The 2-Belo wrote:

> Aside (or was this the original topic?): The bureau's a lot better than its
> original state in 1992-3 when I first applied for a working visa. The old office
> (on the 4th floor of the same building, if I remember right) was a cramped,
> crowded, FUCKING MADHOUSE. And the staff was decidedly nastier back then, so
> maybe it's the surroundings, and the very fact that traffic was light that day
> that caused the staff to be hospitable to you.

They've been in their current surroundings a fair while though, at least 
7 or 8 years. I can't recall what floor it was on the first time I went 
there (extending a trainee visa in August or September 92 I guess). Next 
time I used Nagoya wasn't until I moved back to Aichi. My guess is a 
combination of light traffic, my docs, and Mike's theory.

> Hmm. I'm usually just chain-smoking and drinking canned coffee. I don't have a
> laptop. I'll have to correct that.

Its either that or read the news on the keitai. With the laptop I can 
get some work done on the bloody trains/subways.





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