Thursday February 16, 2012

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    tokyochris

    Why hope tokyochris? Just but your UK pounds now.

    Already am - it's destroying my student loan one month at a time ^_^

    Posted in: Soaring yen threatens disaster for most, but profits for some

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    tokyochris

    I'm heading back to England for a holiday and to a friends wedding next summer. I personally hope the yen remains high for at least another year ;-)

    Posted in: Soaring yen threatens disaster for most, but profits for some

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    tokyochris

    Yuk, yuk! So, this mishap happened at 4:30pm yesterday and the fools responsible had already been retrained by 10am the following day? Any wonder things like this happen?

    How long should it take to train someone about how to check the time?

    Posted in: JR Tohoku train departs without passengers, conductor

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    tokyochris

    HDR?

    Posted in: Kyoto riverside

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    tokyochris

    It's the blood-type rubbish all over again :-/

    Posted in: Each prefecture breeds a different personality type

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    tokyochris

    Darkknightnine is correct - this is definately NOT an hdr image...the 'ghosting' is simply the result of a slow shutter speed

    There isn't enough details in blacks or highlights to be an HDR image

    Posted in: Festival of Seaside Lights

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    tokyochris

    But at only 155 cm tall, she was barred from even taking the Civil Aviation College admission test. The college required candidates’ height to be at least 163 cm until this spring, when it lowered the minimum to 158 cm

    So, how did she take the test? She's still below regulation height (or did she wear heals for the medical?)

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    tokyochris

    These night scenes keep getting better

    If it's from the TMG, I'm guessing a pro was probably hired to take it

    Posted in: Festival of Seaside Lights

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    tokyochris

    http://gizmodo.com/5571171/iphone-4-loses-reception-when-you-hold-it-by-the-antenna-band

    Major problems with signals dropping if you touch the phone with your hands hahahahaha

    Posted in: New iPhone arrives

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    tokyochris

    On a slightly related note, the iOS4 update bricked my 3g... the phone restarted everytime I tried to make/answer a phone call!

    Had to restore the older software to be able to use the damn thing again >_<

    Posted in: New iPhone arrives

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    tokyochris

    I meant, "I don't agree with your statement about the result"

    (I need some more coffee)

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    tokyochris

    It was a boring match by the way in which Japan should of got a result

    I don't agree with the result - Japan were pretty negative for most of the game until they went behind and looked like they just wanted a 0-0... It was only in the last 20 minutes that they started to really try to attack, something they should've been doing from the start thanks to the almost total lack of pace in the Dutch squad

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    tokyochris

    Why don't people who live here learn the language?

    Some of us have learnt, or are learning Japanese... Please don't group all foreigners in the 'US military or English teacher' group!

    Look at how many Japanese language schools there are in Okubo alone!

    Moderator: Back on topic please.

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    tokyochris

    The problem was she didn't specify which hamburger she wanted. Did she want it with cheese? With bacon? The number 2 combo or the Number 3? I don't remember the last time I went into any fast food burger joint and just say, "I want a hamburger" without specifying what kind I wanted

    Wouldn't they be different kinds of hamburgers though? A hamburger is just a round piece of meat between 2 buns... not that hard for any McDonalds worker to understand (or at least hazard a guess at when a foreigner is ordering).

    As Badge213 said, the clerk probably couldn't speak English well themselves...

    Posted in: Eri Murakawa talks Broadway, burgers and being on stage

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    tokyochris

    No. It could have been taken this year, SOUTH of Tokyo. Or do you assume that where you live is the DEFACTO standard for cherry blossom season?

    I'm just going to be honest and admit to my ignorance... I had no idea they bloomed differently across Japan :-/

    Posted in: Watch the birdie

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    tokyochris

    Was this pic taken last year? Seems a bit early for this??

    Posted in: Watch the birdie

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    tokyochris

    It would be a little progress in journalism if you would not publish such nonsense as: "tsunamis travel at hundreds of miles per hour"....

    What are you talking about? They can hit upto 500mph in deep ocean areas!

    Posted in: M6.9 quake jolts Okinawa Prefecture

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    tokyochris

    When a foreigner speaks japanese it always sounds like the looks of katakana. But when a japanese speaks it is like kanji, you know?

    I blame 'Minna No Nihongo' for that...

    Posted in: Managing gaijin teachers

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    tokyochris

    'TheRat' is probably spot on with what he/she has said... but then, at the same time, I guess it's not always possible to offer the same levels of salary that universities can - simply because of the different business models involved.

    There are pretty much no long-term career opportunities available for English teachers and so, naturally, people are going to get fed up and leave at some point - 'dead end job' can be applied in most eikaiwa situations in my opinion. The knock-on effect of this, however, is that usually (language school) English teachers have no teaching qualifications/experience when coming to Japan - the loss/waste of experience through treating employess as a 'disposable asset' is shocking in my opinion!

    Posted in: Managing gaijin teachers

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    tokyochris

    Is it just me or does it look like she has aged about 20 years over the last few months?

    Posted in: Pachslot

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