electric2004 said...

electric2004 at 01:59 AM JST - 20th July

Well, Gold is 11300 Euro/kg or approximately 180 Man Yen. Let's make it 200 Man Yen/kg which is 2 Million Yen/kg Gold. And 1 billion Yen (american billions) would be 500 kg of Gold.

Then her dress is several times more heavy than her. Really? Something like a factor of…

Posted in at 01:59 AM JST - 20th July
electric2004 at 01:37 AM JST - 20th July

Yes, I know about the misunderstandings between Japanese colleagues. Or between a big company (for example Toshiba) making a subcontract with a smaller company and then we wonder why the quality is worse than the original sample made in the Toshiba factory.

They saved money, but some information (in Japanese)…

Posted in No substitute for human touch in translating at 01:37 AM JST - 20th July
electric2004 at 01:02 PM JST - 18th July

Now thinking of the next step, as actress, Naomi Kawashima is used to be paid for her work, which is not steady. Taking it to next step, like for this commercial, she can be rented by the hour (from her agency).

Sometimes renting is better than buying, because you have…

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electric2004 at 01:00 PM JST - 18th July

I expect the car is not to be sold but to be leased. Maybe even to be rented by the day.

Probably same for the dress. Like at most wedding facilities, the dress can be rented for the special day.

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electric2004 at 12:56 PM JST - 18th July

The funny point is, when making a transfer by ATM, the ATM asks me to put in my mobile phone number for confirmation if something was wrong. Now, if I don't remember my mobile number (I don't call myself often), I have to take it out to check the number.…

Posted in Banks to ask customers not to use cell phones at ATMs due to fraud at 12:56 PM JST - 18th July
electric2004 at 12:57 PM JST - 17th July

Sony Vaio: I bought one in 2006 for my wife. It is light, yes. It is portable, yes. And it is slow. Really slow compared to my 2 years older desktop. Making a movie? I doubt. She will wait and wait for the rendering. Then a click for a change,…

Posted in Actress-pianist Nao Matsushita and model Izumi Mori introduce new VAIO laptop at 12:57 PM JST - 17th July
electric2004 at 12:41 PM JST - 17th July

Its good that the person Yoshikatsu Terajima was found and arrested. Otherwise I would feel quite uncomfortable with my family.

Posted in Man arrested for stabbing father, daughter during stroll in Ibaraki at 12:41 PM JST - 17th July
electric2004 at 08:58 AM JST - 17th July

I wonder if she is past her "best use before" date?

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electric2004 at 12:54 AM JST - 17th July

3 days is quite short. In our company it is 7 days of summer holiday. In addition to 20 days normal year holiday.

Ganbatte Fukuda-san. But, what for?

Posted in Fukuda to take summer vacation Wed-Fri at 12:54 AM JST - 17th July
electric2004 at 06:59 PM JST - 16th July

Zen-Builder:

You are so right. I have made and still make same experience. Let's hope that we don't have 14 year old posters, who might take the story given here as a hint how to call for attention on topic.

Posted in 14-yr-old bus hijacker says he did it to cause trouble for his parents at 06:59 PM JST - 16th July