Comments on: J-WOTD: 自転車操業 http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/ A fresh look at Japan, by gaijins for gaijins! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:49:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Max Hodges http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/#comment-80678 Max Hodges Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:45:16 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/#comment-80678 oh what a trite and petty "analysis" that ignores the facts. How much do you really know NOVA's financial situation? There might not be anything expecially risky about growing a company on one's revenues. Were you privy to their cash-flow projections? What was NOVA's debt-to-equity ratio? Were they credit worthy in case they had a cashflow crunch and couldn't "pay their teachers"? Here's another perspective: had the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry not imposed a six-month ban against soliciting new long-term contracts for students Nova might not have faced any financial crisis at all. oh what a trite and petty “analysis” that ignores the facts. How much do you really know NOVA’s financial situation? There might not be anything expecially risky about growing a company on one’s revenues. Were you privy to their cash-flow projections? What was NOVA’s debt-to-equity ratio? Were they credit worthy in case they had a cashflow crunch and couldn’t “pay their teachers”? Here’s another perspective: had the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry not imposed a six-month ban against soliciting new long-term contracts for students Nova might not have faced any financial crisis at all.

]]> By: azumarisan http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/#comment-80668 azumarisan Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:25:56 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/#comment-80668 Thanks Ely haha...maybe some then!! haha :) Thanks Ely haha…maybe some then!! haha :)

]]> By: Ely http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/#comment-80666 Ely Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:51:32 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/#comment-80666 Hi Kelly, Just a fact here, I worked in Tokyo in 2003 for 1 year and there were a fat, red head Aussi living in the same gaijin house as me. One day I asked him when is he going back in Australia, and his answer was: I've been here for ten years now and I have beautiful girls, good money, easy job, so why should I go back in Australia? I'm just good at flipping burgers over there ! That was damn funny and not funny at the same time :( Hi Kelly,
Just a fact here, I worked in Tokyo in 2003 for 1 year and there were a fat, red head Aussi living in the same gaijin house as me. One day I asked him when is he going back in Australia, and his answer was:
I’ve been here for ten years now and I have beautiful girls, good money, easy job, so why should I go back in Australia? I’m just good at flipping burgers over there !

That was damn funny and not funny at the same time :(

]]> By: Kelly http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/#comment-80382 Kelly Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:42:01 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/#comment-80382 Otherwise unemployable? Speaking from an Aussies point of view, i highly doubt that unemployable people here would search for work in Japan, teaching or not. Most of the people that are unemployable here would rather sit on welfare than broaden their horizons overseas. They don't have the inclination to move their fat @sses off the lounge to go get a job at mac d's so i doubt they would bother going to Japan. Otherwise unemployable? Speaking from an Aussies point of view, i highly doubt that unemployable people here would search for work in Japan, teaching or not. Most of the people that are unemployable here would rather sit on welfare than broaden their horizons overseas. They don’t have the inclination to move their fat @sses off the lounge to go get a job at mac d’s so i doubt they would bother going to Japan.

]]> By: Horny as a Nova Rabbit http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/#comment-80347 Horny as a Nova Rabbit Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:31:31 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/#comment-80347 on the contrary Bill, the vast majority of "students" at Nova are bored housewives who are looking for some thrills (in between trading foreign exchange futures on the net). They don't get enough love at home so they seek it from men who are paid to treat them well. Nova is nothing more than a flashy "host" bar. It was a perfect formula. Japanese housewives would pay up big to meet their gaijin boy friends because they were lonely. Otherwise unemployable gaijins from Australia and America would settle for low pay because their fringe benifits included getting "some on the side." No matter what people say, it was clearly a very smart man who designed that system. No wonder it worked for so long. on the contrary Bill, the vast majority of “students” at Nova are bored housewives who are looking for some thrills (in between trading foreign exchange futures on the net). They don’t get enough love at home so they seek it from men who are paid to treat them well. Nova is nothing more than a flashy “host” bar. It was a perfect formula. Japanese housewives would pay up big to meet their gaijin boy friends because they were lonely. Otherwise unemployable gaijins from Australia and America would settle for low pay because their fringe benifits included getting “some on the side.” No matter what people say, it was clearly a very smart man who designed that system. No wonder it worked for so long.

]]> By: Bill http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/#comment-80344 Bill Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:13:14 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/#comment-80344 God damn I love that picture, it's priceless. @Horny as a Nova Rabbit > Paedophilia, how amusing. God damn I love that picture, it’s priceless.

@Horny as a Nova Rabbit > Paedophilia, how amusing.

]]> By: Horny as a Nova Rabbit http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/#comment-80342 Horny as a Nova Rabbit Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:33:54 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-language/japanese-word-of-the-day/jitenshasogyo/#comment-80342 I've met a Nova teacher who mentioned that he rode one of his students like a bicycle, but I think he might have been referring to something else. I’ve met a Nova teacher who mentioned that he rode one of his students like a bicycle, but I think he might have been referring to something else.

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