My OperaNight Out For Claeton's Birthday
Friday, November 3, 2006 2:20:59 AM
Well, after a special night-out with lots of beer and saikoro-steak and the obligatory karaoke (with both of us trying out new songs for a change) I've woken up to the sound of a little van with a loud-speaker (VERY common in Japan, especially around election time - NO SENSE of noise pollution, these people).
The election vans are really annoying, because they run around the streets from 8AM shouting 'Thank you for voting for me! Thank you for voting for me!' over and over again. If anything is going to STOP me from voting for these people, it's THAT (not that I'm eligible for voting, as I am a gaijin)! Actually, a few years ago, there was an incident where someone threw three hand grenades at a car park where these vans where parked, destroying a few of them. Since then the government has brought in a law in certain districts saying that these loud-speaker vans can only operate after 8AM, as opposed to anytime whatsoever. And the vans come round at exactly 8AM. It doesn't make sense. Most people go to work between 6AM and 7AM, so the only people who are still home are either women (who don't care about politics, in my experience over here) or people who are still in bed trying to sleep, because they do shift work!
Vote for me! And you'll never sleep again!
But this van this morning was especially annoying. It was going around saying, 'If you've got any electrical goods, like TVs, computers, CD players, microwaves, or anything else, we'll take them away for free!' That's all well and good, BUT, shouldn't they be PAYING us for them? They're only going to take them to the local second-hand shop and sell them anyway!
Hard Off - Lovely name for a second hand shop!
The Japanese are so ketchi, it's unbelievable! All they think about is money, and then they run around the place trying to show how harmonious and peaceful they are by going to Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, and having weddings in fake christian chapels with a fake priest who is actually just a NOVA teacher straight off the banana boat. Bloody crazy country this!
Mind you, I can't talk. I've been crazy enough to stay here for ten years, and I'm STILL gonna stay here. Must be the birds, and the easy availability of teaching jobs (many of which, by the way, turn me down SPECIFICALLY because I'm TOO experienced - work that one out! Most places really don't seem to have any confidence in what they do - why not hire someone who can help to make a business grow? I'm not the type to stay here for a year and then go back to my native country and get a job there, I want to be here!).
Anyway, I might be off to Hiroshima next week to start work as a Buddhist monk (I'm not qualified yet, but I have had over a year's training, and I could easily do the job with that, and continue the training at the temple). We'll see how that goes.
Scouse Mouse
The election vans are really annoying, because they run around the streets from 8AM shouting 'Thank you for voting for me! Thank you for voting for me!' over and over again. If anything is going to STOP me from voting for these people, it's THAT (not that I'm eligible for voting, as I am a gaijin)! Actually, a few years ago, there was an incident where someone threw three hand grenades at a car park where these vans where parked, destroying a few of them. Since then the government has brought in a law in certain districts saying that these loud-speaker vans can only operate after 8AM, as opposed to anytime whatsoever. And the vans come round at exactly 8AM. It doesn't make sense. Most people go to work between 6AM and 7AM, so the only people who are still home are either women (who don't care about politics, in my experience over here) or people who are still in bed trying to sleep, because they do shift work!
Vote for me! And you'll never sleep again!
But this van this morning was especially annoying. It was going around saying, 'If you've got any electrical goods, like TVs, computers, CD players, microwaves, or anything else, we'll take them away for free!' That's all well and good, BUT, shouldn't they be PAYING us for them? They're only going to take them to the local second-hand shop and sell them anyway!
Hard Off - Lovely name for a second hand shop!
The Japanese are so ketchi, it's unbelievable! All they think about is money, and then they run around the place trying to show how harmonious and peaceful they are by going to Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, and having weddings in fake christian chapels with a fake priest who is actually just a NOVA teacher straight off the banana boat. Bloody crazy country this!
Mind you, I can't talk. I've been crazy enough to stay here for ten years, and I'm STILL gonna stay here. Must be the birds, and the easy availability of teaching jobs (many of which, by the way, turn me down SPECIFICALLY because I'm TOO experienced - work that one out! Most places really don't seem to have any confidence in what they do - why not hire someone who can help to make a business grow? I'm not the type to stay here for a year and then go back to my native country and get a job there, I want to be here!).
Anyway, I might be off to Hiroshima next week to start work as a Buddhist monk (I'm not qualified yet, but I have had over a year's training, and I could easily do the job with that, and continue the training at the temple). We'll see how that goes.
Scouse Mouse
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