super piece of crap entrtainme…
super piece of crap entrtainment system - thanks air france http://yfrog.com/7bwkjyj
super piece of crap entrtainment system - thanks air france http://yfrog.com/7bwkjyj
in the limousine bus to Narita, off to a week in Paris and Rome - lets first hope we make it through the traffic
awesome advertisement for wide-angle lens http://imgur.com/2ux8n.jpg
As I said in a previous post, I do not have a driving license it every now and then I get itchy and think about getting one. So the other day, feeling itchy, I scanned the web to find driving schools close to my new home in Ikebukuro and found the Koyama driving school.
Interestingly, they claim to be the only driving school in Tokyo to cater to the gaijin population by offering a curriculum entirely in english. So I checked out the prices on the English and Japanese versions of the site for basic manual license:
Wow, those bilingual driving teachers sure come at a big premium don't they? Well if you compare the detail of the prices here's what you find:
So if you actually compare the detailed split-up, the english textbooks cost ¥18,900 compared to ¥5,250 which I can understand. All the lesson/test fees are the same. The only other difference is that the entry fee is ¥83.000 more expensive if you sign up in english...
Now the interesting thing is not that it's more expensive, I would consider it normal to have higher lecture/training fees in english language in Tokyo. What's shocking is that there is so little awareness of "discrimination being bad" in this country that no-one thought it a bad idea to write down the price hike for this special service (which could be justifiable) as a random meaningless admission fee.
Suffice to say, I will not be bringing my business to this shop...
the moon is very nice tonight, a thin crescent over some fireworks over in Nerima... wish i could take photos but i don't have no tripod :(
nice july drizzle for the day of the eclipse... hoping it'll be clearer at work in saitama http://yfrog.com/67l4oj
just saw a white guy with baggy/slim jeans (seat of the pants at knee level but below that super extra tight) - stupidest outfit this month
hanging around Cat Street waiting for girlfriend's haircut to end but almost no cute girls around... つまらない
Softbank is launching a fun summer campaign with its cute mascot お父さん:
Use your Softbank 3G phone overseas this summer and get a chance to win one of 100 flower-necklace-wearing-お父さん straps!
Way to go Softbank! It's a classy move, trying to lure customers into using their cellphone overseas at ¥200/min and potentially incurring ginormous phone bills, all for a chance of winning a ¥150 keitai-strap...
there is a baby pool full of crayfish in the middle of my train station... http://yfrog.com/1kvyvj
Last night was the first clear sky sunset I could catch since we moved in the new apartment in Ikebukuro. 梅雨 (the rainy season - literally rain like plums) is not over yet so it was a lucky day.
I can't wait until the typhoon season - after a typhoon, the skies are like washed from any cloud or fog - when I should be able to see the Fujisan clearly from my window.
bought a new lens: nikkor 16-85mm http://bit.ly/Tfv6S will be perfect for my trip to Paris/Rome in august
RT @dshack Wonder if we can get #trendingtopicsisdead onto trending topics. Cool concept has turned into a dumping ground for spam and noise
living in 池袋 i pass 11 hostess clubs, 3 peep shows and 2 love hotels on my way to the supermarket
looking to hire a systems engineer to work with me in Japan - candidate must be european nationality (VIE contract), spread the word plz