AmazingJas Member Posts: 437 From: Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Registered: 04-03-2003 |
Haven't paid much attention to the news today, and just found out about the quakes. I know we have at least one CCN member over there (Psyco) and maybe others. How's it going? |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
well, I don't live in Japan, but in California.. not far from some faults. get earthquakes every once in while. they're kinda fun, actually.  course, I lost nothing in an earthquake...I used to know this site which shows you all the recent earthquakes and stuff. ------------------ |
Psyco Member Posts: 55 From: Australia Registered: 08-25-2003 |
Im just going to be stange there but I actually havent heard of the earth quake till someone told me about it. didnt see it in the papers (not that I can read all of that kanji) or on the news. But I did get to hear of a typhoon near okaiyama (bout an hour from where I am got pretty windy here) and an earthquake somewhere else (forgot?). Pretty dangerous with all of these natural disaters around crowded city areas. ------------------ |
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AmazingJas Member Posts: 437 From: Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Registered: 04-03-2003 |
I remember feeling the Newcastle (Australia) earthquake back in 1986 or so. I was about 300 km away (holidaying on the north coast) sitting in my banana lounge when the ground started rumbling. What a weird feeling that was. |
Angel Member Posts: 699 From: The Blissful State Of Me? Registered: 05-21-2001 |
You peeps are quarky I mean that with love  Anyways isnt Psyco in Alistrelya? (sorry spelling sucks right now)Keep up the... uh-well... nevermind maties ~Angel~ |
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Psyco Member Posts: 55 From: Australia Registered: 08-25-2003 |
Alistrelya?????!!! Nah I finially read about that earthquake. Was in the big island part on the right (im on the bottom main island leftish). Not as much news on it as the one that was near us. ------------------ |
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AmazingJas Member Posts: 437 From: Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Registered: 04-03-2003 |
quote: You better not be taking the mickey out of us Aussies! |
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Angel Member Posts: 699 From: The Blissful State Of Me? Registered: 05-21-2001 |
Not at all Guvnur! I am just in a tip-top mood and feel like busting a move No really my wife is pregnent again and she started bleeding bad then we went through a huge feasco and now we know the baby is ok! I know run-on-sentence. BTW I dont know anything about your tolits. Though mine is my best friend (he always takes my crap). Keep a stiff uperlip |
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AmazingJas Member Posts: 437 From: Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Registered: 04-03-2003 |
pfft, 'Guvnor' I think is pommie speak (not that there's anything wrong with that). Some older titles that Aussies used in the past would be "cobber" or "digger", but nowadays, it's more likely to be "mate", "buddy", "pal", "chief", or "champ". Angel, I thought you were American? If not, where from? |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
haha, No worries Mate! never been to Australia, but sounds cool... tho, looking at the toilets flushing backwards would probably drive me crazy and I'd get no sleep... I'd just lie in bed thinking how wrong it was... haha, kidding. ------------------ |
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Psyco Member Posts: 55 From: Australia Registered: 08-25-2003 |
I forgot about the toilet thing, then again best not to test theat here with all of them "butt flushers", little spay hose so you dont need toilet paper. I like to stay away from the toilet when its flushing. Though I remember looking for 5 minutes for the flush hitting all of these buttons then seeing it on the side of the toilet where it should be conclusion: Japanese toilets are weird. ------------------ |
Rainman Member Posts: 30 From: Arkansas, USA Registered: 08-13-2003 |
Psyco, In the United States the spray thingies are called bidets (pronounced bid-day). I haven't ever tried one and don't plan on doing so in the near future! |
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Angel Member Posts: 699 From: The Blissful State Of Me? Registered: 05-21-2001 |
Affermitive I am in the States as it where... however I lack the simple function of compleating scentences the same way over and over again. Repetitive lines of text- I often find are tedius and somewhat agravating at times. I've been on the internet for 8 or so years. I have logged into so many chat-rooms/boards and many I have found to have the same intel. Lacking any real value in what they wish to exspress. (put commonly the F-U and Doo-doo talk) I wanted to blast away from that sort and some of the nicer ways of talking online. I hope that I have imformed you well enough and have repeated at least one one thought in this text just for fun. Anyways enough CRAP! Crippling Reppetitive Animal Poo... dang I have to much time on my hands. Heh- I hope I never have to answer that qustion again in my life. Peace maties (pirat term 'yah like they didnt know Angel') |
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AmazingJas Member Posts: 437 From: Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Registered: 04-03-2003 |
I don't mind the sound of these 'bidet' thingies. |
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Rainman Member Posts: 30 From: Arkansas, USA Registered: 08-13-2003 |
AmazingJas, So you like the cold and wet feeling in the behind parts of your body? (hehehehehe) |
D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
quote: Oi less of the pommie, you can't take it that your a bunch of English criminals originally Remember your country's roots (Just kiddin with ya obviously) --D-SIPL ------------------ |
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AmazingJas Member Posts: 437 From: Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Registered: 04-03-2003 |
Nah, nothing wrong with being a pom or brit, or whatever the current preferred politically incorrect term is. Hey, and some of us Aussies could have been descended from the guards of the convicts which I'm sure were of the highest moral and ethical...errr... never mind, they were pommies after all  |
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D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
quote: LOL --D-SIPL ------------------ |
zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
quote: LOL I spent 2 weeks on an exchange to Japan last year---have you seen some of the toilets (in older buildings mostly) that look like a small urinal on it's side? One building I was in actually had signs pointing to 'traditional' and 'western' toilets!!! Although, I love Japan---DEFINATELY visit Nagasaki or Hiroshima if you can, I visited Nagasaki and it was an amazing town! It is (and was at the time of bombing as well) the Christian cultural center of Japan and the Atomic Bomb museum will leave you in awe---the coolest part is that the basic attitude of the Japanese is 'There is no need to ask for forgiveness'---I mean yeah a lot of people justify Nagasaki by Pearl Harbor---but still for Japan to ask for forgiveness on Pearl Harbor and say we don't even need to ask for 175,000 instantly dead at Nagasaki (plus the thousands more that died later of side-effects) is really cool in my opinion. There is the story of one guy who really showed Christ to the world---his name is Nagai Takashi-------when the bomb blew, he was only knocked off his feet. He runs home, finds his wife's twisted rosary on top of her ashes (she was destroyed instantly), and spends nearly the rest of the day mourning. By the end of the day, he decided he would not die until Japan and USA were at least walking down the road of forming a strong friendship. He got his wish--but eventually died from radation poisioning-----his internal organs swelled so big he could not even touch his belly button-------and yet he absolutely refused to hate anybody for his pain. I think that is the true power of forgiveness---and it is like the whole country adopted that attitude----------I asked my host Grandma (who was alive at the time of the bombings) if anyone hated the USA for it and she replied that all of Japan realizs why it happened and they consider Pearl Harobor, Nagasaki and Hiroshima all tragdies that should be kept in the past and friendship a quality kept in the present and future-----------I kind of rambled but yeah I could live in Japan---I am teaching myself Japanese as we speak actually, here is a sentance you should say to absolutely everyone you encounter, ok? ------------------ |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
haha... wow, that's a good attitude. ------------------ |
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AmazingJas Member Posts: 437 From: Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Registered: 04-03-2003 |
Yes I agree, excellent attitude to Britney Spears music I'm really impressed with both Germany and Japan for the way they have taken to Peace. |
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Psyco Member Posts: 55 From: Australia Registered: 08-25-2003 |
Arubamu no Spears Britney san toire ga soko desu The Britney Spears CD is in the toilet! lol good one, but if it were me it would be IN the toilet watashi wa zenbu nihongo ga oboimasen date daitai nihongo ga oboimashita Mighta made a grammar error as I do in english all the time . Yeah I went to hiroshima, saw the bomb museum. Was freaky and to think that they dont ask for forgivness is quite honorabal, though im sure that they are glad for us forgiving them for being on the attacking. And everyone is on about perl harbor like that is the only thing that happened, geeze Australia got more of a beating than that, we got attacks on Darwin, Sydney and some other places, not to mention that the Japanese were going to take over Australia, but we forgive them it was different times then and being here I have seen that Japan went though about 20 really bad years after they lost the war. I thank God that Iam living in the 21st century. ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
Exactly--I think many ppl stay offended about Pearl Harbor because---to them---being offended is comfortable--for many people it is easier to hate someone becuase you don't have to exit your comfort zone for some reason---looks like you are further along in Japanese than I am Psycho:-) I am still having trouble with things like Ni satsu no zasshi (2 magazines that have the property of being bound together) I know that is gramatically correct--because my workbook says so but I cannot justify the grammar any further than that---it is still confusing to me. Although I like my workbook--I am only on the second page and I am much better at Japanese than the 4 computer prgrams I have ever gotten me--although I think I will have an easier time with the computer programs too since I have a better working base now:-) btw check out this site www.japanwelcomesyou.com it is a site to get westerners to see Japan---and they have some kick butt prices on there---plus a lot of cool photos and cultural information--even stuff I did not see while I was there---like if the train is 2 minutes late or more the Captain personally apologizes to every passenger--cool huh? So, did you go to the Hiroshima Peace Park? They have a statue of a woman holding a paper crane---her name is Sadako---and she was a girl that survived the bombing only to develope radiation-caused leukemia-------she heard a rumor that, if she made 1,000 paper cranes, she would have one wish and she could save herself, she died after clearing 600 and her classmates finished the rest and she was buried with all 1,000-----and her life story is now available in many countries (I first read it in grade school). It is called 'Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes'-----read it if you ever find it it is a cool book, well catch you guys later ------------------ |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
yeah, Japan tried taking ove Korea too... some koreans are pretty sore over that... haven't forgot the cruelty. Japan also pulled a "Pearl Harbor" on Russia, crippled their pacific fleet. One reason why they did that to us. ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
quote: But on the other hand, if we cannot forget that then we should not forget the atrocities that we commited during WWII that got covered up tho---like the fact that we put about .5 million Americans who had Japanese ancestors into concentration camps---we took about a half billion dollars worth of property away from them (and gave it to more 'deserving' citizens), stripped these ppl of dignity and placed them in a camp like criminals--even though to this day there is no proof that any one of them did anything wrong--and actually many joined the army and fought for the country that persecuted them for having ancestory from the wrong country----they are building a museum in Washington I believe to those that had to go through these camps----but still we tend to sweep it under the rug--those are the kind of mistakes that get repeated---the ones that dissappear-----when I read a book that talked about these camps I could not believe it---and it is a hard thing to prove since there is no proof of the camps anymore other than gov documents and a low-key apology issued in the 80's sometime---but I think we need to follow other countries example and fess up so we can go down the road of preventing another mistake like that-----especially the school system should be more into that--teaching ALL the wrongs of WWII so that kids don't develope this romanticized idea of war of 'Us glorius good guys going against the evil baddies' and they realize that, in the hysteria of war, anybody can commit great evils that cannot be justified (forgiven is a different story---heck thank God God is God and we aren't!) But yeah I kind of rambled but yeah I guess what I am saying is that (i am not slamming anybody so plz don't take it as that) we need to step out of our comfort zone and make sure we don't make our same mistakes twice too-----because covering it up or minimizing it is begging it to happen again. ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
hehehehehe I know this is a double post---but I want this uber clear that I don't want the previous post to sound like I am yelling at anyone or looking down on anyone---my intention with it is to show that the school system has a very bias and ignorant way of presenting information---not just on war though my mentor is an English teacher and he can't stop telling me all the stupid crap they are pulling in the school system now that makes people graduate as idiots---like now our school system has a thing where you can have straight A's in English, but lets say you fail one speech, you will be a 5th year senior automatically because you have to re do that whole semister of English just to pass that one speech--even if you excel in every other part of the class but you hate standing in front of ppl. but yeah there is me ranting again so yeah everyone plz don't get offended by my posts or anything--if anything think and reply to them but please don't take it as a personal slam cool? ------------------ |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
yeah, I agree with you... who ever said Hindsight is 20/20 is an idiot. many things are swept away or pushed to the side... Emancipation Proclamation isn't some great slave-freeing document, French history books don't even mention D-Day.. it's sad. haha, I am extremely anti-public school. I refer it to the "system." it costs so much, and it's just horrible, they teach stuff proven false, and I here a lot of stories about abuse of power and loopholes... it's gotta go or have a major reform. check this article out... http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2003/092403.htm I am homeschooled, so I am uninfluenced by the "system." oh, and I sensed no slamming... partially because I'm with you on this... ------------------ |
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AmazingJas Member Posts: 437 From: Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Registered: 04-03-2003 |
Homeschooled heh? That is becoming very popular amongst Christian families. My wife wants us to do that for our child which I'm not looking forward to (even though we are both school teachers!) but I can definitely see the value in it. I hated school, always on the run from the bullies, losing concentration in class and getting in trouble because of it, the smoke-filled bus trip home... |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
Yeah and I have to agree with ArchAngel that they teach stuff scientifically proven wrong---like evolution---in the beginning of my sophomore biology class our teacher said that, according to our book, we evolved from monkeys because we are 99.9% related to them---at the end of the year--during our DNA section---we learned we are 99.9% related to any and everything with DNA in it---so my friends and I joked about starting a cult whose core belief was that we evolved from zebras------becuase how stupid is that? But yeah the school systems were meant to educate ppl--but instead the teach people to follow crowd and judge everything in life according to a popularity system--which turns people into sheep. ------------------ [This message has been edited by zookey (edited October 08, 2003).] |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
Just read the article---and I am one of those Christians who belive that you should not shove Jesus down other people's throats (but instead walk the walk and let them ask the questions when the Holy Spirit makes them want to) ----but that is totally wrong if athiest kids can believe what they want we can too----when I was in Middle School--I wore a shirt with a christian logo on it-----kids starting threatening to beat the crap out of me (one made a dart gun and shot nails at me)and ripping my school bags to shreds and a lot of bad stuff---I came home crying every night and both my Principal and my Dad told me that, if I don't want to be teased, I should accept the belief system of my persecutors----------good thing I had some teachers and an Assistant Principal ready to jump the butts of those kids whenever anything happened---because if it wasn't for them on the school front (and my mom on the home front) I probably would have eventually built up the guts to either kill or severly injure myself---so yeah I thank God every day for survivng that tho---it taught me not to care what other people think as long as I do what I know God appreciates-----and all those kids are trashy people now who mostly work for carnivals and other dead end jobs so it worked out in the end even tho I kind of feel sorry for them ------------------ |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
yeah... I really like being homeschooled, the freedoms and the superior education. It's tough, but worth it too me. however, not all of my homeschooled friends like it, but I do. come on, taking college classes at a JC, top of the class in each one with straight A's.... from English to Calculus. I'm not trying to brag, but if I wasn't homeschooled, I'd be struggling just to pass my highschool stuff. not only that, but'd I probably be filled up with Drugs and STDs. ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
Yep, as long as your parents have the time and are able to get the right resources for it--I see no problem with it I think it would be more loose and easy to learn in the comfort of your home:-) ------------------ |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
yeah... but, after a while, my parents barely do anything. they pretty much get the books and stuff(which isn't nothing, but... )I do all the stuff on my own. that happen's when you get older, and also, the older kids help the younger kids with their work... ------------------ |
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D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
Homeschooling is kool, i was too social for it though, i'm just a really social person, and having loads an loads of friends around all the day was great. --D-SIPL ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
Yeah there is benefits and catches to each-------I have to say it is cool though that you get into doing your own work--that must feel cool to be self supporting in your education instead of feeling forced ------------------ |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
yeah, it is... I also know plenty of homeschoolers who have more or as many friends as other kids... so, it's not necessarily the case, just a little harder. but, yeah... ------------------ |
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zookey Member Posts: 1902 From: Great Falls, Montana, USA Registered: 04-28-2002 |
I think it is hard making friends either way tho to be totally honest--I don't have any friends my age I went to school with--the only frined I have from High School was my senior Englinsh Teacher--who has been kind of a surrogate dad to me so yeah:-) ------------------ |
