sydenham said...

sydenham at 06:22 AM JST - 16th December

Cleo, ultradodgy, I've tried to figure that out too.

It's like the elastic band effect. Up to a certain age, Japanese skin retains its form, just like an elastic band being stretched. However, beyond a certain point, there is a sudden, violent change of form where the skin says "enough!".…

Posted in The Japanese Skincare Revolution at 06:22 AM JST - 16th December
sydenham at 08:41 AM JST - 13th December

this photo doesn't do her justice

Posted in Aya Sugimoto says she has new boyfriend at 08:41 AM JST - 13th December
sydenham at 10:11 AM JST - 12th December

It may be infuriating that non-enforcement seems to be the norm, but it is one more in a recent spat of moves to ban smoking. There will still be the die-hards who will smoke wherever and whenever they can get away with it, but I see this as positive in…

Posted in JR stations in Tokyo, vicinity to be smoke-free from April at 10:11 AM JST - 12th December
sydenham at 06:41 AM JST - 9th December

in other news, a band with real talent disbanded because they didn't know the right people. oh, sorry, that's not news...

Posted in Nippon TV announcers perform debut single in Santa outfits at 06:41 AM JST - 9th December
sydenham at 01:08 PM JST - 8th December

cable tv is such a scam. wowow is the best.

Posted in Jupiter to launch high-spec set-top box with video recording functionality service at 01:08 PM JST - 8th December
sydenham at 01:06 PM JST - 8th December

The entrepreneurial spirit, formerly the bastion of the Anglo-Saxon business model has been abandoned, and now seems to be alive only in a few small businesses.

Saw a TV piece yesterday on the president of super success E-Mobile, the mobile internet-service provider. The guy's motto is a yen saved is…

Posted in Obama suggests some auto execs should lose jobs at 01:06 PM JST - 8th December
sydenham at 12:47 PM JST - 8th December

I'm sure some JSDF dude will soon win a writing contest for his ever-so convincing argument about how those leprosy sufferers had it coming to them.

Posted in Imperial Japanese Navy slaughtered leprosy victims in 1943: documents at 12:47 PM JST - 8th December
sydenham at 12:43 PM JST - 8th December

There seem to be a lot of crap pieces like this recently on JT. Ok, maybe not recently, I just haven't checked it out in while and only came back recently, so it may have been going on for longer.

Who is doing the choosing of these things? Can just…

Posted in Where is Obama's change we can believe in? at 12:43 PM JST - 8th December
sydenham at 06:59 AM JST - 7th December

Mr Hilton's analysis of the foreign news take on Japan is quite strange.

He states that foreign countries are not looking to japan for a way out of this present crisis. The reality, is that the Japanese lost decade has served these very countries very well as a lesson in…

Posted in The Japan model is everywhere at 06:59 AM JST - 7th December
sydenham at 05:30 PM JST - 6th December

Thanks sailwind. Interesting to see if anyone here will change their opinions. I'd say the teacher taught a lot of people a lesson, and then got a good one in return too.

Posted in White teacher apologizes for binding black girls in slavery lesson at 05:30 PM JST - 6th December