Posts Tagged as ‘news’

June 14, 2008

More earthly movement

I was about to hop in the shower about 30 minutes ago when the ground began to quake again. Once again, the telltale alarm of the wine glasses clinking together started up.
It was a pretty big shake, so I turned on the news as soon as it stopped (I had my daughter in my [...]

March 10, 2008

We found a place

Dear friends and family,
We’re back (in Japan). We found a place and move in this Saturday. I’ll post pictures when we fill it with furniture. (It’s 3 bedrooms, the bath and toilet are separate, has a decently sized dining-kitchen where we can actually put a dining table, and it’s about a 3 [...]

February 4, 2008

Change

Often, I’ll hear the phrase, “People hate change,” or, “Change is scary.” Change isn’t scary, it’s just unsettling. ‘Scary’ and ‘unsettling’ should not be confused.
Humans are animals. That isn’t a bad thing at all. It’s just the way it is. Studying psychology, you can really get a sense of the [...]

January 31, 2008

Scaremongering

You know what I haven’t heard in the news lately? Anything about man-made global warming.
You know what I have heard a lot of in the news lately?
China freezing, having been hit with massive snow storms creating ration scarcity warnings, and rare snow-fall blanketing the Middle-East, particularly Jerusalem and Baghdad.
What else has been in the [...]

December 27, 2007

Only in Japan, only in my dreams.

This news out of Yomiuri.
民家郵便受けに百万円の札束4つ、持ち主を捜査…名古屋
 27日午前9時ごろ、名古屋市緑区の無職男性(87)方で、郵便受けに現金400万円が入った封筒があるのを男性の妻(80)が見つけ、愛知県警緑署に届けた。
 同署の調べによると、封筒の中には100万円の札束が4つ入っていたという。封筒は金融機関のもので、すべて新札だった。
 同日午前7時ごろ、妻が郵便受けを確認した際に封筒はなかったという。男性は「身に覚えがない」と話している。同署が現金を拾得物として保管し、持ち主を捜している。
Substitute hiragana,
みんかゆうびんうけに百万円のさつたば4つ、もちぬしをそうさ…名古屋
 27日午前9時ごろ、名古屋市緑区のむしょく男性(87)方で、郵便受けに現金400万円が入った封筒があるのを男性の妻(80)が見つけ、愛知県警緑署に届けた。
 どうしょの調べによると、封筒の中には100万円の札束が4つ入っていたという。封筒はきんゆうきかんのもので、すべて新札だった。
 同日午前7時ごろ、妻が郵便受けを確認した際に封筒はなかったという。男性は「身に覚えがない」と話している。同署が現金をしゅうとくぶつとしてほかんし、持ち主を捜している。
English,
Mysterious 4 million yen found in residential mailbox, Nagoya, Japan
At around 9 a.m. on December 27, an 80 year old woman in Aichi-ken, Japan, who lives with her 87 year-old retired husband, found four million yen ($40,000 USD) that had been left in her mailbox. The cash was taken [...]