JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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kirakira25
So complaining about stereotyping, and yet the article is....erm....full of stereotyping?
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kirakira25
A "bimbo" that attended Stanford university and has a masters in public health??! What`s your definition then of an educated woman??! If this is how you class "bimbo" I would be delighted to be labelled as one!
The wedding looked lovely, if a little ostentatious for my taste. Good luck to them.
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kirakira25
I
m so sick of people going on about my weight like there is some magic secret to it or something - I have 3 kids, Im 37, I`m 165cms, 46 kilos (a little skinny in my opinion) and my waist is 61 cms. Paddy Smash has it right. There is no big secret:1) Above all else I am very lucky - I have a small frame, long limbs, and genetically don
t put on much weight - like my mum and dad. 2) I rarely eat food from a tin/packet - we tend to eat a lot of veggies, fish, rice, chicken, fruit and the most processed we get is bread and yoghurt. It all sound so boring, but it really is delicious. We eat smaller portions too - I noticed that when I returned to the UK one year. Because of this diet, I can get a pizza once a week, or a McDonalds, and not worry about it. 3) I exercise - I cycle/walk where I can. I do stomach crunches most nights - just because thats my "wobbliest" bit! 4) I drink at least 2 litres of water every day. I rarely drink sodas, and have 2-3 cups of tea/coffee a day.I don`t know if it would work for everyone, but it works for us.
However - my brother is huge! Partly his lifestyle an diet is bad - he loses weight whenever he changes things, but can never keep going with it. BUT he also took a lot of steroids as a kid, and I am certain this has interfered with his metabolism. So not everyone is fat because they are lazy.
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kirakira25
You might want to hunt for her in a different location - just a suggestion!
Posted in: What would be your ideal summer fling?
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kirakira25
A tragedy for the guy in question if it was my daughter and my husband got hold of him. But then my daughter would not be working as a hostess at 14 anyway.
You obviously know jack about the hostess industry
LOL! Yeah, right, they
re all heart, these guys. Took pity on a couple of young girls and thought hed cut them a break so they can get a bit of pocket money to go buy candy and stickers. Wake up!Posted in: Two men arrested for letting young girls work at cabaret club
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kirakira25
I had a summer fling on a trip to Thailand in 2002. It was 6 months after dad died and I needed to get away by myself for a few weeks.
I met a Japanese guy in a cafe in Bangkok and we got talking in broken English. We had a holiday fling and he returned to Osaka and I returned to London. I never thought I would see him again.
18 months later we got married and now we have 3 kids. He is still my soulmate, my best friend and pretty damn hot too! So I would say to anyone "fling away"! And tkoind2 - it does exists in the modern world. It could be 5 years from now, or in 5 mins when you finish reading this and pop down to the combini - but it DOES happen.
Posted in: What would be your ideal summer fling?
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kirakira25
I
m sorry but I think the parents should be arrested for neglect! Except sad to say but they probably knew exactly where they were and what they were doing - but theyre bringing in the cash so who cares, right?! There`s the million dollar question in these girls lives: "Who cares?"Posted in: Two men arrested for letting young girls work at cabaret club
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kirakira25
I think this article is probably referring to those ex-pats living in the Gaijin Ghetto (Hiroo, Azabu etc), going to international schools, expenses accounts, paid-for apartments, and absolutely not married to a Japanese living a "Japanese life"
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kirakira25
This happened to a friend of mine - the guy called and claimed he was her son, had been arrested and needed money for bail. She told him "Buddy, if you are indeed my son and have done something stupid enough to get yourself arrested you`re on your own!" (Her son was actually sitting next to her at the time!)
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kirakira25
Have you ever even read JT??! The suspended sentences dished out here are like a private joke everyone is in on - except you it would seem!
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kirakira25
What about if you can`t get off your bum and work because you are raising young children? Does that not count as contributing to the family, even though it may not be a financial contribution?
Posted in: The shrinking state of Japanese salarymen's pocket money
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kirakira25
Oh buddy - you just got my weekend off to a great start! Thank you!
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kirakira25
I would also add a "60 year old" is hardly elderly! I think this woman was looking for a way to vent some stress and this is nothing less than assault. Especially if as The758 said the kid got up and she beat him anyway. If I was that kids mum I`d be furious!
Posted in: Elderly woman arrested for beating youth sitting in priority seat of bus
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kirakira25
It still is 5 days as Cleo said-my friend had hers out last month.
This is a great story and I am glad the kid got what was coming to him IF he was obnoxious and rude BUT - I get the distinct impression here given this womans history and that she was physicaaly able to beat up this kid that a) she didn`t even need the seat and b) she went looking for a fight. It seems to be she was using this situation as an excuse to vent thinking she would get away with it. Violence like this is not excusable.
Posted in: Elderly woman arrested for beating youth sitting in priority seat of bus
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kirakira25
I took my husbands name but only because my maiden name was very difficult for Japanese to pronounce - lots of "R"
s and "L"s - and I got tired of repeating it 15 times every time I needed to give it!Why is it such a problem for people to have different surnames? Is the worst thing they can come up with that people will have two names on the door???!
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kirakira25
Jesus some people have way too much time on their hands.
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kirakira25
I second that-does anyone have a link to the real information? I knew about the bell thing through hearsay, but I didn`t know anything else!
Posted in: Confused by Japan’s cycling laws? You aren’t the only one
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kirakira25
@tmarie - I agree with you it shouldn
t always be the cyclists fault, the same way I dont think it is fair that it is ALWAYS the cars fault either. Case in point my friend whose car was hit by a kid on a bike while he was stationary - the kids brakes weren`t working. The police tried to arrest him!But sorry - I do think if there is a risk of someone jumping out from a doorway - go slow. Or stopping suddenly to use their keitai in front of you - don
t be so close to them. If the pavement is crowded with people/kids/dogs - dont ride at all.And in the particular cases I gave outside the daycare - there is a huge socking great sign saying "daycare. Cyclists please take care and watch your speed" - and yet both times it wasn`t the kids runnning around - the cyclists were way too fast and out of control. And they knew it - hence speeding off (although we caught one of them). The one kid that broke his leg was during a walk - the kids were lined up holding on to a rope with handles and the cyclist was just out of control coming round the corner and ploughed into them.
I completely agree with you that in some cases it is not the cyclists/drivers fault. But generally here I see a shocking lack of thought and attention by both cyclists and drivers. I am a cyclist, and a driver, and a pedestrian - and I have been bashed by a bike before! Touch wood I have never hit anyone with my bike, but I can see how easily it could happen.
Posted in: Confused by Japan’s cycling laws? You aren’t the only one
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kirakira25
I
ve never been called up for a bike check either, and Ive always wondered why because I think I have been breaking rules ever since I got here! I did get one guy flag me down on my bike once and I thought he might need help with something or maybe there was something wrong with my bike but he asked for my phone number!!!I love my mama-chari - it really is the only practical way to get kids around the area. It is like a light vehicle, especially as it is electric, but I would never dream of taking my kids on the road in it with the way people drive here.
Even though we have a big warning sign on the street outside the daycare, twice in the last year kids have been knocked down by speeding cyclists. One had very bad cuts and bruises, the other broke a leg. What amazes me is both times the cyclists pedalled off and escaped! How could anyone hit and run a child and not even stop to see if they had killed them? I don
t know how they can live with themselves. Luckily we caught the first guy, but the police said there was nothing they could do and it was a private matter!!! How can that be right??! He could have killed her and didnt even stop. If bikes are legally like vehicles, then the "drivers" should be treated as such.Posted in: Confused by Japan’s cycling laws? You aren’t the only one
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kirakira25
Not unlike the scenes at London Heathrow except that was an angry mob...
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