@kanjiman
Yeh, hindsight is always 20/20. It’s unfortunate as an Italy goal would have made for a more exciting finish.

I think Rihanna is the only universally known person in modern times (other than myself :P). Sir Garfield Sobers was famous if you were an old time cricket fan. For vacation, you can’t really go wrong with any of the islands in terms of scenery and relaxation (except maybe Trinidad).

@vanandrew
It’s true, Murphy’s Law. :)

I don’t think it’s fair to say that it was panic tactics. He had only made one actual sub prior (at half time), and it’s quite normal to make a change at 60 minutes, to get a fresh player in for the remaining time. Yes, he had no more subs after that, but he made a bold move to try and change the game, which needed changing.

I don’t think he (or anyone) could have foreseen that the substitute would pull a hamstring, after another player already gone off injured. How often do you see two players go off injured in a game? Think back to all the games you have watched. To be thinking “well, I shouldn’t sub anyone in because there is a 0.1% chance that another player will get injured” is poor, timid management IMO.

@kanjiman
Yes, a lot of people would go insane at the slow pace (and confinement) of things if they were here for too long.

kanjiman8:
I agree, but that rule could potentially be abused and a player could feign injury if he’s on a yellow card or just playing badly.

Hehe, by “potentially” did you mean without a shadow of a doubt? :P

Yep I still live here. I can’t see myself living anywhere else, but I do like to travel.

That was a pretty good game. Italy should have had like five goals, their finishing (outside of Balotelli) was horrendous.

Hopefully Spain will actually play on Sunday. Their game against Portugal was an absolute snoozefest until extra time. I’m fully expecting Balotelli to red card himself out (on purpose) on Sunday in some fashion. Taking off his shirt twice would be my bet.

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TripMasterMunky:
http://www.textfugu.com/season-5/dict-past-neg/9-6/

Why is it not ならあない?

You’re understanding everything correctly, just that this is one of those things. Anything that ends in う goes to わ　instead of あ。 So 習う　ー＞　習わない、買う　ー＞　買わない,　歌う　ー＞　歌わない etc.　　The same for past negative, 買わなかった、習わなかった。

I can’t tell you the reason why it is so, maybe someone else can help there. :)

Gigatron:

And that’s what I’m so afraid of.

I think this is the crux of the matter right here. There’s nothing wrong with being afraid, but how you react to it makes a big difference. So what if you get there and get rejected? You might end up poor and destitute, or dead at the side of the road. All of that is irrelevant when it comes to your life’s dream. If you’re not pursuing that, then you’re not living.

I’m going to start to sound like a broken record if I post again, so I wish you luck. =)

hey:

The thing I found the most weird is the police are driving around with their lights on, but don’t seem to be going anywhere, and are stopping at lights like they aren’t in a hurry. I’m not sure what the purpose behind the lights being on is then?

It’s to let people know the police are there. They are noticeable so people who require assistance can see them, and people who are looking to loot can see them too. It just increases the impression of the “police presence factor”.

Of course, this is just what I think, they might just be cruising for sushi donuts and like pretty lights.

RE: Data in Japan.
This was a discussion about this on the RevTK forums, which I thought had some good info.

http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=9532

Yodobashi Camera:

“The 1-month Fair is 3,400 yen. That gets you 1GB of data, unlimited* bandwidth (don’t exceed 350MB in a day, that is)”