Goodbye Japan

[swimordie]

I think I just about had time to unpack this time before leaving again. I'm on my way to the airport now, apparently I'm going to New Zealand for a training exercise.

This is why I can't have a pet. I was thinking about pets last week. I'm not even home enough to keep a plant. Perhaps a cactus could survive my neglect?

Why do taxi drivers insist on talking so much? So annoying.

Comments

[dontcallmeking]

I temporarily had a cat. But travelling meant that in the end my mother kept it.

I think even cactus die.

[lepeintredusade]

Please be responsible when buying a cactus. A cactus is for life, not for the continence of needing something to look after that requires very little care. Neglecting plants should be a crime...

[cuddlesfordays]

You have two options with taxi drivers. If you ignore them they tend to get the point and stop talking so you can spend the entirety of your journey in silence. If you engage them at all after the initial and brief conversation on where you are going then you open yourself up to further conversation on anything and everything. Here you have two more options. You can limit your responses to one word answers and grunts and let the driver happily babble on oblivious to the fact you're being a jerk and ignoring them or you can talk to another human being and have an interesting conversation. Some taxi drivers are very interesting. Some not so. You need to learn to read the signs on which drivers to engage and which to not.

And when in doubt you can take an ipod with you and plug yourself in. That is the universal sign of "please shut the fuck up I'm not interested".

I hope this helps.

My name is Ibu Shinji by the way. Nice to meet you. Please don't have children. They're harder to tend to than plants.

[findingrhythm]

Do you have a friend that you can bully into being a part time pet owner?

Hi, I'm Kamio! I think I saw you on tv!

[purrvocation]

Wow all the way to New Zealand just for training??? That's pretty amazing!

But sorry man, I can't help you with your plant problems- I'm good with the kids, but very bad with plants ^^

[usuck]

I don't ride taxis often, but wearing headphones should keep them from chatting away?