Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    timeon

    wow, so much hate for nice intentions! my only female student brought me a box of chocolate with the words: "for you and your wife". and after one month me and my wife will return the curtesy.

    Posted in: My frugal Valentine: Romance in a recession

  • 1

    timeon

    Marcels, first of all get your facts right, he's 18 at the moment. And a player in top 20 can snatch a Grand Slam, with a lot of work, inspiration and luck. But certainly not as improbable as some posters suggest

    Posted in: Advantage Nishikori

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    timeon

    zichi, news elsewhere say the cause is under investigation at the moment

    Posted in: Whitney Houston dead at 48

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    timeon

    Anglootaku, I was married in a Japanese shrine, does that make me a shintoist? :)

    Of course Steve Jobs was not a perfect angel of superhuman qualities. He was a genius entrepreneur of great vision and great strength to fight for his vision, but otherwise an ordinary person with qualities and defects. To achieve what he achieved, he had to collide with many people and impose his will, sometimes not is a pleasent manner (sent from a MacBookPro)

    Posted in: FBI releases background check file on Steve Jobs

  • 1

    timeon

    as much as I don't like Kameda, I don't think any of you guys actually bothered to read the article. It states there clearly that he is unhappy with the lower ranked opponent, but Ruiz had another fight arranged and they plan the next fight with him

    Posted in: WBA champ Kameda to fight low-ranked challenger

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    timeon

    Gloomy has been around for a while, one of my friends used it as wallpaper on the laptop about 10 years ago, and that's how I first met this character. Surely not for kids, but damn funny. It has an official home-page, also translated in English: http://www.chax.cc/main.html?en

    Posted in: 'Gurokawa' (grotesquely cute) fashion styles

  • 0

    timeon

    "revoke his driver's license forever"

    Johannes, the only problem with this idea is that he didn't have a driving license in the first place. Indeed, there is no intention in killing somebody when you drive drunk and without a license, but I doubt that the family of the 19 year old would be very impressed by this argument. And I would agree to you to same extent, if it wouldn't be for the hit-and-run part. In my opinion, this completely nullifies the lack of intention argument. he let the young guy die there on the street, that's murder in my opinion

    Posted in: Parents of hit-and-run victim present petition demanding stiffer penalty for defendant

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    timeon

    does this mean that all the companies that advertise diet, health, rejuvenating, cosmetic, hair grow, etc., etc. products are to be sued? Honda's advertising is damn honest compared with the bs these companies claim

    Posted in: California woman wins suit over Honda hybrid mileage per gallon

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    timeon

    this reminds me of the infamous vuvuzela issue. tennis is both a sport and a business. woman's final was a short, non-fighting affair, boring to the eye and unbearable to the ears. man's final was an ultimate battle that even non-tennis fans would enjoy, and the ears were comfortable with a few sporadic grunts and public's roar. taking into account that woman are now paid equally to men, under these circumstances the organizers will prefer to invest into men's matches, because they can lose money on women's tennis, both ticket sales'-wise and TV audience-wise.

    and like the posters above, I do believe that especially former soviet players are coached to shriek as insanely and annoyingly possible. and I say that as a former pro tennis player. unfortunately, this may negatively affect the future of women's tennis, because once the ratings are down and money dry up, they will suffer the most.

    Posted in: Stop shrieking about women's tennis noise

  • 0

    timeon

    I live in central Tokyo just because is close to work. It's a quiet residential area, close to train and subway stations that both me and my wife like, but it's just too expensive. And as we love going out in weekends, the traffic jams when leaving and coming back to Tokyo are really annoying

    Posted in: People's preference to live in central Tokyo has strengthened after commuters were stranded on March 11.

  • -1

    timeon

    JT, singalong or lip synchalong?

    Posted in: Singapore singalong

  • 2

    timeon

    I guess Japan changed me a lot, but also age changed me a lot (13 years, I came here when I was 20). It's impossible to differentiate now between the two. I became a much calmer and controlled person, and mentally stronger to deal with the everyday stress. On the bad side, I became too workaholic and my family life may suffer from this. I drink more (everyday actually), a lousy way to cope with stress. I think more before saying something, and I listen more to other people.

    Posted in: How foreigners’ daily lives change when they live in Japan

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    timeon

    I believe the title is wrong. this morning I didn't see an inch of snow, everything was ice. That's why I left the motorcycle home and got the bus to work

    Posted in: 53 injured in snow-related accidents in Tokyo region

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    timeon

    Borscht, there are back-up players. Before the test begins, the students do a check-up listening. If there is any problem, the player will be replaced. If there is a malfunction after the test started, the student will take the test again in a special room, from the point where the player malfunctioned. The large number of students having to tae the test again is due to the test distribution errors. the system changed from the last year, and some professors did mistakes.

    Tmarie, it's impossible to standardize the grading of the students in all the high schools all over Japan, and that's why they have a standardized exam.

    Posted in: Errors result in highest ever number of entrance exams retakers

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    timeon

    I understand Edano's position on this, it would be close to impossible to have a meeting while protesters are present. We had the same problem in a debate open to public of a much less hot topic (the future of science in Japan), where security had to escort two hysterical guys out. nobody understood what the hell those guys wanted or protested against.

    Posted in: Stress test

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    timeon

    Samwatters and the rest, you criticize the IC players so much, but did you actually read the article? 18 players (in 14 centers) out of 555,537 malfunctioned, that's actually not bad. and of course they had replacements (I was there), so no student suffered from this problem. The bigger problems was with the delivery in Kesennuma, but that's a different story altogether.

    Posted in: Errors result in highest ever number of entrance exams retakers

  • 2

    timeon

    Newsman, it already does, at least in some departments. Same with the MS thesis and PhD thesis, both are in English (including the defense). if there will be a serious increase in foreign students, more departments and maybe even the undergad school will follow suit.

    the discussion about starting in fall became about 2 years ago, but it's a very serious decision and it took time to crystallize. because if Todai does it, basically it will force the entire educational system to change. and this may also extend to the companies. Ironically, the April FY started because of the British tax system...

    Change, Todai also has the September graduation system in place, it is optional. but they want to make it the general rule, that is all the fuss about.

    MaboDofu, the special thing about Todai is that it is ranked the best uni in Asia and somewhere in top 20 in the world. the research level is high, facilities are good, research funds are generous, that's why it attracts many international graduate students, PDs and researchers (and I've been there for the last 12 years, so I know what I'm talking about). They are trying to make everything more international, but of course it takes time.

    Posted in: University of Tokyo considering autumn start to academic year

  • 0

    timeon

    I understand the Fukuoka-Korea thing, it's less than one hour by plane, closer than Tokyo. My parents in law go for shopping there in wekends

    Posted in: Japanese stores offering foreigner-only discounts

  • 0

    timeon

    a good movie

    Posted in: Erika Sawajiri says there will be nude scene in new movie 'Helter Skelter'

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    timeon

    I am also guilty. I was in Bali, flipping through channels, and I suddenly stumbled upon the horrendous sounds of these guys. I was so shocked that almost one minute passed before coming back to my senses and changing the channel

    Posted in: SMAP garners highest audience rating during 'Kohaku Uta Gassen'

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