Okay so its nice cause work is starting to slow down and with the new hires starting next week I will be able to actually have some time to really focus. It was really nice to have today off, so after school I came home watched Charlie's War then because it was a nice day I walked to the park and enjoyed a smoothy.
There is this website that I found . . . I will send it to you if you want it . . . where it gives you the links to movies that have been uploaded to websites that host videos, like google video, megaupload, and a lot of various Chinese sites. I have watched a lot of movies, when I have had time, that will not be in Japan any time soon or are old favs that I do not want to rent. Its pretty cool, but then again quality is sometimes an issue. Especially with stuff shot on a camcorder.
Also A lot of people asked if I was dead sinc eI had not updated this thing in forever and know that I have updated no one ever leaves a comment. Erin gets tons of comments on her blog . . . where are mine?????
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
What is Japan like
I get that question a lot so here are some news article that pretty much sums it up!!!!
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/news/20080428p2g00m0dm003000c.html
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080428p2a00m0na025000c.html
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080428p2a00m0na006000c.html
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080428p2a00m0na005000c.html
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080424p2a00m0na007000c.html
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080426p2a00m0et025000c.html
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/news/20080428p2g00m0dm003000c.html
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080428p2a00m0na025000c.html
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080428p2a00m0na006000c.html
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080428p2a00m0na005000c.html
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080424p2a00m0na007000c.html
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080426p2a00m0et025000c.html
Saturday, April 26, 2008
MAD!!!
I saw this today and it makes me so mad.
http://www.breitbart.tv/html/84523.html
I guess one part of Tokyo that a lot of people do not see or hear about is how many homeless people there are in TOkyo. You see them in parks or sleeping or stations in cardboard box houses and there aren't really any charities, soup kitchens or shelters for them to stay in.
http://www.breitbart.tv/html/84523.html
I guess one part of Tokyo that a lot of people do not see or hear about is how many homeless people there are in TOkyo. You see them in parks or sleeping or stations in cardboard box houses and there aren't really any charities, soup kitchens or shelters for them to stay in.
I'm ALIVE!!!!!
I know can you believe it I finally updated my blog!!!! At first I did not do it cause I was begin lazy but then work started getting really busy because the English school I am at is growing really fast and I had to start working more hours a week. Then the semester started and I have been really bogged down.
Okay now enough with my lame excuses. So I went to Nagoya a while ago with Arokokai (walking club) it was a lot of fun. I went to Nagoya castle and we traveled about an hour from Nagoya to go to a really famous shrine called Ise Shrine. They rebuild the whole shrine every 20 years. Nagoya is also really famous for some of its food and it was really delicious. Overall it was nice to go to Nagoya and just have fun. I did not take the shinkansen (bullet train) back because I wanted to save money so some of us rode the local trains all the way back to Tokyo. It took us about 8 to 9 hours, where as the bullet train is only an hour. But, hey I saved like $80 and it was a lot of fun. I also got to see a lot of Japan.
Work has been picking up. Because of this Mr. Kotaki wants to hire 2 new English teachers to teach the course that I developed and offer. He placed the ad and I have been looking at resumes and have interviewed 4 people for the job so far. I have asked him to hire two of the candidates and I hope they accept the position. One of the people I interviewed was 52 and he seemed to have a problem with someone who looks like they are 25 interviewing him. There was no way I would of hired him after he swore like 5 times and started dropping the N word.
The funny apart about the whole hiring process is that Mr. Kotaki is so disorganized. He often forgets to tell me that I have classes schedule or if people are coming or to give me the appropriate material I need for my classes. Both he and I are very lucky that I am able to do a lot of the work on the fly and able to teach at a moments noticed. He asked me if I wouldn’t mind staying fulltime after the semester and he would be my visa sponsor and help Erin and I relocate to Tokyo, but I had to turn him down. But, back to what I wanted to get to. So I had to write different kinds of email responses for him so he could invite people for interviews, tell then they did not get the position or that they were hired. He does not seem very confident in his English despite the fact that he owns an English school and teaches the subject. I think that is part of the reason why he wanted me to do the interviews.
So, the cherry blossom were in bloom but they have pretty much all fallen. You can seem then in some of the picture I took in Nagoya. I am slowly uploading pictures and have most of the ones from my second trip to Kamakura with Mike up. I will post when I get them all up.
I was planning on going to Hiroshima in a couple of weeks, but I am not able to get the time off from work cause how busy we are. However, I am planning on going to Nikko, maybe Fuji Rock Festival and climb Mt. Fuji before returning. These are the things I REALLY want to do before I return and have made it a priority to do them. I will not be able to get to Kyoto and Nara because of time and money constraints, but I feel like I have seen a lot of Japan especially parts that the average person does not see.
Okay well I will try and do better and update the blog . . . no excuses.
Okay now enough with my lame excuses. So I went to Nagoya a while ago with Arokokai (walking club) it was a lot of fun. I went to Nagoya castle and we traveled about an hour from Nagoya to go to a really famous shrine called Ise Shrine. They rebuild the whole shrine every 20 years. Nagoya is also really famous for some of its food and it was really delicious. Overall it was nice to go to Nagoya and just have fun. I did not take the shinkansen (bullet train) back because I wanted to save money so some of us rode the local trains all the way back to Tokyo. It took us about 8 to 9 hours, where as the bullet train is only an hour. But, hey I saved like $80 and it was a lot of fun. I also got to see a lot of Japan.
Work has been picking up. Because of this Mr. Kotaki wants to hire 2 new English teachers to teach the course that I developed and offer. He placed the ad and I have been looking at resumes and have interviewed 4 people for the job so far. I have asked him to hire two of the candidates and I hope they accept the position. One of the people I interviewed was 52 and he seemed to have a problem with someone who looks like they are 25 interviewing him. There was no way I would of hired him after he swore like 5 times and started dropping the N word.
The funny apart about the whole hiring process is that Mr. Kotaki is so disorganized. He often forgets to tell me that I have classes schedule or if people are coming or to give me the appropriate material I need for my classes. Both he and I are very lucky that I am able to do a lot of the work on the fly and able to teach at a moments noticed. He asked me if I wouldn’t mind staying fulltime after the semester and he would be my visa sponsor and help Erin and I relocate to Tokyo, but I had to turn him down. But, back to what I wanted to get to. So I had to write different kinds of email responses for him so he could invite people for interviews, tell then they did not get the position or that they were hired. He does not seem very confident in his English despite the fact that he owns an English school and teaches the subject. I think that is part of the reason why he wanted me to do the interviews.
So, the cherry blossom were in bloom but they have pretty much all fallen. You can seem then in some of the picture I took in Nagoya. I am slowly uploading pictures and have most of the ones from my second trip to Kamakura with Mike up. I will post when I get them all up.
I was planning on going to Hiroshima in a couple of weeks, but I am not able to get the time off from work cause how busy we are. However, I am planning on going to Nikko, maybe Fuji Rock Festival and climb Mt. Fuji before returning. These are the things I REALLY want to do before I return and have made it a priority to do them. I will not be able to get to Kyoto and Nara because of time and money constraints, but I feel like I have seen a lot of Japan especially parts that the average person does not see.
Okay well I will try and do better and update the blog . . . no excuses.
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