Posts by stephen walker
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Hey man, you shouldn't do that
Don't you know you'll stain the carpethope it was the Joy Division version.
thier last ever gig y'know.
whoever said Ian Curtis never has a sense of humour.i'm sure he would've hated Nice too.
rice harvest this weekend, if i ever get this fcuking work finished...just like Sister Ray said.
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I don't know people stand all that humanity around them. It would drive me spare.
oh, i dunno. it's just the same as London really. just twice as many people, less body odour and better sushi. oh, and the trains (usually) run on time.
only drawback is that an earthquake might flatten the lot at any moment.
c'est la vie. sho ga nai.
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don't wait at the ticket machines.
get an IC card when you arrive.
you can now use them on all the trains and buses.
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The plan is to travel west in Japan over the next two weeks, then ferry to China
i assume you're getting the ferry from Osaka to Shanghai?
unsolicited advice: take the central mountain route (Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Shiga) route to Kyoto, or, if you're really adventurous, the north coast (Japan Sea) route to Kyoto (Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui). that's the real Japan. Tokyo is just an adrenaline-fuelled mirage. with trees. and parks.
and the conventional Tokaido coast route to Kyoto is just an industrial wasteland stretching 600km (except for Izu).
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another vote for Hakone Chokoku-no-Mori.
fantastic. went there more than 20 years ago.
drug-free psychedelic experience. swirling mist as the clouds descended, walking around among all the sculptures, AND playing on some of them!...gotta try to go to Hakone again sometime...
the sister-museum in Nagano (Utsukushigahara) was good too. -
The NZ media is so Anglo-centric it makes Australia look like the world's most cosmopolitan Asiaphiles.
The bottom line is that anyone who wants to get out of that narrow mindset just leaves and does their thing. As can be seen by the talent and achievements of the panelists at this event.
Good on these women for showing how it's done! The sheer pace of life in Asia is like a drug. Get your fix!
BTW, does anyone under 35 understand the Selwyn Toogood reference ;)
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in 1982, it seemed like the majority of the very large boys' school i went to wanted to be Jordan Luck. we were intensely jealous of the guys who had Jordan Luck-lookalike haircuts.
in 1984, the Dance Exponents and the Mockers filled the Logan Campbell Centre to capacity.
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aah, the man was in solitary at Paremoremo for months in the first half of 2003, and there wasn't a single article or news story about him at all. none. from about march to july iirc, was a media blank. he didn't exist. our own gitmo.
if you want a Zaoui-free media zone, please come to Tokyo. i'll buy you a chuhai.
the man is just starting to get the justice he deserves. would you like to back up your slander of him with some actual evidence?
and i don't mean imaginary SIS evidence, either.
cheers!
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I don't know anyone who wants him to stay.
you need to get out more.
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According to the media statement released by Mr Tucker:
'Mr Zaoui was clearly a risk to the security of New Zealand when he arrived here in 2002.'
liar, liar, your pants are on fire!