Monday May 28, 2012

choiwaruoyaji's past comments

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    choiwaruoyaji

    Yes, view from west Tokyo was good. Cloud cover was an advantage... lovely mysterious-looking misty eclipse appeared several times :-)

    Posted in: Millions look skyward as rare eclipse crosses Asia

  • 2

    choiwaruoyaji

    scum

    Posted in: 'Pink Panther' thief sent home for trial over Tokyo heist

  • 1

    choiwaruoyaji

    Islam... so much fun.

    Posted in: Lady Gaga warned to tone down Philippine show

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    choiwaruoyaji

    British food... simply the best.

    Posted in: British town of Sandwich celebrates 250 years of sandwiches

  • 1

    choiwaruoyaji

    How come you taste so good?

    Posted in: Another new cola to hit market – brown sugar cola from Okinawa

  • -1

    choiwaruoyaji

    snooker

    Posted in: Which sport, when played well, do you think is the most exciting to watch?

  • 2

    choiwaruoyaji

    I saw a Japanese guy with a tattoo yesterday in a local home center.

    He was a bit older guy, with his cool wife and their cute kids.

    They seemed like the most loving Japanese couple I've ever seen.

    It was nice to see them.

    In contrast, it's horrible to hear this hateful comment from the mayor of Osaka.

    Posted in: If they want to have tattoos, they should quit working for the city and go into the private sector.

  • 2

    choiwaruoyaji

    I've got 10,000 yen stashed under the mattress for a rainy day...

    Oh no, just remembered... I spent it last week in Hub...

    Posted in: Japanese family's average savings: Y16.64 mil

  • 4

    choiwaruoyaji

    Staff procedures could have been better in this case...

    Posted in: Two men steal Y49 million diamond ring from De Beers boutique at Nagoya department store

  • -2

    choiwaruoyaji

    Apart from the teeth, I object to the way the girl on the right is not properly grasping the girl in the middle...

    Posted in: World’s first snaggletooth girl group formed

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    choiwaruoyaji

    There's a lesson for Japan here.

    Ask Japanese people about whaling and you will get a long lecture... all about things like... "whaling is our culture"... "our unique food culture"... "our traditions from ancient times"... etc etc ad nauseam...

    What people can't understand is the relationship between Japanese "food culture" and the Antarctic...

    People around the world wonder...

    How on earth can Japan's food culture stretch 1000s and 1000s of kilometers all around the globe to include the Antarctic??

    And people start to think... grabbing whales in the Antarctic is not food culture... in fact it's just greed and arrogance.

    Japan should look long and hard at the Norwegians.

    If they are going to ram their oh-so-precious "food culture" down our throats at every opportunity then they'd do better to take their whales closer to home as the Norwegians do.

    If they could do that then, I believe, the protests would almost completely melt away.

    One other point to remember is that every single country nearest to the Antarctic opposes Japan's whaling down there.

    Every single one! Count them... South Africa, Chile, Argentina, Oz and NZ... all of them opposed to Japan's whaling.

    How's that for international relations Japan?

    Just ignore all those countries opinions... especially in this year when so many countries stepped up to help Japan in her hour of need after the earthquake and tsunami.

    We can also try to imagine a similar situation in reverse.

    Imagine if the Aussies sent a huge fleet of killing ships up to the Arctic every year to grab, let's say, polar bears for Australia's very important "barbecue culture".

    Could you imagine it? Could you see how ridiculous it seems?

    There... there you have Japan's Antarctic whaling...

    Posted in: Norwegians take first whales of hunting season

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    choiwaruoyaji

    Sorry choi, but we tend to be wired differently. What your stuff looks like isn't anywhere near as important as what you can do with it, and staring hard all day won't make us any the wiser about that.

    OK ... wired differently... understand that, but I don't fully agree with the "it's not what you've got it's the way you use it" argument... after all a keijidousha is never going to win an F1 grand prix... and plenty of ladies enjoy admiring a Ferrari or a Mclaren...

    Posted in: Cleavage cover to keep prying eyes away

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    choiwaruoyaji

    We do hon. We are just a LOT more subtle about it.

    Really, babe?

    "stare" and "subtle" sounds like a contradiction in terms...

    Perhaps you mean that you take surreptitious glances?

    What I mean is, ladies, don't be shy about having a good old eyeful of a guy's body...

    Posted in: Cleavage cover to keep prying eyes away

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    choiwaruoyaji

    Cleavage and breasts in general are absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. Be proud of them, ladies.

    It's a shame that women don't stare at men's bodies more... that would even things out a bit... I wouldn't mind a bit if women were getting an eyeful of me...

    Posted in: Cleavage cover to keep prying eyes away

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    choiwaruoyaji

    Beautiful story... very moving.

    Posted in: Teenager thrilled his soccer ball lost in tsunami made it to Alaska

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    choiwaruoyaji

    I love these articles from the weeklies... so funny.

    Kanako Mori should be given a medal... what an excellent woman!

    I just hope she and her husband take care where they put the vacuum cleaner while they 'enjoy the act'.

    Posted in: Int'l marriages test ability to balance love with tolerance

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    choiwaruoyaji

    You don't have to understand it.

    I could equally say, you don't have to defend not having kids...

    ...but you vehemently are doing so

    You're sounding very judgmental with it all.

    Not at all. I'm just trying to share what I have found out about the joy and wonder of having kids. Obviously such advice is not for everyone...

    I don't want to sound judgmental but you seem very touchy about this issue.

    You're dissing the guy going on about his ipad but perhaps he was rolling his eyes at you with your talk about your children. It works both ways.

    I never talk about my kids unless someone asks.

    On the other hand, some single childless people who know I don't have much chance for traveling never miss an opportunity to tell me in detail all about their wonderful trips to Cambodia or wherever.

    When they do so I can't help thinking to myself... this person is missing the best adventure life has to offer.

    if they don't want kids, they shouldn't have them.

    I don't quite agree with this. It denies the possibility of a person who didn't want a kid turning out to be a beautiful parent which is all the more poignant...

    Posted in: If you want a child, do it before you're 30, says leading obstetrician

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    choiwaruoyaji

    Having kids IS fun, more fun and more satisfying, more fulfilling than any non-parent can possibly imagine (Yes you can hit me with the 'condescending' stick again :-)) and the things that seemed so important before simply fade into the background.

    I can't say how much I agree with this.

    Posted in: If you want a child, do it before you're 30, says leading obstetrician

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    choiwaruoyaji

    @tmarie

    Having kids doesn't have to mean the life stops. 

    It does a bit.

    As for feeling empty what a horrific thing to say

    I think the word "horrific" is exaggerating a bit.

    All I am saying is I can't understand why some people don't have kids.

    Of course everyone makes their own choices, but I want to say to childless people is tat you are missing out on life's best adventure.

    I meet some childless people in their 30s or 40s occasionally and sometimes they start going on about their wonderful trip to Vietnam or wherever... I try to nod politely and of course my 3-day trip to Atami with the kids pales in comparison but in the back of my mind I'm thinking that I felt they feel about traveling when I was 22 years old.

    And just the other day some guy with no kids about 40 was gloatingly showing me his new iPad 3 and I was thinking wouldn't it be better if you could introduce me to your kids rather than the iPad3

    I just want to say that the most magical thing in the world is holding that little bundle of humanity in your arms, gazing into its big eyes and feeling its hand grip yours.

    When it then poops in the nappy (daiper) the magic evapirates a bit but there's kids for you... ups and downs

    Posted in: If you want a child, do it before you're 30, says leading obstetrician

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    choiwaruoyaji

    I'd say aim to have the first child at about 30 (for both sexes).

    By that time you should have got most of the yearning for traveling, having fun, buying silly little gadgets, etc out of your system and be ready for the next stage in life.

    You'll probably be more financially secure and mature in outlook... it's the perfect time to have kids.

    I can't understand singletons who continue without kids... people in the 30s or 40s who talk about their trip to Vietnam or wherever as if it's the most life-changing experience ever.

    I mean, I used to feel like that about traveling, but when I hit about 30s I started feeling kind of empty inside. Having kids was the best thing that ever happened to me!

    Posted in: If you want a child, do it before you're 30, says leading obstetrician

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