Comme ça du Japon

You probably were intrigued by the idiom 虫の知らせ (Mushi No Shirase) “the word from the vermin (bug)” that I used in the article announcing that I was back from a long silence. A quick search in my japanese electronic dictionnary revealed that there are a whole lot of idioms related to 虫 (Mushi) “bugs”. Well, this is all I needed to start a new serie of posts!

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It’s been almost a year since I have stopped posting here on Comme ca du Japon. To be honest, I was waiting for some kind of 予兆 (YoChô) “an omen” for the end of this recession in order to restart writing. Sure enough, all the major media outlets did serve us their dose of Prozac on the smallest opportunities; however nobody had the gut to let the champagne flow. Indeed, the newly assigned deleguates 亀井 (KameI) “Kamei”, in charge of reviewing the privatisation of the Japan Postal Service, was barely brave enough to mention it at a press conference. So, if apparently nothing has changed why would I write this post in the first place?

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It seems pretty futile to even try to keep on updating this blog in these dark days. Needless to say, it’s time to invest your time even more wisely to up the ante. I might consider to temporarily change the main topic if the time invested in doing so is justified. See you at the other end of this dark tunnel.

It’s the intention that really matters. If I can appreciate the intention of the person who gave me this CD, I can’t figure out the intention of the designer Nicolas Maternik. This CD produced by Vox Terrae is a compilation of japanese songs for children played by a group of japanese artists. The lyrics and french translations are printed in the booklet but as you will understand by the end of this post, accuracy was probably a second thought. You can listen to one track on the blog “terrier à Tokyo“. Now, look closely at the picture. Don’t you feel that something is utterly wrong with this CD’s jacket?

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