nandakandamanda said...

nandakandamanda at 02:15 PM JST - 14th August

i wonder if the NKs got their agents to keep pushing the warning button? Then when they do fire their missiles at Japan, it'll be the boy who cried "Wolf!" as serendipity says above.

Burglars use this technique in Britain, setting off the burglar alarm until no-one pays any more…

Posted in Missile attack alarm falsely activated again, this time in Aichi at 02:15 PM JST - 14th August
nandakandamanda at 02:08 PM JST - 14th August

Er, this game was the pits. I watched it for a bit, got irritated by the clumsiness and immaturity of the Japanese side, and switched channels. Came back a bit later in a better mood and swiftly came to the same conclusion. This Japanese side is pathetic and doesn't deserve…

Posted in Japan end Olympic campaign with Dutch defeat at 02:08 PM JST - 14th August
nandakandamanda at 01:58 PM JST - 14th August

Georgia is full of trigger-happy Russian troops, especially along the Black Sea coast down to Poti. It looks like a de-facto invasion to anyone who reads or watches the news.

Talk about forked tongues. Who is in control in Russia??? No-one? Listening to Moscow's political pronouncements on a 'cease-fire', I…

Posted in Bush to send Rice to Tbilisi to express support for Georgian gov't at 01:58 PM JST - 14th August
nandakandamanda at 05:32 PM JST - 13th August

Revealing a loophole in (otherwise/seemingly) tight security ... ... ...

Posted in Man evades immigration check at Osaka port, enters country at 05:32 PM JST - 13th August
nandakandamanda at 01:43 PM JST - 12th August

People talk about the Russian bear, implying brute force and huge size, and a bear hugging nature. But we mustn't forget the fact that they have produced may geniuses, including chess players. They may be unwieldy, but they're able to be coldly calculating, too.

Posted in G-7 agrees to seek immediate cease-fire in S. Ossetia at 01:43 PM JST - 12th August
nandakandamanda at 01:37 PM JST - 12th August

The question being 'the way customers treat staff' You must be inferring J on J, right? I would say, in general, fine.

My wife is Japanese, however, and I cannot stand the way she treats the waiting staff. It's as though she senses an opportunity to bully. It looks like…

Posted in What is your general impression of the way people treat waiters and waitresses in restaurants, cafes, etc? at 01:37 PM JST - 12th August
nandakandamanda at 12:47 AM JST - 12th August

They have also taken Senaki. These two pincer movements southwards threaten to break Georgia into three pieces, attack the pipeline and cut her off from her sea ports. The idea that this Russian invasion was planned way in advance does make sense. Even if it was only a contingency plan...…

Posted in Russia expands Georgia blitz, deploys ships at 12:47 AM JST - 12th August
nandakandamanda at 02:41 PM JST - 10th August

There was a new sign above the hand basin in the college toilet some weeks ago.

水は大切な資源。節約に協力しましょう。Water is a precious resource. Let's try and cut down on usage.

I was surprised, because the last time we were short of water in this area was about 10 years ago. Quite casually…

Posted in Record number of people saving water: gov't survey at 02:41 PM JST - 10th August
nandakandamanda at 11:37 AM JST - 10th August

Recent newspaper article that I cut out and used with my students.

Question. Why are people saving water? Answer. To save on their water bills. Nothing to do with the environment.

Question: Is this a good thing for the country? Answer: No.

Question: Why not? Answer: To pay for the…

Posted in Record number of people saving water: gov't survey at 11:37 AM JST - 10th August
nandakandamanda at 03:33 PM JST - 9th August

sdf crew member "No, the title is absolutely correct." Right, it is now, I agree. It wasn't before JT changed it, just before you saw the present title.

Posted in Russia, Georgia head toward war over South Ossetia at 03:33 PM JST - 9th August