kirakira25 said...

kirakira25 at 10:26 AM JST - 7th May

I can`t believe I have just wasted 3 minutes of my precious time reading about this crap.

Posted in Deposition: Paris Hilton is a promotion machine at 10:26 AM JST - 7th May
kirakira25 at 09:20 AM JST - 6th May

for those willing change with the times and to take risks

and that says it all, really.

Posted in A retail boom for some foreign brands at 09:20 AM JST - 6th May
kirakira25 at 08:56 AM JST - 6th May

Those people saying population decline is a good thing - yes, it is, if the demographic balance remains the same. But that is the whole point of this article - in not so many years time, half of that population will be aged and unable to work, living off pensions.…

Posted in Japan's child population falls to record low at 08:56 AM JST - 6th May
kirakira25 at 11:08 AM JST - 5th May

BurakuminDes - already planning to use the English version in her next lesson! She is a proud woman, and all I can do is make sure she knows I am here for her, and try to give her the mental strength to make the break - going against 64 years…

Posted in 72-year-old man arrested for killing wife with hatchet in Tokyo at 11:08 AM JST - 5th May
kirakira25 at 11:02 AM JST - 5th May

PS - yeah, love Obama! But then I`m British and when you compare him to our very own Gordon Brown, how could you not?! My grandfather has more charisma now than GB and he died 25 years ago.

Posted in Japan's child population falls to record low at 11:02 AM JST - 5th May
kirakira25 at 10:55 AM JST - 5th May

I think we need a) someone brave enough to stand up for change and b) somehow to persuade the entrenched bureaucrats eo enforce change. The former - I think there are many candidates out there willing to stand up. The latter - I`m afraid that is going to be impossible.…

Posted in Japan's child population falls to record low at 10:55 AM JST - 5th May
kirakira25 at 10:50 AM JST - 5th May

PS - I should point out the CDC site did say in a crowded space (such as an airplane) the masks are better used than not in conjunction with other measures such as regular hand-washing although their protection is limited. Sorry - just wanted to make sure I am posting…

Posted in Passengers stranded in plane at Narita for hours due to inspections at 10:50 AM JST - 5th May
kirakira25 at 10:47 AM JST - 5th May

Yep, not surprised at all. I had a student who cancelled her 4 day holiday in Hawaii when America invaded Iraq!!! Like the Iraqi`s are going to fly right across US airspace, by-passing the likes of Washington, Chicago, SF and LA, just to drop a bomb on the unsuspecting Japanese…

Posted in Passengers stranded in plane at Narita for hours due to inspections at 10:47 AM JST - 5th May
kirakira25 at 10:38 AM JST - 5th May

Everything everyone said above is true (Anpanman NZ, medievaltimes, WMD et al)

And yet, periodically this topic comes up and whilst the government seems to act all surprised and concerned about it, they don`t actually seem to be doing anything concrete about it.

Could it be that fixing the problem…

Posted in Japan's child population falls to record low at 10:38 AM JST - 5th May
kirakira25 at 07:49 AM JST - 4th May

I really hope my student has heard about this. She is 64 and her husband is 72 and has alzheimers. He has beaten her and knocked her to the ground several times, but all her friends keep telling her she has to "gaman" and he is her husband, it is…

Posted in 72-year-old man arrested for killing wife with hatchet in Tokyo at 07:49 AM JST - 4th May