JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Part Time Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥9,000 / Day per 4 class shift
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tigris
Watching these celebrations... Seriously demented and kimochi warui.
Posted in: Celebrations
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tigris
Some people suffer(!) and fear shortages of Kikkoman soy sauce: ynetnews[dot]com/articles/0,7340,L-4042347,00[dot]html
Excerpts: Many of sushi's basic components come from Japan or are imported through the battered countries. Will Israelis soon suffer from a shortage of the beloved rolls' necessary ingredients? [...] My only fear is that they'll have to import Kikkoman from the US, and that will affect the imports to Israel. [...] After the tsunami I received phone calls from hysterical people fearing a shortage of Kikkoman.
Posted in: Quake devastates companies' supply routes
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tigris
@tkoind
Can't support you in the moment with a longer comment due to logistics. But thanks for your positive efforts and thanks for keeping the flame burning.
Posted in: Muslims seek change in way Hollywood movies portray them
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tigris
@tkoind Agree with all your posts on this subject and related matters.
Posted in: Muslims seek change in way Hollywood movies portray them
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tigris
By far the most overrated director in Hollywood. Another movie about bored boring rich people gazing out of the windows of expensive hotel rooms. This time no Bill Murray who saves the show by improvising over a non-script.
Herself.
Posted in: Here and there
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tigris
@ proxy
from Toowoombadotorg:
Toowoomba is a picturesque mountain city located in south east Queensland some 127Km west of the states capital, Brisbane. Clinging to the edge of the Great Dividing Range escarpment at an altitude of seven hundred meters above sea-level, the city affords breathtaking views of Table Top Mountain and the Lockyer Valley region across the east.
Excerpt from mail above was from a 60 yea old Toowoomba local born there and running a business in town.
A know-it-all-better attitude, implying people were stupid and by extension blaming their stupidity for this disaster, is, considering the situation, neither helpful nor appropriate.
Posted in: Queensland floods recede to reveal extent of damage; 25 dead, 55 missing
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tigris
@proxy
If you talk only about the tiny area (as opposed to the whole picture) around the river in Brisbane you might have a point, I don't know the area around Brisbane River that well. But in respect to Toowoomba where most people died and many people are missing you are indeed wrong. This is from a mail from a personal friend in Toowoomba:
"It is crazy here. Like a war zone. Toowoomba is on top of the mountains and we never thought there would ever be a flood. How wrong we were." And as far as I remember there isn't even a river closeby.
So to point out perceived deficiencies in detail without understanding the geopgraphy and the whole picture is indeed "Another well informed comment l see".
Posted in: Queensland floods recede to reveal extent of damage; 25 dead, 55 missing
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tigris
nandakandamanda
Very succinctly put!
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tigris
Thanks for the clarification. I totally agree that at the least the name of informers should be blanked and that the information should be made public according to its relevance. But it is the reaction of our intellectually and democratically challenged leaders who make Assange into a folk hero.
Posted in: WikiLeaks release gives hit list to al-Qaida, says U.S.
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tigris
The scandal is the leak, not the messenger. What the leaks expose is that the vast majority of our leaders neither possess the intellect nor the moral fabric to govern in a democracy.
Posted in: WikiLeaks release gives hit list to al-Qaida, says U.S.
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tigris
This from Twitter: It's not wrong to lie, cheat, steal, corrupt, and torture. It's wrong to let people know about it.
Posted in: Do you agree with WikiLeaks' decision to release sensitive documents?
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tigris
The land of freedom fries where freedom's fried.
Posted in: WikiLeaks fights to stay online amid attacks
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tigris
Some things never change. The lynchmob is crying for the blood of the messenger. Killing journalists and innocent people from a helicopter is "sound judgment" while making public the sinister workings of the powers that be is "endangering lives". The fatwa of Islamic radicals on Rushdie and a Danish cartoonist are a threat to freedom of speech, while they tell us that the fatwa on Assange is to protect "free" countries. No difference between you and your enemies: same language, same methods, same lies, same hypocrisy.
Posted in: Noose tightens around WikiLeaks' Assange
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tigris
Just saw this in the UK news. Seems they are no hurry to arrest him:
The Independent has learnt that Scotland Yard has been in contact with his legal team for more than a month but is waiting for further instruction before arresting him. [...] Police sources confirmed that they have a telephone number for Mr Assange and are fully aware of where he is staying.
Posted in: European police on alert for Wikileaks founder
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tigris
BlackWidow
I think you are on to something here...
I usually have my nails done in Bangkok (second home) in a reputable(!) saloon. While I lean back and relax one lady does the pedicure and massages my feet while 2 others left and right do the manicure on the outstretched hands. Pampered, flattered and getting spoiled by three ladies (rolls eyes) - nothing unmanly, effiminate or herbivore about that. I wouldn't discard a mani/pedicure done by a man on principle, but definitely prefer the situation described above.
Posted in: Tokyo salon owners sound off on current state of male style
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tigris
> Yeahhhh.... ummm... sorry, but getting a manicure has absolutely nothing to do with good health.
smithinjapan Here you are wrong. Just ask a dermatologist or google "health and manicure". Top hit is "How does manicure help nail health". I myself had an infected nail bed years ago and needed to have the nail surgically removed. Since then I occassionally enjoy mani and especially pedicure, because in my job I often have to walk all day. You may also find it interesting that many athletic runners get pedicures. They say that it gives them an edge and prevents injuries.
Posted in: Tokyo salon owners sound off on current state of male style
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tigris
Wchich brings us back to Murdoch....
Posted in: U.S. cuts access to files; Interpol seeks WikiLeaks founder Assange
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tigris
No surprise here. The only surprise is that this article was written by a woman. Any 'high-end' alpha-male knows that sophisticated women care a lot about (male) grooming. If you don't have well manicured nails your chances with refined 'high-end' ladies are impeded. This article has nothing to do with herbivore males - on the contrary - as above quote illustrates so well. Please note also that half the customers of Ken's Nail are well-to-do expats (who can and do afford to be pampered).
Posted in: Tokyo salon owners sound off on current state of male style
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tigris
"If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear."
Posted in: WikiLeaks reveals more sensitive U.S. data
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tigris
The best special effects are the ones you don't see.
Posted in: Bright and early