Archive for July, 2007
When you don’t trust someone who’s very close to you… what are you going to do to satisfy your doubt? Option 1: Pretend that you’re someone else and reveal your true identity until you find what you’re looking for? Option 2: Keep on asking the person directly? Option 1 is more effective but whether that [...]
When I arrived here last year, the Yen was around 0.44 against Philippine Peso. After 6 months, it went down to 0.38, and in the last few weeks, it even went down to as low as 0.3530! Does this mean that the Philippine economy is doing well? Mmmm… I couldn’t help but be sad about [...]
Summer is really the festival season here in Japan, and this candle lighting at Minoh City is one of them. I think it’s the Festival of the Fire and Drum? Since this festival mainly includes candle lighting, it starts at 7PM and ends exactly at 9PM, starting today. I’m sorry I don’t know until when. [...]
This blue bicycle facing the camera is my bike and it turned a year old today! I bought it 3 days after my arrival here in Osaka. I had to buy one because the train station is about 20-minute walk from our apartment and the supermarkets are a bit far from here. Unlike in the [...]
Usually, big enterprises rely on the TV to promote their products, while the smaller ones rely on the newspapers. But here in Japan, both huge and small companies give away stuffs to advertise their products and services. Commonly, these are small packs of facial tissues. But on summer, they give away small things that people [...]
I might have grown up in a tropical country but summer here in Japan is I think, hotter than that of the Philippines. Back there, I could still wear long sleeves to work (even in Manila) without worrying about an ugly sight when I raise my arms! At least in there you could still feel [...]
Bad things happen to stupid people… My stupidity had once again cost me half a day. I think I had mentioned before that everyday, I have to travel for about 1.5-2hours (one way) to work, including 2 train transfers and waiting time, and that I have to carry two different train tickets. I was already [...]
It’s been a year since I left my little angel crying while I gathered all my strength not to do the same, or much worse, call the company that I’m staying in the Philippines! Alright, I’m terribly homesick that if I dwell on it, I think I would not survive another day. So what did [...]
The Boy and the tutor met again …Tutor: How do you say this equation in English:((10+6)*8-40)/11= ?Boy: Ten plus six is sixteen times eight is one hundred and twenty-eight minus forty is eighty-eight divided by eleven is eight.Tutor:Wow! That was fast! Boy: It’s very easy because I studied abacus. Tutor: (Great.. I guess I have [...]
Many of you might have heard of this already but this is just so great and I just couldn’t be passive of any good news. This picture shows some inmates at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) while they’re performing a dance number. They are really amazing! They did Michael Jackson’s Thriller and [...]
“Unang Lakang: Pindota ang “ Tanaw sa akong address Book para sa mga Kontak” buton o kapihon ug ipatapot ang email sa imong mga sungko dinhi sa kahon sa ubos.”* Even the Cebuanos/Bisaya like me, reading the above sentence is very difficult. Plus, the words sound weird and funny. ^-^ I found this tongue twister [...]
It’s already dark when we left the office so the temperature had dropped below 30C. And the wind was a bit blowing, too! But that cool feeling was replaced by a suffocating, very hot train ride with a JR local train! I had no idea what was happening but it felt like turning on the [...]
