Tuesday, July 13, 2004



Z has been complaining that I haven't written anything for a while. Sorry but there really is not anything to tell. I basically do nothing on the weekends now. Sleep and staying within close proximity of the toilet is important. Kim did get me out of the house on Sunday. We went shopping at this giant shopping center. I bought a carpet for the new apartment that I dont have yet. AUGH! Picked out but no papers have yet been signed by my company. AUGH again!
We did walk across the longest wooden pedestrian bridge in the world. I was a beautiful day and the wind was blowing.
Other than that I am puking and sleeping and even going so far as to spend my lunch hours laying on the floor in my class room with my stereo on cause it feels better. I really dont care what people say anymore.

So what I do have are tidbits from other people and the newspaper:
Here is a Funny from a friend. Hehehe

Ancient Chinese Torture

A young man was lost wandering in a forest, when he came upon a small
house. He knocked on the door and was greeted by an ancient Chinese man
with a long, grey beard. "I'm lost," said the man. "Can you put me up for
the night?"

"Certainly," the Chinese man said, "but on one condition. If you so much
as lay a finger on my daughter, I will inflict upon you the three worst
Chinese tortures known to man."

"Ok," said the man, thinking that the daughter must be pretty old as well,
and entered the house.

Before dinner, the daughter came down the stairs. She was young,beautiful,
and had a fantastic figure. She was obviously attracted to the young man
since she couldn't keep her eyes off him during the meal. Remembering the
old man's warning, he ignored her and went up to bed alone. But during he
night, he could bear it no longer, and sneaked into her room for a night
of passion. He was careful to keep everything quiet so the old man
wouldn't hear. Near dawn he crept back to his room, exhausted, but happy.

He woke to feel a pressure on his chest. Opening his eyes he saw a large
rock on his chest with a note on it that read, "Chinese Torture 1: Large
rock on chest." "Well, that's pretty crappy," he thought. "If that's the
best the old man can do then I don't have much to worry about." He picked
the boulder up, walked over to the window and threw the boulder out. As he
did so he noticed another note on it that read: "Chinese Torture 2: Rock
tied to left testicle." In a panic he glanced down and saw the rope that
was already getting close to the end. Figuring that a few broken bones was
better than castration, he jumped out of the window after the boulder. As
he plummeted downward he saw a large sign on the ground that read,
"Chinese Torture 3: Right testicle tied to bedpost."

Ahhh.. More Japanese truth. This one just angers me.

On the the subject of foreign crime, three English-speaking Japanese were arrested on suspicion of robbejry at a game shop in Fukuoka, reports the Asahi Shimbun.

According to police, the three suspects, who, like many of this country's officials, appeared to be exploiting fears of a foreign crime wave for their own personal gain, threatened two salesclerks at the Omuta City shop with knives and made off with a bag containing 1.3 million yen.

It is believed the suspects sought to throw police off the scent by shouting "Money! Money!" at the clerks as they went about robbing the day's takings. The three were later arrested and confessed to the dirty deed.

A sad fact from over here.

Japanese do not as a rule adopt outside their bloodline. Inside families it is a different matter, and tots are sometimes passed around between relatives with little consideration for children's rights.
Also, it is fairly common practice to adopt an elder daughter's husband in the event that there is no son to inherit, so that he may take over familial responsibilities on the death of his father-in-law.
Japanese orphanages are full of children, but again there is a tendency for parents to leave them there, refusing to allow adoption, and then collecting them at 16 so that they can go to work and bring in income.
Again, parents' rights are uppermost; sad to say children are largely still regarded as property, insurance for the future.


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