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  opposite13Jul. 22, 2010 - 12:31AM JST

  What I dislike is the writer's huge generalisation that all "ex-pats" are the same, all teaching and all eligable to get the summer vacation off.

  @Frungy: I heartily agree, though I think you should read the article again... it's actually just the KIDS that have the summer off; these wealthy expat housewives leave their husbands behind to traipse around the globe! I seriously doubt that Ms. Jardine has a job of her own... unless you count "volunteer" work at the Tokyo American Club (which, of course, costs her husband's expense account millions of yen in yearly membership fees).

  Seriously, it's as if this woman made a list of Most Annoying Wealthy Expat Stereotypes and chucked every single one of them into this piece-of-crap article. Baseball cleats and tennis whites (as if that isn't telling enough)?! Hiking boots for the trip to Bhutan?!? Doctor's appointments for pasty white kids?! Imported Greek olive oil?! Good god, I suppose life is hard when you fail to realize that all of these things are readily available IN JAPAN!!!

  Posted in: The expat summer

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  opposite13Aug. 30, 2009 - 01:45AM JST

  most worthless article i have ever read. ever.

  ...and yet it was worthwhile enough for you to take a few valuable minutes out of your day to read and comment on it.

  Posted in: Uno Kanda and husband’s cell phone snapping contest

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  opposite13May. 20, 2008 - 08:50PM JST

  I agree with Westurn; if this were any other strictly "Japanese" story, we'd have names, ages, and possibly mugshots! What gives, JT?

  Posted in: British employee of Merrill Lynch Japan among 10 busted over cocaine use at nightclubs

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  opposite13May. 05, 2008 - 11:54PM JST

  please tell you aren't an English teacher.

  Nope. Never even met one.

  Which explains why you didn't know that "challenge" can indeed be a verb. Sheesh. Instead of ordering JT to "fix it", I'd sooner ask you to "look it up"!

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  opposite13Apr. 27, 2008 - 12:52AM JST

  I'm sure he was out of the country within days of the alleged crime, funded by relatives.

  Too bad the police never thought ask your opinion, since you're so sure....

  Wonder which country though?? As long as it's not USA or S.Korea, he can't be touched.

  What the heck are you talking about? What do the USA and Korea have to do with harboring murder suspects?

  Posted in: Ichihashi reportedly seen in Tokyo's gay area

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