Comments for THE TRAVELLING TRINI

Comment on Trip to Tai O by nick

nick — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:31:19 +0000

how yuh have to go tai from hong kong island?

Comment on Sleeping on the train in Japan by subcirrus

subcirrus — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:27:33 +0000

Trains are pretty great. Thanks for also supplying proof of the porn readers. It sealed the deal.

Comment on Lost in translation (or just really weirdly written) by finorgan

finorgan — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:59:04 +0000

Inexplicable, but well-meaning english is one of the small pleasures of travelling around Japan. A personal favourite is the sign near the ticket machine in the train station which warns about “spare pricks”.

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Comment on Sleeping on the train in Japan by vicki

vicki — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:07:10 +0000

Sounds like my husband.
Ummm…not the lecherous octopus doing unmentionable things…
What I mean is, I think his parents hypnotised him when he was a kid or something. There is no other explanation I can think of.
He wipes out completely the moment he sits/stands still.
He can be talking to you and in mid sentence he goes into snore-mode. I am talking full R.E.M. babe!!! Yet he can awake and tell you exactly what he was just dreaming and answer the question you just asked =•
In his early years, many a teacher has fallen prey to his deviousness. They have caught him with head thrown back in full dream sequence and yelled “What have I just said?!!!” and he has awoken and correctly answered their question. Now he entraps many an innocent employee/union representative. He is a favorite distraction to all the kids in church =)
He is a phenomenon unto himself. A constant source of amusement to my mischief. I have told him he should donate his body to science.

Vicki
Trinidad & Tobago

Comment on Sleeping on the train in Japan by the_travelling_trini

the_travelling_trini — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:37:19 +0000

Oh yeah. Perfectly fine to read manga porn where a lecherous octopus is doing unmentionable things to a big breasted Japanese girl with blue eyes and huge mammaries. The weirdness just never stops around here.

Comment on Sleeping on the train in Japan by steph

steph — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:29:33 +0000

No talking, but porn is okay. I think I may have to go to Japan

Comment on Sleeping on the train in Japan by the_travelling_trini

the_travelling_trini — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:26:53 +0000

Amazing isn’t it how they wake up at the very moment the train arrives at their destination? I think some tiny part of their brain stays awake to be on the look-out for the station.

Comment on Sleeping on the train in Japan by finorgan

finorgan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:24:17 +0000

Nice, well-written article. I agree, the Japanese seem to have no inhibitions about sleeping on trains. And yet I never saw anyone miss a stop…

Comment on Sleeping on the train in Japan by the_travelling_trini

the_travelling_trini — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:25:53 +0000

Oh, good point! No it is just no talking on the phones. But even when talking with friends people talk in VERY hushed tones. It’s called ‘manner mode’… seriously! This is probably why two nights ago taking the train home VERY drunk with my husband I probably made a huge ass of myself being loud and happy. Oh well. Such is life.

Comment on Sleeping on the train in Japan by JD Japan

JD Japan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:45:20 +0000

I’ve got this thing where I fall asleep within minutes of being on transport so I always sleep on public transport and cars. I somehow miraculously wake up before my destination (thank God). I think I’ll fit in just fine in Japan on transport but no talking? Damn, how do these rules even start?

Interesting post, thanks for sharing.

-Jeff