cleo said...

cleo at 02:01 PM JST - 16th March

I comprehend this to mean Japanese "living" abroad- not just on vacation right ?

Like I said, people go abroad for all kinds of reasons. To live, to work, to study, to sightsee. Some of them just visiting. Other reasons too, probably. I don't understand which part of 'for all…

Posted in Traditional approaches to Japanese language learning are changing at 02:01 PM JST - 16th March
cleo at 01:43 PM JST - 16th March

LostinNagoya -

lol you're preaching to the choir! My first computer was a Mac Perfoma, all its successors have been Macs and we're still in love♥. I have no time for Windoze. But the people I work with use MS Office and so I need to be able to handle…

Posted in Microsoft to give local gov'ts template to help with child allowances at 01:43 PM JST - 16th March
cleo at 01:28 PM JST - 16th March

if these kids then go home after school and end up speaking their native language, their learning will be awfully slow. Parents have to be involved in their learning too.

This is a fallacy and a common pitfall. Parents who struggle to use a broken version of the majority language…

Posted in Gov't picks 39 groups for free language lessons for needy foreign children at 01:28 PM JST - 16th March
cleo at 12:28 PM JST - 16th March

One can only assume that if there was only one easy-to-target Japanese at the time he was found, he would have used it on him.

Except he wasn't 'found', he knocked politely on the door of the bridge and announced his presence.

Why are these people not saving other animals…

Posted in Detained activist says he boarded whaling ship to arrest captain at 12:28 PM JST - 16th March
cleo at 10:33 AM JST - 16th March

3 million yen for an Excel template....wow. I'm obviously in the wrong job.

LostinNagoya -

I think there are a few Office-type software packages that in themselves are much better than MS Office... but are they compatible with MS? If the people you work and share files with are using…

Posted in Microsoft to give local gov'ts template to help with child allowances at 10:33 AM JST - 16th March
cleo at 02:35 AM JST - 16th March

It's a bold faced lie to suggest that America sells substandard beef.

If the import standards specify 'No spinal columns' and the shipment contains spinal column, then I'm afraid that's substandard. It doesn't necessarily mean that the rest of the meat in the shipment has anything wrong with it as…

Posted in Bipartisan U.S. senators call on Japan to fully reopen beef market at 02:35 AM JST - 16th March
cleo at 02:14 AM JST - 16th March

Branded -

I'm sorry, but I really do not understand what your problem is here. People go abroad for all kinds of reasons. When they're abroad they have to speak the language of the country they're in. For some, that's stimulating and wonderful from start to finish; for others, it's…

Posted in Traditional approaches to Japanese language learning are changing at 02:14 AM JST - 16th March
cleo at 01:38 AM JST - 16th March

Yo shouldn't have to "announce" that you want to "practice" anything. Japanese should understand that if you are going to live in Japan- you need to be able to speak Japanese

I don't think 'should' comes into it. Most Japanese who have been abroad for any length of time have…

Posted in Traditional approaches to Japanese language learning are changing at 01:38 AM JST - 16th March
cleo at 08:33 PM JST - 15th March

I mean animal cruelty and all

While that should be the issue, it isn't.

wild deer in the Nara city park are designated national natural treasures, local police are investigating the case as a violation of the cultural properties protection law.

Posted in Deer struck by arrow in Nara Park dies at 08:33 PM JST - 15th March
cleo at 03:16 PM JST - 15th March

slaughter of dolphins for consumption and shed this in a negative light as possible.

Well I've tried, and I cannot for the life of me imagine how anyone could shed a positive light on it....

Perhaps viewing the slaughter of dolphins for consumption purposes is certainly not enjoyable but so…

Posted in Anger and defiance in Taiji after 'Cove' wins Oscar at 03:16 PM JST - 15th March