cleo said...

cleo at 12:13 AM JST - 26th July

it's another one of those please watch us/pay the entry fee but don't try this at home deals.

'Water rockets' have been around a long, long time. A lot longer than all this terrorism folderol. I remember buying my son one when he was in elementary school. Literally, kids stuff.

Posted in Science workshop for kids at 12:13 AM JST - 26th July
cleo at 07:20 PM JST - 25th July

So it's en not shio? Ok.

Thanks.

Posted in Science workshop for kids at 07:20 PM JST - 25th July
cleo at 07:15 PM JST - 25th July

The article says less than two hours after take of from HK. Could be they edited the article after you posted that - it seems quite altered from the first time I read it.

Posted in Qantas aircraft makes emergency landing in Philippines after blast leaves hole in fuselage at 07:15 PM JST - 25th July
cleo at 06:10 PM JST - 25th July

What a scary experience that must have been.

So what caused the 'blast'? Are we talking about a bomb in the cargo hold here?

Posted in Qantas aircraft makes emergency landing in Philippines after blast leaves hole in fuselage at 06:10 PM JST - 25th July
cleo at 06:05 PM JST - 25th July

The sign at the back says clearly 塩 (salt, sodium chloride, the stuff you put on your dinner), not sodium bicarbonate.

They should have called it 'Science and Bicarb'.

Posted in Science workshop for kids at 06:05 PM JST - 25th July
cleo at 11:54 AM JST - 25th July

The media runs riot with the actions of a handful of nutters, and suddenly the whole country is in a state of panic. And people from countries with much higher violent crime rates fall over themselves in the rush to tell us what's wrong with Japan.

The reason PM Fukuda…

Posted in I'm worried that Japanese society is becoming one in which people cannot feel safe. It is a very serious problem and we have to fully examine its cause and background first. at 11:54 AM JST - 25th July
cleo at 10:30 AM JST - 25th July

just as bad as aojiru, despite being a veggie lover

I think that's because of being as veggie lover. Same way that being a bean-lover means I can never forgive natto.

Haagen-Dazz make some really wicked ice cream, but I don't think I'll be trying green tea & black…

Posted in Green tea ice cream from Häagen-Dazs at 10:30 AM JST - 25th July
cleo at 05:58 PM JST - 24th July

after noborito's post, I'm not sure they are any better, just more expensive!

They're better because the mummy birds aren't kept in cages too small for them to turn around or even stand up in. A happy bird lays a quality egg. It's also less likely to be laced…

Posted in High-quality egg prices to rise in August at 05:58 PM JST - 24th July
cleo at 04:21 PM JST - 24th July

I can see the pet shops are going to be emptied of crawfish by this weekend.

Posted in 131 injured as 6.8 quake hits northeastern Japan at 04:21 PM JST - 24th July
cleo at 04:19 PM JST - 24th July

I think we all learn to swim in shallow water

Well, my kids learned to swim in 90 cm of water. They were less than 95cm tall at the time though, so I don't think they thought it was particularly shallow.

I learned in the typical UK pool, waist-deep at…

Posted in 10-year-old schoolgirl suffers head injury after diving into pool in Yamagata at 04:19 PM JST - 24th July