Archive for October, 2008
No, I am not taking some diet pills. Rather, I’m 5 pounds lighter since joining the current company. Honestly, I’m a little bit delighted for losing this much without a sweat. If I just have enough rest and sufficient food intake, I could gain weight in just a few days. If subjected to stress, I [...]
Since I came to Japan, I seldom see insects. So, there’s no need for us to buy spider traps, mosquito nets, or insecticides. There’s no more need to refrigerate almost every leftover because I haven’t seen a single ant here. I can just leave the food in the table without any cover on because not [...]
I do have a coin purse. But when I’m in a hurry, I just shove the coins into my pocket. Last night, my train ticket and some coins were in my pocket. When I took out my train ticket, I’m pretty sure a 100-yen coin fell down. It was so silent inside the train so [...]
I thought that the transfer to the new company would give me more opportunity to blog. But I was wrong. Accessing my blog is not problem but, we’ve been very busy since the first day. And, I’ve been constantly working overtime. I can access my blog alright, but I’m not comfortable with that old guy [...]
No, I am not going to talk about elections. Many TV commercials I see on the television here in Japan are of different insurance companies. Many of the Japanese I know say that the senior citizens here are living a very good life because they had a very good social security system. But they’re a [...]
It has finally started and I have to get used to waking up at 6:30AM, squeeze into packed trains, and travel for more than two hours to and fro. But yesterday, I’ve faced more than one “luck” and I admit that everything was my fault. I was supposed to prepare 3 pictures for my ID [...]
