would deduct half-a-day's pay. It didn't take long before some chronically late staff realized that on the third time they might as well just…
Not going sailing around Port Harcourt anytime soon. Also the locals are all princes who humbly request my assistance to release millions and I'll be paid a handsome reward once I forward my bank details...
Ultradude at 04:39 PM JST - 23rd April
theperilouspea - are you OK? There are many examples of privately funded cable systems in the past - FLAG, to name one that I am personally familiar with. NTT Com is Japanese and they are partnering with a Russian firm, how will this afford you insight into American corporate philosophy?
Posted in NTT Com to start operating Japan-Russia undersea optical cable in June at 04:39 PM JST - 23rd April
Ultradude at 04:11 PM JST - 23rd April
When I'm vacationing abroad and going out and about, I'll take a color photocopy with me and leave my passport in the hotel safe/friend's house. The fake undercover cop who is actually a brazen identity thief may get some private info when you show him the paper but not your…
Posted in Roughed up by the cops in Shinjuku at 04:11 PM JST - 23rd April
Ultradude at 03:14 PM JST - 23rd April
Yes, the housing here generally does a good job of destroying the myth that Japanese are so demanding of quality in all things they purchase. I live a in great nieghborhood here in Tokyo but many of the houses are so craptacular it boggles my mind when I think how…
Posted in 200-year rabbit hutches at 03:14 PM JST - 23rd April
Ultradude at 03:05 PM JST - 23rd April
Agree with romulus3... Hmm, 11:30PM in Shinjuku, two gaijin gals...yes, they can ask for and you should just show your passports right away - why the drama? Now if they ask you to get in a car or accompany them down a darkened alley, then you may want to establish…
Posted in Roughed up by the cops in Shinjuku at 03:05 PM JST - 23rd April
Ultradude at 08:10 AM JST - 23rd April
Yokoso!!!
Posted in Nagano hotel association told to check foreign guest IDs ahead of torch relay at 08:10 AM JST - 23rd April
Ultradude at 10:44 AM JST - 21st April
Something Potemkin village about her, never liked her. Seems to ape Hollywood actresses. I predict she'll divorce within a couple of years.
Posted in Norika Fujiwara to appear in her 1st Broadway musical at 10:44 AM JST - 21st April
Ultradude at 10:32 AM JST - 21st April
I once worked at a place where the boss decreed that if you were late three times in a month, even by just a minute, they would deduct half-a-day's pay. It didn't take long before some chronically late staff realized that on the third time they might as well just…
Posted in Dealing with a difficult boss at 10:32 AM JST - 21st April
Ultradude at 10:10 AM JST - 21st April
Pretty lame as they were only expanding the percentage of equity, hardly threatening the national power supply.
Posted in Industry defends gov't action in J-Power case at 10:10 AM JST - 21st April
Ultradude at 10:07 AM JST - 21st April
Interesting as Japan has no tradition of proms or even school dances. She is hot and you find some "interesting" pix of her on the intertubes.
Posted in Leah Dizon to sing theme song for online drama 'Tokyo Prom Queen' at 10:07 AM JST - 21st April
Ultradude at 10:07 AM JST - 17th April
Not going sailing around Port Harcourt anytime soon. Also the locals are all princes who humbly request my assistance to release millions and I'll be paid a handsome reward once I forward my bank details...
Posted in Nigeria overtakes Indonesia as No. 1 pirate haven at 10:07 AM JST - 17th April