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If I look at the internet for "why local Japanese avoid foreigners" the result most likely will say "they can't speak English so it is better for them to avoid foreigners to avoid any upcoming problems".

The thing is, I visit Japan quite often and it does seems like this "myth" are starting to cease.

Back in 2014 it was quite rare for me to find someone who can speak English, even broken English. So it was quite a challenge for me everytime I had to communicate with locals.

However on my several recent trips I found lot of Japanese who can understand English, and can communicate even with broken English.

At one time I met a kid who were crying at a park because he couldn't find his mom. To my surprise he said "I am looking for my mom!"--exactly like that. And his pronounciation were good!.

I was also helped by a dude when I was trying to buy yakisoba, and he guided me using English.

And numerous times when I went for hiking in the rural areas, met locals and we talked a bit using English. The staff at local restaurant now also can speak English although limited. Which quite surprising since I wasn't in a big touristy city like Tokyo or Osaka.

Not to mention now I've met lot of salesperson who can speak English very well. (One time at a department store I met an ojiisan who has "Specialized in English" title on his name tag which is very cool!)

So... Are Japanese now better at English?

Was going to Shizuoka on the other day from Tokyo by Shinkansen. I only bought the fare tickets only to realized that I need supplements from Tokyo -> Shinagawa and it cost 1000-ish yen. I already bought the ticket to Shizuoka and it was around 21:00 so I am quite tired and ended up buy the supplement anyway.

Looking back, I felt like it was a tourist trap(?) If I ride the Shinkansen from Shinagawa, I don't need to buy the supplements do I?

https://preview.redd.it/0l5xuihd6zah1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cffc8c99b96bee1377b05faf44bfd41fc3092963

Oke, sebenernya, walaupun secara temperatur akhir2 ini di Jakarta temperaturnya ga terlalu gila (well at some point it could reach 38 - 40°C), tapi lembabnya itu loh. Suhu emang cuma 33 - 36°C, tp karena lembab (+polusi) yang bikin berasa tambah gerah.

And I still driving a 2001 BMW 525i (E39) and 2004 Mercedes E240. Daily. How does it feel?

BMW dan cooling system itu udah kayak pedang bermata dua. Di satu sisi emang bikin mesin bekerja optimal, tapi di satu sisi ini yang paling sering masalah. Gampangnya, semakin panas mesin, semakin irit dan semakin efektif pembakarannya. Tapi, kalo terlalu panas bisa bikin mesin jadi overheat, dan berpotensi malah ngerusak mesin. That's why we need cooling system.

Di tahun 1998, seiring dengan munculnya mesin M52TU, perlahan-lahan BMW mulai pake bahan plastik buat komponen2 cooling system. Pemilihan plastik ini juga sebenernya ga sembarangan ya, bukan plastik kaya tupperware gitu wkwkw. Plastik yang dipakai itu jenis khusus yang di perkuat biar tahan panas, kalo nggak salah namanya PA66.

Nah, sebenernya PA66 ini aman dipakai hingga 120-140°C, bahkan in short-term itu bisa tahan sampe 170°C, dan tahan terhadap coolant berbahan dasar ethylene glycol. Tapi emang in the long run, karena heat cycle dan usia, lebih rentan rusak.

Penggunaan plastik ini jg gak main2, sebenernya plastik ini dipakai karena kuat, bobotnya lebih ringan, dan cost nya lebih murah. Jadi kalo lu liat tabung air radiator, sisi2 radiator, thermostat, dll itu dari plastik, itu bukan plastik yang dipakai berbahan khusus.

Downsidenya, memang harus diperhatiin banget:

• BMW itu biasanya punya operating temp 90-100°C, bahkan sejak era N20 keatas (2010 - up) operating temp nya bisa sampe 114°C. Inget bahan PA66 tahan sampe suhu berapa? Yes 120-140°C. Agak mepet sama batas bawahnya, jd margin of errornya lebih dikit. Sebagai perbandingan, Mercy gua mesin M112, operating temp nya gapernah sampe 95°C.
• Ini harus pakai coolant, kalo bisa yang approved BMW (jenis Organic Acid Technology alias OAT, dan turunannya). Kalo pake air doang bisa karat. Ini sebenernya di semua mobil sama sih.
• Ganti air radiator 2 tahun sekali. Setelah 2 tahun dianggap coolant itu udah cukup ke degrade quality nya dan efektivitas dia sebagai coolant bisa turun.
• Ganti selang2 setiap 4 tahun sekali, atau 100k km.
• Sistemnya closed system, jadi kedap udara. Dibikin closed system buat naikin titik didih air:
  • Titik didih air 100°C (coolant di 108°C), di sistem BMW E39 yang dibuat pressure nya 2.0 bar, naik jadi ~135°C. Di BMW modern dibuat 1.4 bar jadi titik didihnya ~125°C.

Nah yang suka gua lihat, ternyata masih banyak sekali orang yang masih suka salah memperlakukan cooling system BMW nya:

• Expansion tank di isi full sampe leher. Jadinya ngga ada ruang coolant untuk expand. Akhirnya pressure lebih cepet naik (batas atas di BMW E39 M54 2.0 bar). Sebenernya 2.0 bar ini tinggi banget, biasanya 1.4 bar aja cukup, makanya setelah angkatan E39, tutup radiatornya balik jadi 1.4 bar.
  • Ketika pressure naik, sebelum sampe ke 2.0 bar, part2 yang udah berumur bakal "kalah" dan jebol -> makanya sering banget ada orang bilang "beresin air radiator BMW ga kelar2, kena satu, besoknya yang lainnya kena". Kalo sudah sampe 2.0 bar, expansion cap akan release pressurenya, tapi biasanya sebelum 2.0 bar udah jebol duluan.
    • Ini juga jadi alasan beberapa orang ganti expansion cap nya jadi yang 1.4 bar.
• Orang sering pake coolant jenis Inorganic Acid Technology (IAT), BMW harusnya pakai jenis OAT, lebih tepatnya Si-OAT (Silicated Organic Acid Technology).
  • IAT ini biasanya jauh lebih murah. Contoh coolant IAT ini yang paling sering dipakai merk Pr*stone.
    • Umurnya lebih singkat.
    • Tidak cocok dengan karet2 dan seal2 di cooling system BMW.
    • Tidak cocok sama bahan aluminium.
    • Lebih tinggi potensinya bikin kerak
• Suka lupa kuras air radiator 2-3 tahun sekali.
• Gak ganti part2 yang umurnya udah diatas 4 tahun.
• Ada bocor dikit, dibiarin:
  • Bikin systemnya jadi gak closed system, sehingga titik didih coolant nya jadi turun.
  • Rawan cooling systemnya jadi "masuk angin", yang bisa ganggu flow coolant.

Kalo semua hal itu diperhatiin, sebenernya cooling system ini superior banget. Ditambah waktu jaman E39, BMW pakai dual fan setup, dimana ada fan mekanikal di belakang radiator, dan auxilliary fan di depan kondensor. Failsafe nya juga sebenernya banyak, asalkan cooling systemnya bener2 sehat. Setelah gua beresin cooling systemnya full, selama 6 tahun mobil gua gapernah ada masalah overheat. Bahkan, pas radiator gua bocor pun mobil gua masih aman dibawa dari kantor ke rumah sekitar 20km!

Di mobil gua, suhu mesinnya fluktuasi antara 90-93°C. Mau panas, dingin, macet, lancar. Sebenernya ini agak gak normal, karena harusnya suhunya 97-99°C, kalo di tol, bisa turun sampe ke 78°C. Tapi as long as 90-100°C, it is still normal. But Imma replace some parts due to age. Gua selalu pake coolant Genuine BMW juga biar sesuai dengan spesifikasi. Coolantnya dicampur dengan air aquades (distilled water) yang dimana airnya nggak ada kotorannya sama sekali, dan gak ada mineralnya. Jadi, gak bikin kerak.

Ohiya... buat yang bilang "thermostatnya copot aja bang" well don't. Just don't.

Given that there are some railway companies in Japan, I am wondering if there's any stereotypes about them.

E.g. (just example) "Keio often late" or "Tokyu's train is outdated" etc

Cuman mau nge rant aja jadi kakaknya bini gua... well she's the most useless person I've ever met:

• Ga kerja, ga bisa nyetir motor/mobil, jadinya anaknya disekolahin di sekolah yang deket rumah dengan kualitas sekolahnya... bini gua aja prihatin. Padahal duit bukan masalah.
• Gamau booking ojol/taxol kalo keluar, minta di pesenin suaminya padahal suaminya kerja.
• Kalo di minta tolong sm mertua, suka lempar ke bini gua. Paling sering kalo mertua ada beli barang dari luar kota, minta tolong dia tracking, tp ujung2nya dia minta bini gua yang nge-track. Pernah sekali sampe bini gua kesel krn dia nelpon2 pas bini gua lagi meeting cuma buat minta tracking pesenan mertua (yang sebenernya mertua gua minta tolong dia yg track)
• Pernah berapa kali mertua gua dirawat di RS (dua2nya udh sepuh), bini gua dan kakaknya yg lain ganti2an cuti buat jagain. Dia padahal ga kerja tp gamau jagain alesannya jaga anak dia yang masih kecil. Ini sampe di forum di keluarga besar bini gua.

Kejadian2 gini sering banget gua liat, gua jg udah info bini kalo dia jangan sampe nyusahin orang lain. Dan bini gua juga akhir2 ini udah jarang dimintain tolong yang gak jelas gitu krn berapa kali bini gua sampe marah2 ke dia soal hal ini. Kalo kata bini gua, dia ini bukannya gak bisa, tapi males.

Nah seiring berjalannya waktu, anak dia yang paling gede masuk SMP, dan karena udah SMP jadi lebih "bisa" di lepas lah. Masuk lah dia ke SMP yang lumayan bagus, dan dia bener2 se seneng itu karena punya temen yang se frekuensi--nontonnya sama, mainnya sama, gaul nya sama, dsb. Dan si keponakan gua ini jago bahasa inggris, sampe dia ini mau dikirim ke Malaysia buat ikut lomba sm sekolahnya.

Bini gua udah takut kakaknya ini being so useless sampe ga bisa ngurus anaknya bikin paspor dan segala macemnya (anaknya blm pernah ke luar negeri). Ya gua coba positive thinking aja gua bilang ke bini kalo rasanya gak mungkin lah kalo sampe gak diurusin. Bini gua cuma bilang kalo kakaknya ini beneran bisa se males itu.

Dan yak bener aja, sekarang udah Juli, dan gak berangkat. Suaminya nggak bisa nemenin karena kerjaannya lagi super sibuk + pemulihan post op. Dan si kakaknya bini gua ini gak ngapa2in, diem aja.

Gua jujur kasian banget lihat keponakan gua itu. Sekarang ada perasaan nyesel kenapa nggak gua bantuin. Kesempatan ke luar negeri dia hilang cuma gara2 ibunya pemalas.

Jujur rasanya pengen teriak ke muka dia gini:

Sambil teriak \"KASIAN ANAK LU ******!!!!!!!!!!!!\"

Were you believe it in some point of your life? And what made you change your mind?

I've been watching the anime and now at eps 11.

I feel like there are lot of stuff that had to be cut from LN/Manga. The first 7 eps were fine but I feel like after that I feel there is a change of pace, like they are trying to put lot of events in one episode.

I do really like the story, but I got the hunch that maybe it was planned to be two seasons but after eps 7 they decided to put all of them in the remaining episodes.

Am I the only one?

So I noticed a very strange thing on my car. Right after I've replaced the AC system (all of them minus the condenser because it is still good), I tested it and all good. I didn't take it too far though.

The next day, to my surprise the expansion tank cap was loose. I think my dumbass forgot to tighten the cap. As expected it was a bit mess around the tank, and I noticed the pattern it might be burst out when the car is at operating temp, since I can see "burst" pattern on the bottom of my bonnet. When I open the cap (car sat overnight), I can hear like a gurgling noise. It is more like the noise you can hear from water pipe inside your house. But tbf I don't know if the sound from my car or from my kitchen. The timing is just very precise that the sound happened right after I open the cap.

under the bonnet

around the tank

Thankfully I didn't drive the car too far, and while I lose some coolant, I still have enough left. The car wasn't overheat as well yesterday. I was quite sure that I just need to top it back up to max level, so I did.

This morning I drove the car to work. The car was significantly smoother, but I guess that's from a new compressor. However I cannot hear the aux fan kicking, but the car does not overheat. I look at Test #7 from the hidden menu, and I saw these:

• The operating temp stays at 90°C. At traffic jam it rose up to 92°C, and at this time I can hear the aux fan (Before it was 97°C - 99°C, I've own this car for 7 years and it's always around 97-99°C). I did not change anything related to cooling system.
• The AC stays cool, whether at traffic jam or not.
• When I parked, I stay idle a bit long and the temperature rose to 93°C. Weirdly right after I turn off the engine the temperature dropped to 90°C. And when I turn it to acc, it back up to 93°C.
• I live in Indonesia and it is very hot and humid. This morning when I drove the car, the temp was around 30°C with ~80% of humidity.

Now I am worry about this abnormality, fearing it might cause something bad in the future. I have several questions regarding this issue:

1. Is this normal? What can cause a temperature drop by 5°C while I did not do anything about the cooling system?
2. Maybe my temperature sensor is at fault? But there is no error code regarding this

Any insight will be appreciated, thank you guys!

So I noticed a very strange thing on my car. Right after I've replaced the AC system (all of them minus the condenser because it is still good), I tested it and all good. I didn't take it too far though.

The next day, to my surprise the expansion tank cap was loose. I think my dumbass forgot to tighten the cap. As expected it was a bit mess around the tank, and I noticed the pattern it might be burst out when the car is at operating temp, since I can see "burst" pattern on the bottom of my bonnet. When I open the cap (car sat overnight), I can hear like a gurgling noise. It is more like the noise you can hear from water pipe inside your house. But tbf I don't know if the sound from my car or from my kitchen. The timing is just very precise that the sound happened right after I open the cap.

under the bonnet

mess around the tank

Thankfully I didn't drive the car too far, and while I lose some coolant, I still have enough left. The car wasn't overheat as well yesterday. I was quite sure that I just need to top it back up to max level, so I did.

This morning I drove the car to work. The car was significantly smoother, but I guess that's from a new compressor. However I cannot hear the aux fan kicking, but the car does not overheat. I look at Test #7 from the hidden menu, and I saw these:

• The operating temp stays at 90°C. At traffic jam it rose up to 92°C, and at this time I can hear the aux fan (Before it was 97°C - 99°C, I've own this car for 7 years and it's always around 97-99°C). I did not change anything related to cooling system.
• The AC stays cool, whether at traffic jam or not.
• When I parked, I stay idle a bit long and the temperature rose to 93°C. Weirdly right after I turn off the engine the temperature dropped to 90°C. And when I turn it to acc, it back up to 93°C.
• I live in Indonesia and it is very hot and humid. This morning when I drove the car, the temp was around 30°C with ~80% of humidity.

Now I am worry about this abnormality, fearing it might cause something bad in the future. I have several questions regarding this issue:

1. Is this normal? What can cause a temperature drop by 5°C while I did not do anything about the cooling system?
2. Maybe my temperature sensor is at fault? But there is no error code regarding this

Any insight will be appreciated, thank you guys!

I watched some Japanese movies and animes and there are lot of scenes where someone confess to their crush first even before the "friends" stage. It got me a bit curious because some of them accepted it and basically saying that they are going to know each other after confession.

Is it really like that in real life?

Lagi rajin nonton banyak anime dan yaa biasa klise lah, banyak anime yang premisnya teman masa kecil. Ada yang keep in touch sampe dewasa, ada juga yang lost contact karena salah satu dari mereka pergi. Yang lost contact ini sebagian ada yang masih inget, dan ada juga yang salah satu pihak (cowo/cewe nya) lupa.

Apakah kalian punya temen masa kecil? Masih in touch kah sampe sekarang?

Kalo udah lost contact, what was your best experience with them? And have you tried to look for them, maybe online?

You may as well use this thread to find them. Siapa tahu temen kecil kalian ada yg baca ini wkwk.

Intinya gua lg ada uang dingin 600USD. Tapi sayangnya bentuk cash.

In this economy, jujur bingung mau diapain.

- apakah lebih baik di setor ke rek USD terus disimpan? (Btw rek USD gua Jenius, bisa setor cash ga ya?)

- atau kalau di invest, lebih baik dimasukin ke mana ya? (Btw blm pernah invest bentuk saham/sbn/dll

- atau biarin aja bentuk cash gitu?

Thank you r/finansial !

Continuation from this post

TLDR:

1. AC stops blowing cold air. I checked the extra fan, and it wasn't working.
2. I unplugged the connector to temp sensor on lower rad hose, the extra fan is running. But the AC still not cold.
3. I drove it back home, and after an hour or so, I took it to the shop. This time, all power windows aren't working (it was fine before)
4. At the shop, power window are now working fine. Shop checked the refrigerant and it is empty.
5. When they are going to recharge the AC system, temperature gauge went immediately to the red area (car is off) with key in pos 2. Limp mode and EML lights are on.
6. I told them to recharge it anyway to test, and the AC still not blowing cold air.
7. I charged the battery. Before it had 92% SoH, 12.3v, and 77% SoC. I charged it and it now have 100% SoH, 12.4v, and 81% SoC. However, the problem still present.

Today the shop sent me this:

DME

https://preview.redd.it/sew0elh4i05h1.png?width=518&format=png&auto=webp&s=bcfb87f943c4f4be2d09078e7609bbeb82ec3da0

EGS and ABS

https://preview.redd.it/6afyp965i05h1.png?width=403&format=png&auto=webp&s=a4e0728a4b29b3146a25702365f327de7a6b5014

Instrument Cluster and IHKA

https://preview.redd.it/dii3z6y5i05h1.png?width=416&format=png&auto=webp&s=a25a650620703e3da1553a72da5410bfec6c75ea

It seems that now I have connection issue between modules. How is this possible?

Now the shop is checking the wires, but what could cause this?

Failing module? or bad connection between modules?

Continuation from this post

TLDR:

1. AC stops blowing cold air. I checked the extra fan, and it wasn't working.
2. I unplugged the connector to temp sensor on lower rad hose, the extra fan is running. However AC still not cold.
3. I drove it back home, and after an hour or so, I took it to the shop. This time, all power windows aren't working (it was fine before)
4. At the shop, power window are now working fine. Shop checked the refrigerant and it is empty.
5. When they are going to recharge the AC system, temperature gauge went immediately to the red area (car is off) with key in pos 2. Limp mode and EML lights are on.
6. I told them to recharge it anyway to test, and the AC still not blowing cold air.
7. I charged the battery. Before it had 92% SoH, 12.3v, and 77% SoC. I charged it and it now have 100% SoH, 12.4v, and 81% SoC. However, the problem still present.

Today the shop sent me this:

DME

EGS and ABS

Instrument Cluster and IHKA

It seems that now I have connection issue between modules. How is this possible?

Now the shop is checking the wires, but what could cause this?

Failing module? or bad connection between modules?

Sorry if I posted this in a wrong sub.

Some animes like My Dress Up Darling, Initial D, Bocchi the Rock!, etc. uses real-life location name. E.g. My Dress Up Darling often goes to Ikebukuro, Initial D took places in various mountainous area in Kanto and Chubu, and Bocchi the Rock took place in Shimo-Kitazawa and its surroundings.

All these animes above shows where the scene took place, whether it is discussed, or a panning shot outside a train station--in which all the locations uses its real name.

However, some animes uses parody of some locations, or make a whole new one based on a real-life location. E.g. in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, they live in Oborozuka which is a fictional town based on Koshigaya City in Saitama. Or like Blue Box that doesn't specify the city where they live but we know that the city is heavily inspired by Tokyo's suburbs.

Iirc I've watched an anime that shows "Imubukuro" Station instead of Ikebukuro, but I couldn't remember what anime.

I can understand that all animes rarely use real-life company name (like JR, Tokyo Metro, etc) due to copyrights, but Idk, does city names has copyrights as well?

I believe if all animes uses real-life location name, it would boost the tourism in that area, am I right?

This morning my AC was blowing... just air. When I drive, the AC was a bit cold but not cold enough to considered as "normal". But when I stopped at the intersection, it's only blows air. I drove up to operating temp, but still no improvement. The temp gauge, however, stays at 12 o'clock.

Then I realize that the car is surprisingly quiet. I suspect the fan isn't working--which explains why the AC doesn't work as intended. Pulled over and check the aux fan just to found out that my suspicion was right, the aux fan isn't working.

I unplugged the connector behind the bumper, then I plug it back--no luck

Then I unplugged the connector to the temp sensor on the lower radiator hose, the aux fan starts. By unplugged the sensor, it should run in full speed. This, however, isn't as loud as it should be. Nevertheless, at least I can drive it home safely.

To my surprise, AC still doesn't work normally, even with aux fan running (with temp sensor unplugged)

Therefore I have several questions:

1. I thought the AC will work normally as long as the aux fan running?
2. Is it maybe my aux fan is failing so it maybe couldn't send correct data for AC to kick in?
3. Or is it maybe just failing temp sensor? (I had this issue years ago but the AC still works normally, it's just the aux fan running at full speed at all time)

Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

EDIT: I brought my car to the shop, and they said that all the power windows aren't working. Which is very weird since they were fine this morning. Maybe I'm having electrical issues? Any way to check this?

EDIT 2: They found that refrigerant is empty. Which is weird because I replaced the AC compressor oil last month (which replaced the entire refrigerant in the process). So I guess there's a leak somewhere. However, the shop found that the engine temperature switch is faulty. Does the engine temp switch could cause the refrigerant to be empty? I know that the AC will get hot if the car is overheating, maybe the car thinks that my car is overheating because of faulty engine temp switch?