Yakiniku

I went dinner with my friend.
He was concerned for my looking for a job. And he got in touch with me.
I'm glad he contacted me.

Tata’s Nano

Tata Nano is a vehicle sold for about $2,900.

It seems that Tata has struggled with problems like production delays and fire in some of cars. Tata Nano sales dipped after peaking in July 2010, sold only 509 in November 2010.

I think that the cause of decreasing sales is poor handling about fire trouble.
Tata is held accountable for this problem. But they didn’t explain accident cause and they should clear it.




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 Tata Motors has steadfastly denied that there was anything wrong with the car’s design or its parts.
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source by The New York Times

Tata need ethical action, before expanding the warranty on the Nano.

Kiva

I made a loan to this group! I think it's this year's last loan.

high-speed Internet connection

The speed of my internet connection was upgraded from 50Mbps to 100Mbps because the internet provider changed backbone in my apartment.
The area where I am living has already used 100M speed line. However, there was a delay because of the need to consent of the residents living in the apartment. But the good things is that, there is no additional cost for this change.

I tested my internet speed, it's 7-8Mbps. It's enough speed using internet.

TOEIC

I registered for TOEIC at the end of January 2011.

So I will have had a time for three months since I took the exam at the end of October. I believe my score is improving.

Krispy Kreme doughnuts

I went to the Krispy Kreme doughnuts. It's very popular in Japan, and every time is crowded.
About 15 people were lined up in front of the store.

Tokyo Sky Tree

Tokyo sky tree is name of tower. It will be 634m, the world’s tallest as a tower.

As you know, the tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

Sky tree is growing every day and the height became 511m now. TV news often said about Sky tree. I think it will open next year. But it’s error. It’s going to open in the spring of 2012. Lots of people in Japan think growing tower as if it's growing something such as economy, child, personal growth and development.

If sky tree open, I want to go to the 2nd observatory. This observatory called sky walkway is 450 m high.
It looks like winding around tower.

I'm looking forward to opening the tower.

Ramen

I cooked a ramen for lunch. A ramen is quick, easy, and delicious!

Zoff

Zoff is a name of glasses shop.

Recently, I went to buy glasses. I've used my glasses for about 10 years, because I hardly ever wear glasses, I usually wear contact lenses.

The reasons why I bought it are two.

The first, when I stay at home, I often wore glasses. The second is price collapse. The price became less than fifth part 10 years ago. But lenses were good, too.

broken kindle

My kindle couldn't charge the battery.
When connected to a power source with the power adapter or USB port, my kindle didn't turn up.

I contacted amazon a few times by e-mail. And they request me call.
Next day I called them but I didn't understand what they're saying for English...
Eventually it's recovered, I tried to charge again a few days later. I did't know what is problem. I wait and see how things go.

まるう商店

I had a dinner with my brother. It was about half a year ago since the last time I saw him.

He booked a Japanese style bar which is called "Izakaya" in Japan. He is usually well-prepared in eating, particularly.

Anyway, we ate lots of seafood. The foods here are delicious and have very reasonable price. However, their inner packaging was bad. They don't have any room and we share the table with others.

If you don't mention inner packaging and sharing of table, I would recommend that place. Moreover, it's hard to get a table without asking for a reservation.

- Maruu shouten (まるう商店)

  http://r.tabelog.com/kanagawa/A1401/A140101/14015237/

GOPAN

source by SANYO

Do you know what is "GOPAN"?
Gopan is a japanese product that can bake rice bread in home from using rice. "GOPAN" made a lot of orders and doing well. So it can't keep up with products.

According the article, rice demand is decreasing for a long time in Japan. The government of Japan sets a very high tariff on imported rice. Therefore, Gopan has been an attractive product for Japan government.

China mobile

China mobile have 500 million subscribers!!
For a moment, I couldn't believe what I'm hearing.

According to TAC, docomo, the largest mobile communications company in Japan, has about 55 million subscribers in the end of 2009. China mobile is one digit bigger than docomo.

I took a look at Annual Report of China mobile. It shows that they have 522.3 million subscribers in 2009. I charted the subscriptions from the year 2005 to 2009. Their subscribers increased at an average annual rate of 20.7% last 5 years.

I'm interested in how to monetize their enormous subscribers without voice and data connection. In my opinion, They should build up a platform service. But now I don't know what service is good, because I don't understand their service.