[Explosion in Tokyo?]

I heard it, wasn't that far away when it happened.

[Japan "earthquake map"]

Another jolt today again after the one yesterday.

[SJ Babies]

Nice pic again me jane. I see he likes his beer already!

[what's everybody listening to now?]

Really like Seal - recently got his best of with an extra disc of acoustic versions. Great for the car.

[Downloading music question]

I'm like you rachael, I like the CD in my hands. The few songs I have downloaded have been inferior quality to CDs as well. (Is that something I did wrong, are they usually the same quality?)

[trivial irritations]

I agree that is annoying. Throwing that message at us when we have just gone out and bought the damn thing.

[How many times then?]

Well we have both spend more time out of Japan than in this winter and so only managed once - a long weekend in Shiga Kogen which was good but the snow wasn't the best.

 

Here's to next season when hopefully we will be here more.

[Wii vs PS3 vs Xbox360]

We wanted to get one for a friend, but they are very hard to find still.

[Cho-yummy things]

I can't remember having a poor namachocolate cake. Love the cake shops around where we live, and the bread shops too. They are just so tempting.

[Shiny shiny screen]

We have one of those screens, it's really good. It does pick up marks easily so not go to touch it!

[Fly in the eye]

Oh dear! I'm going to have nightmares now!

[Overworked]

 Quote:

it doesn't always apply, but step back and realise that the world will keep turning whether you hit all deadlines or not.

I 2nd that one, though it can be difficult. Good luck.

[Fly in the eye]

A very small fly just flew into my eye. And didn't escape. Still itching my eye here.

 

I was wondering where that fly might be in my body now and the journey it takes.

 

[Restaurants. I like them to be clean. (And no picking nose chefs)]

Heard similar stories before. In a case near where I was at college, rumor has it that it was a competitor just trying to grab some business.

 

There's a small ramen place up near where we live. I wouldn't eat there if you paid me.

[The world's strongest animal]

Quiz. What do you think it would be then?

[Arai Mountain & Spa - closed!]

I bet some people will be hiking up there.

[HOT :(]

Still way too hot though.

[Chocolate is good for you]

Eating milk chocolate boosts your brain power. In tests at Wheeling Jesuit University, participants were given pieces of dark chocolate, milk chocolate or nothing at all and then asked to carry out computer based cognitive tests. Researchers found those given milk chocolate performed significantly better than the rest.

[Snow in Japan]

You too, enjoy New Zealand.

(Am I allowed to post in this thread?)

[trivial irritations]

Where do you find these things!

[good utilities]

We just have Norton on mine. Are these other things better or just similar things.

[Arai Mountain & Spa - closed!]

I thought that Club Med was pretty much run as a "foreigners resort" (for want of a better phrase). Everything is done with the foreign market in mind - waiters, hotel staff, facilities, kids stuff, resort, etc.

[World Cup & football poll]

There were too many headlines of cheating and diving it got quite tiresome by the end.

[Krispy Kreme]

Are they similar to Mister Donuts?

[Defender]

Hey calling all the gamers on here. I'm looking for the old arcade game Defender and hoping there might be a version of it for the PC. Anyone know of anything out there (preferably free!!)

 

Thanks