2010年6月13日

遊日本雜記

遊日本雜記

到日本多次後,總結了一些經驗和資料,供以後參考:
  1. 日本交通發達,自由行非常方便,而且可利用JR Rail Pass,有多種選擇,一咭傍身,便可以到達整個日本,並可遊遍東京。
  2. 日本長程火車多有分指定席及自由席。自由席可以說是經濟客位,車站有指示第幾卡係自由席,乘客自行揾位入座。指定席可以說是商務客位,坐位較闊,但價錢較 貴。指定席要預先劃位,車票印明列車長度和所坐車卡及坐位號數,列車長度用卡數(日本文両)表示,坐車時月臺有指示某一長度列車的每一卡上車位置,早五分鐘到指定位置上車便可。用JR Pass可坐指定席,盡早劃位可保証不會到時無指定席要逼自由席。有些車並無自由席,如機場快車 Narita Express。
  3. JR及地鐵站,有些站內有站,入完閘又要再入閘,出亦一樣,出閘口和入閘口表面一模一樣,小心入了閘後車未坐便又出了閘,車票報销。不過用JR Pass便無問題,出入幾多次都得。
  4. 日本坐自動電梯,是靠左站,讓出右邊給趕緊時間的人用。這跟香港的靠右站剛好相反。
  5. 東京的鐵路,分JR和地下鐵,JR Rail Pass不適用地下鐵,不過JR覆蓋範圍廣闊,幾乎那裡都去得到。
  6. 日本人很友善,绝大多數都願意幫人,但佢地啲英文就聽死人。也有匆匆地答你兩句,便拎歪面,扮睇你唔到,不要誤會佢唔幫你,只是有心無力,又唔想認英文唔 得,自尊心作崇而已。講唔掂時,寫中文,中年以上的日本人大多會看,有時會好過同佢地講英文。

民主

今天友人送來以下疑似笑話(卻是事實)一則,看後有感而發:民主是好,但追求到這樣的民主又如何,還看當權者質 素。

無錯,有西方這樣的民主制度可以換人,但看我們香港現在這班議員,若由佢地當權,會不會換來換去,都是一樣或更差的貨色呢?

重有,在香港的現有制度下,我地都換咗個特首喎。

究邊種民主制度好,我都唔敢講。不過,成日只曉鬧人,攪到嘈嘈閉,乜都做唔到又只曉怪人,我就覺得一定唔好。


Who's In Charge
Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics:

29 have been accused of spousal abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
19 have been accused of writing bad checks
117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses
3 have done time for assault
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
8 have been arrested for shoplifting
21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year

Can you guess which organization this is?

It's the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line.