Thursday, February 12, 2009
The First Day, Three
The train ride into the huge metropolis of Tokyo was uneventful. People boarded, people disembarked and 90 minutes after departing, the packed train pulled into Tokyo station. I remained sitting until the everyone had gotten off the train and grabbing my backpack, I stepped onto the platform. Rush...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The First Day Continued.
I managed to get what information was needed to get myself from Narita Airport that the western city of Osaka. As I walked out of the airport on this cold, frosty morning, I was confronted by armed police encircling both Terminal buildings. A thick-set, square-headed, no-neck, unsmiling police...
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
The Day I Arrived.
It was raining when the plane touched down at Narita International Airport. Narita is the name of Tokyo's international airport and it has been built along way from Tokyo in an area named, Narita. Anyway, the rain was coming down in buckets and as we disembarked, it was drumming heavily on the roof...
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Thursday, February 5, 2009
The day of the Valentine and other Presents.
February 14th, the day when men, in Japan, receive chocolate from women. Yep, unlike the west, Japanese women give their loved one chocolate. The weird thing is, most Japanese think that western women do the same. My experiences, in the west have been that the man usally gives the woman chocolate or...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The art of the fart.
"Who cut the cheese?" We've heard this euphemism for the passing of flatulence many times. There are literally hundreds of expressions to explain this daily body function. My father would say, "Who dropped one?" while looking at my poor mother. "Who thread?" another, "Did someone pass wind?" This is...
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
Davos a waste of time
The Davos Summit ended with world leaders in business and government, all agreeing with the obvious-- we have a problem. Incredibly, these men and women spent thousands of dollars discussing what the rest of the planet already knew! Each of the attendees made a speech of what they think happened to...
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Boy Racers.
There's a huge problem in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It seems there are these mindless morons driving around the streets causing all kinds of havoc. These kids range in age between 15 up to 20. They all drive cars that have been "hotted" up to go faster and make more noise. The driving...
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Friday, January 30, 2009
APEC and others.
Have you ever noticed how nothing ever changes after an APEC meeting? Presidents, Prime Ministers, even Kings and Queen's attend these excuses for change. Invariably they turn out to be nothing but wet farts. Yep, you read that right; wet farts. now we all know what a wet fart is, it's a fart that...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Money for nothing
We all know the song, Dire Straits 1980's hit song "Money for Nothing" Well, it appears that the Japanese government has decided to do just that. Yep, from March of this year, every person living and working in this wonderful country, will receive 12,000 yen. Now for those of you who are a little...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
In the News.
President Obama states that he and his administration are going to "reach out to Muslims" and basically show these people that America isn't bad. America isn't out to wipe the Muslim race off the planet. President Obama just wants the fanatics to stop killing innocent people and if these fanatics...
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