Look, Look what I got!!!

Fri, 7 December 2007

My cellular phone was more than 3 years old but didn't replace it because I like a cellular phone that is a "straight bar type" They haven't released anything like that for three years so I waited. From this month, they released something I wanted. It cost me a lot. 45000 Yen = US$404 = 276 Euros. Well, we don't have an iPhone here in Japan but I am okay with it because I feel this is so much better. This is from the "AU Design project" like the previous one I had. The concept for this new cell phone is "As if it is the melted candy in the mouth" I like how it feels against me but I don't rub it like I usually do every morning on something else. This phone comes with a debit card feature so if you have some credit on this cellular phone and put the phone over the ticket gate at the train station, the credit will be deducted from the phone and you don't have to buy a ticket. You can also buy things at convenience stores. But since I always have this "What if I lost my phone?", i don't have a lot of credit :-) Also, it has the 2.8Mbps internet connection with "PC Viewer" so that I can browse the internet with this phone without any stress. It has a camera but every one does recently. And and, it comes with a digital TV and an FM radio!!! I am sure some of you know I don't have a TV in my apartment. Now I do have a TV. I tried it and it looks pretty cool. In this photo, I was watching the national public television's TV show. Yay now I have a TV. :-) Though since I don't watch the TV much, I just use it when I am very bored. :-) Best thing about this cellular phone is the vibration is so strong and if you receive a call and have this phone in your pocket, it's like "oh, don't stop!" :-) if you know what I mean. Okay, my "mom, look look what I got!" moment is over. Thank you :) You have a fantastique weekend I have to work this weekend. damn it

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I get a bonus point for behaving well :-)

Wed, 4 April 2007

So I went to the clinic and had my knee problem observed today. No problem knee-wise so far as I will get an MRI thingy tomorrow. But it occurred to me I once read the article that Japanese get the most amount of exposure to the X-ray radiation for lifetime. The research (in that article) also mentioned 3.5% of the Japanese cancer patients happened to have cancer due to too much X-ray radiation. True. We tend to get X-rayed so easily. Yesterday, I got 6 shots on my knee and right foot. It's always good to be healthy and it's always good not to have any need to get X-ray taken. But I had to go through that yesterday. Right now, I am not worried about the radiation exposure even though I may have had X-rays a lot like other Japanese. The thing was the orthopedic surgeon yesterday who touched my leg and foot was the hottest doctor I have ever seen! That was the first time ever when I thanked for my knee problem. By the way, while he had to touch my knee, thigh, and foot for legitimate purposes, I had to undo my pants for easy access :-). I am so glad I wore the non-agressive type of underwear today. And Shigeki Jr. behaved well during the thing. :-) Okay, I don't think I can ever become a pure innocent person like I used to be... but I had to have something to look forward to. :-) The hot doctor made my day pretty :-) You have a pretty day!

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I like it hard (for a particular thing).

Thu, 8 March 2007

Finally, Japan has started selling my favorite sparking water on this planet. Gerolsteiner from Germany! This sparkling water is "very hard" 1400mg/L. Even though it's very hard (blush), it doesn't taste like it has a lot of mineral. I believe this is accomodated because it has fine bubbles :-) Water Hardness is determined by how much mineral there is per liter according to WHO. FYI, Evian's hardness is 291, Contrex's is 1500 while Volvic's is 60. So you can understand how hard my favorite sparkling water is. The harder, the better? Well, yes on a totally different topic I would love to elaborate but it doesn't mean the harder, the better in water. I prefer hard water when I drink though. Japan has relatively soft water. The best water considered in Japan is in Kyoto and it's ridiculously soft. (the 4th slide) Soft water is good for fixing Japnaese green tea, steaming rice (sticky kind), and Japanese soup stock (Dashi). Hard water is considered good for fixing/boiling meat, pasta and more mineral to consume after workout of course. Please look at the chart I have here. You can see how soft water in Kyoto is. If you are wondering how soft/hard your water is, you could probably ask your waterworks department. An Italian chef told me once it is very difficult to boil pasta with Kyoto water and doesn't turn out the way he wants so he boils it with mineral water. When I lived in Amsterdam, I had to attach the water softner to my shower because the harder water, the less soap foam and the harder to rinse. So when I distributed beef and chicken up in the air and got assigned to a flight to Tokyo, I was really happy and enjoyed my bathing time back home :-) (Really. Have you ever noticed if you ever made a trip to somewhere where offers harder water and you don't get a lot of soap foam even though you are trying hard?) So when I go to Europe, I have to pack a different kind of soap for better cleansing.... that's a drawback about Europe for me. If your city provides hard water, and if you want to fix something Japanese, I'd suggest you to go get soft water (Volvic) and observe the difference :-) Have I mentioned I am a nerd?

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The real truth is...

Tue, 11 July 2006

This article got my attention this morning when I was reading a newspaper. Japan Expo is held in Paris right now. To be honest, I really would like them to change the name of the expo as it's not about Japan. It's about Anime (Japanese Cartoons). You see, there are people who dress like those Anime characters and go there. I know there are people like that here in Japan, too. Some of them are definitely freaks unique. The word, "Otaku", which is a nerd or Anime nerd or whatever you wanna call it has been widely known outside of Japan. Anyway, it occrred to me when someone asks me what I do for living, I try to make it sound worse than it really is. "I do something so nerdy that you could vomit". The reason why I say this is because I used to be allergic to computers. Back in college, many friends around me were computer students and I used to make fun of them. They don't like to be outside. They don't play any sports. They don't care for what they wear. I was seriously worried that they might melt if they were exposed to the sunlight for more than 30 minutes. But they were very good friends so they knew I didn't say it in a hateful way. I didn't expect I'd become one of them though...When you think of nerds, you can never possibly imagine there are many musculine delish hunks. I think it's too judgemental. I am sure there are more hotties in this computer field than you think there are. Don't be too judgemental. So I just looked around me right now and tried to find one hottie. Okay...I soooo take that back. I guess it's safe to say there are less hotties in this field especially programmers than the fashion retailing field. And I must be one of those nerds... sigh... You have a wonderful day!

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A tool to make Japanese confident.

Thu, 25 May 2006

Yes, it's the pay day today. :-) Nothing fancy but since I got some extra, I thought I'd abuse my wallet a little bit. I bought this geeky stuff. An electronic dictionary. If you click the photo, the whole thing will appear. This dictionary is great becasue it's got English-Japanese, Japanese-English, English-English, Thesaurus, English-French, French-English, French-French, and other dictionaries. 17 dictionaries on this small thing. This dictionary's got the voice. It speaks expressions indicated on the display. Electronic dictionaries are essential for people who work for a foreign company. I saw a lot of colleagues with this thing. Why? I am not sure but it's safe to say we, Japanese, have this reputation that we are not good at foreign languages. I am sure there are many who are good at speaking them. But it's no surprise we suck at speaking foreign languages including English. There are reasons for it. I am not a linguist so I will keep it short. 1. an island country. 2. Japanese language is nowhere close to other languages (well, Korean might be close but), 3. English learning system here is not the greatest compared to northern European countries'. I am no exception. I too had struggled from learning English for a long time. I think confidence is another issue, too. Since we are afraid of making mistakes, we can never be good. However, this electronic dictionary gives us confidence. We can feel ease with this. If we went to another country without the electronic dictionary, we'd be uncomfy. Okay, that's exagerrating a little bit but you know what I mean. Of course, the first thing I did is to look up dirty words like every high school kid would do, and made it speak. :-) I love when this French guy in my dictionary says "What the fuc* is he doing here?" in French. Speak dirty to me... okie, I am having fun with this. Only if there was a real French person to speak things to me closely. :-) Until then, this is a good substitute. YOu have a fantastic day/night!

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I am very primitive right now...

Wed, 3 May 2006

I am doing something very primitive right now... I am so sad. It's the first day of the holiday and all I did was getting boozed, getting frustrated with this, and got boozed again. I think I am ready to go to bed even though it's not 11p.m. yet. I am so sad. :-( On the other hand, you should enjoy your hump day! Good night! Please click the photo if you can't read it well as usual. :-)

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Memory Loss Problem

Mon, 20 February 2006

I am not sure if I can explain this well in English but I will try. Internet is awesome. You already know that. You can look up anything. However, there is too much information in this world due to this. Do you sometimes run into "Where am I? What was I doing?" syndrome because of the Internet? I frequently do. I start to read one article and decide to read the second one on a different page after reading the first one. I finish reading the first article without problems but while reading it, some words or phrases in the first article interest me. So I research on them instead of reading the second one. While reading about the words I was interested in, I get e-mail from a friend. I rapidly finish reading the info I became interested in and retrieve the e-mail I received. Then, in that e-mail message, there are some words I don't understand so I google them. Sometimes, on a way to get to the results of the words I was going to look for, I get distracted by a half naked guy with great pecs on the side, and I want to know more about this gorgeous guy so I google about him. By the time I come to this point, I totally forget what I was going to do originally after reading the very first article. Then, I ask myself "Okay, where was I? What was I doing?". Even if I get back to the point where I was at, I already loose interest in reading the second article. I unconsciously think the half naked gorgeous guy is now more important than citric acid cycle... ....and I move onto the article about how to get great pecs. Internet is great anyway... Happy Internet Surfing w/o too much distraction. (^0^)V

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Not recommended :-(

Fri, 17 February 2006

I have been super busy lately... I missed another post yesterday.... damn. Anyway, when I was doing troubleshooting at work on behalf of a geek who is on vacation, I came up with this idea. Because I hate dealing with network stuff at work as it's not my job... I'd love to try this but I shouldn't.... It's been a while since I created a flash presenation last time. This is not a brilliant one but I hope you enjoy some computer "geekiness". Happy weekend! Don't work hard!

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I don't believe in good karma

Tue, 14 February 2006

This is not a nice title to use on this happy day. Today, I wanted to cry so hard. It's not because "Oh, Jesus, this is the first boyfriend-less year in the last 10 years on St Valentine's day" I am so fine to be single. No, I am not gonna shoot any ridiculously happy looking couples on this particular day. I realized whenever I do something nice to someone, something horrible happens to me. 2 years ago in Stockholm, two gentlemen from Japan were lost and didn't know how to get to their hotel from the airport. Coincidentally, I was going to the same hotel. So I went there with them and even translated every single thing of what they wanted to say at the front desk. On the same day, I got mugged.... my VAIO got stolen, too... 1 year ago, I helped a sick woman who passed out at the station and called an ambulance. On the very same day, I broke my thumb.. There are more I could list but I should stop before I bore you to death. Though, today, I was asked by this person to help his niece in MA, U.S.A. for her project at school. She is a fourth grader and wanted information about Tokyo so I did the best for her project. It was 2 page long. In the afternoon, I accidentally spilled a half bottle of water onto my 2 year old VAIO which I bought as a replacement of the stolen one... Of course, it never started .... It's all my fault... but .... My pretty VAIO laptop.... My geeky valentine (a.k.a. my VAIO), stay little valentine stay... Obviously, it didn't. I literally sang it by watching the soaked VAIO. I am not going to do anything nice to someone for awhile... On the bright side, I now have an excuse to buy a new laptop. :) I wish you a happy Valentine's day for me though.

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some sort of telepathy indeed...

Thu, 9 February 2006

I am posting this from the train. WIN card rocks!!! I think it was the first time ever I missed blogging on a weekday.... I was super busy yesterday... ugh.... Anyway, I have a visitor from Europe. He is a security leader over there. Since I work in the same field, we got along very well. Besides, he is very cute. I am SO going to Czech next time... We had lunch and the topic was all about Internet. That was damn good geeky lunch. Then, it hit me. I already mentioned this but I cannot live without internet. Am I addicted to it? I probably am. But if I lost an internet connection, I wouldn't slash my wrist. Somehow, I had three unusual episodes through my blog in one week recently. No details, here. But let's just say I was a little surprised to find out some are not happy with me.I am guessing anonymity plays the major role. Meaning, some of us may not act on internet like they usually do in their real lives. Like I never say something filthy at work or to friends even if I do that at a filthy cruising place.... Unfortunatley(?), since close friends of mine keep visiting, I cannot be something I am not here on this blog. :) Ergo, I wanted to know more about how internet affects people psychologically. I am sure there is something special about it but I don't really know anything about it regardless of myself working as a security administrator. Before becoming too hesitant to keep blogging and terminate my blog, I decided to research a little bit on something. I ordered The Psychology of The Internet. Wow...I had never seen this coming considering I disliked General Psych in college... Now, I hope this will help me get better prepared for unpleasant interaction over internet. So here's my say for today. I want world peace.Anyway, thanks for visiting my site as always and you have a fantabulous day with Internet!

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Hesitant word

Fri, 11 November 2005

I was at this Mormon Family when I was an exchange student in Portland, OR. I went to this Mennonite College in Kansas, U.S.A. for the first two years of college. Which means, I couldn't even say "OH MY GOD" I was told I had to say "OH MY GOSH". I wasn't really used to dirty words and cussing but I am now. :-) Earlier today at work, I had to call the headquarters. I had to talk with them about FAX system specifically. It would be easier for me to describe things in a written format. However, I had to talk to them about it as it was urgent. FYI, I feel really anxious when I have to say the word "Fax". I could go for facsimile but the first vowel is still "u" if I say it in a Japanese way. As a result, my pronounciation for FAX is so unnatrual. During the whole conversation, I had to take SUPER extra caution that I pronounced it right. By the way, the way we pronounce "Fax" here in Japan in Japanese is like "fux". If I pronounce it in a Japanese way, I go I think I need to know if I can FUX after the cluster node is migrated to the other... That's not good.... I am absolutely certain I did alright without pissing off the executives over there in the States but I don't like this word... Yes, English is always a foreign language for me forever. I can never get used to it.

By the by, each airport has a three letter abbereviation. New Tokyo International Airport = NRT, Kuala Lumpur = KUL, Newark = EWR. On Kyushu Island (it's the big island located in the western part of Japan), the largest city in that region is Fukuoka. The three letter code for that airport is FUK obviously... huh... You have a in-fucking-credible weekend!!!

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Not really organized....

Sat, 29 October 2005

So, it's Saturday. I got majorly drunk last night (3 glasses of Shochu which is a clear distilled liquor, a half bottle of Champagne, several glasses of wine... I don't remember the rest...) When I got up this morning, I realized I went to his place instead of going back to mine. Did we do the thing in bed?? I really don't remember... I rarely forget things when I am drunk but..... I attacked the non-friend of mine, the Eastern European, verbally. That was not nice of me. Howevver, I think it was a fun night as my stomach hurts from muscular pain which was I assume caused by frequent laughs. Now, I am here at work. Oh fudging well... I don't have anything interesting to report, I thought I'd upload this. The photo is the computer display of mine in the office. I have several terminal services (It's like you can manipulate servers virtually from your own PC), and other applications. If you click the photo, you get to see what I have on my desktop. I guess some might be interested in seeing this as a voyerism part of you would interest you. Unfortunately, I don't have anything naughty as this is a work PC. :-) I create an original wallpaper every month but that's about it. It would be interesting to see everybody's desktop :-) Better yet, everybody's Bookmarks. :-) Anyway, you have a happy weekend! So will I when I get out of here!

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Intoxicating Smell.

Thu, 27 October 2005

Little break right now.... So, I am here at the library and try to do things I am supposed to do. I used to come to the library quite a lot when I was a high school student as Internet was not widely available back then, this was a great place to get info about "homo" and all the things I couldn't really ask my parents and priests. Is it just me? I find a library extremely naughty. The smell of books is intoxicating and the unusual quiet in the middle of Tokyo is very uncommon. And, you get to pass by cute guys in the hallway by giving a weird unusual subtle but not obvious cruising look. I get slightly hornier when I am here. Okay,, so that's given. Okay, I am officially a weirdo. Anyway, my brain is full and it's my break now.... Everybody is entitled to dream dreams. They can be bizarre but that's so alright, sin't it? Some dreams I currently have are...
1. I so want to be so cool and pretty like Sun from TV Show Lost.
2. I want world peace.
3. I want to be able to read "The little prince" in French.
4. I want to become.....???
I've been sacrificing my valuable work out time for the dream #4. I might get fatter but that's not my concern....at the moment. It will be another three weeks so it's too soon to tell the details but I shall report when I am done with all this. It's hard to study something when you are not a college dude anymore. How was I able to manage college assignments, clubbing, getting drunk a lot, and ridiculous meaningless sex, and volunteering?? I have no idea. Happy library curising if you can get to do that! :-) Okay, getting back to nerdy time.

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A crazy pathetic geek.

Wed, 12 October 2005

I added a link to Kris from Tokyo, Japan. (well, it's not really the city of Tokyo per se as it takes more than an hour to get there from my home. No offense.) He is another geek working at one of U.S. military bases. There is a burger king there while there is none in Tokyo :-)

These are the servers A bigger version of a computer that hosts network resources like files, printers, whatever. I've been working for the last 10 days on these. Thankfully, I didn't have to install OS and configure basics as they are System Administrators' thing. I installed additional software and made some dull VBScripts the thing that automates repetitive tedious tasks to do their job. What they do is they act as a police officer. They sneak into employees' computers and collect designated data to analyze if there are any suspicious activities operated... Okay, I am not here to talk about geeky stuff. I've spent most of my time in this dry chilly server room last week and this week. I wasn't allowed to access them remotely... The most scary thing is that they emit a small amount of electromagnetic waves... It's not great to keep sitting in front of them for hours as the skin gets damaged. . I don't have to look older than I do. I tend to speak to myself or dance like a fool while waiting for something to be done. Are they some symptoms associated with that? I even sang I want your sex loudly.... My brain may be fried by now... But I felt good. :-) I am so cliche.... However I am glad no one was around. :-) I want your sex!! CCCCCCCcccmon!! wow, that's so gay. Happy hump day!!

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My gateway to the world.

Tue, 19 July 2005

The second icon from left, the fan-like one on top, is a wireless connection icon on my iBook. (I have 3 computers at home, and iBook is connected with WiFi) uh-huh. uh-huh. I am so geeky. My internet connection at home was out since Friday. Maintenance people couldn't do anything over the weekend because I didn't behave nicely they just don't work weekends. The maintenance guy (not the hunky plumber type) finally fixed it this morning. For the last 4 days, I wasn't able to browse internet a lot. But I wanted to keep the promise I made to myself. Posting at least one entry a day. Over the weekend, I went to a cafe and brought my laptop just to upload my entry. I didn't feel like having overpriced Cafe Americano (410yen here...= $3.66 = €3.05.) But that was the only option. Then, it hit me all of the sudden. My life is heavily relied on Internet. I don't talk to my parents much so I e-mail them even though it's just 10 mins drive from here. I chat with friends. I even research on something that is not important but is stuck in my head. My job needs Internet, too. I so don't want to say this but here it is. I cannot live without Internet. There, I said it. If I lost internet, I would have to check myself into Internet Recovery Institution and do 12 step program. Fortunately, my fabulous 100Mbps fiber optic connection is finally back up and running today. I can now get back to be a cosmopolitan version of peeping Tom by looking at other blogs. Watch out, people! Here I come. (^_^)V

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Dark side of tech

Thu, 7 July 2005

This is a dove in case you didn't get it. :-) When you watch "Miss Universe" which is considered "sexist" by some people, you always hear "I want world peace" with a big smile. When I started receiving e-mail assaluts toward myself, I was not going to share this because it's too lame to do so. But then, I read one article while I was on a lunch break today. It kind of motivated me to bring this up. I got two kinds of messages. One is too controversial to share. My bottom line for this blog is that I am not going to say anything extremely political. Because I once dated a politician, and it was so awful So I am not going to mention any of the first ones. The other kind of messages is very sad. I wrote what I wanted to say here. This is for this person from Sydney, Australia. I made it as a graphical file so it won't be googled unless they invent OCR (Optical Characater Recognition) system. If this is to open a can of worms, I may remove this post later. Please forgive me if I do. I don't intend to make a big deal out of this. Really. No controversial comments, please.Happy thoughts, people. Happy thoughts! \(^_^)/ I just wanted to share this because I wanted you to know there are people like this one. Technologies are nice and convenient. But they can become a way to hurt somebody or destroy the universe even. I hope some day, some time, in the near future, the world will be so much better than it is now. However, I like this world just fine (My saying might be shifted if I lived in a different part of the world though...) but there are some things that make me concerned. That's all. All in all, I want world peace. (BIG SMILE with increadibly white teeth. OH, I so want to try the crown on :-) ) Happy Internet surfing!!

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Geeky signals all over

Thu, 16 June 2005

I haven't taken photos today so this is a substitute and it's crappy..... you can at least get an idea of what this is, right? I decided not to go to the gym this morning because of the thing on my face...I read newspaper at breakfast, and one article got my attention.

TOKYO--Livedoor Co said Wednesday it will launch an inexpensive public-use local area network communications service next month in Tokyo, joining NTT Communications Corp and Softbank Corp in offering the service. The service will be also utilized by Fuji Television Network Inc as the first deal of its business alliance with livedoor, it said. Video images taken by Fuji TV camera crew members and reporters outside the studios can be transmitted to the broadcaster's headquarters via livedoor's wireless LAN. (Kyodo News)Japan Today News: June, 16, 2005

This doesn't cover the whole story I read on the newspaper. It only costs 525 Yen = $4.81 = 4 Euros a month. You can get connected to Internet via this service from anywhere within Yamanote Line. Anywhere within Yamanote Line circle will be virtually internet accessible via Wireless LAN. The Yamanote Line is a circular commuting train line which connects Tokyo's major city centers. A trip around the whole circle takes approximately one hour. Considering you have to pay about $5 for one WiFi session at the airport, this is a damn good deal. If you live in Tokyo or plan to move to Tokyo, don't sign up an ISP service yet. You might be able to get WiFi signals for this service. It will be cheaper and more convenient. If you are a visitor and have a laptop, this would be good, too.

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non-bookworm myself.

Wed, 8 June 2005

I didn't have time to take a photo so this is a substitute. a little scribble... I got tagged by Sven. It's little uncomfy that I don't sound smart like him or Dr. Paul if I list up books I read...Well, I am not smart so I am supposed to sound not smart... um... some books I mention here are Japanese obviously. Anyway, here it goes..

How many books do I own?
I used to have hundreds of books but I realized that I would keep them forever and not read them again. I am planning to move out some time this year so I decided to sell unimportant books. After lots of organizing, I think I only have less than 100 books right now.

The last book I bought
Grass for his pillow
It's actually funny. Sven mentioned this on his blog and I thought this was the one I've read but it wasn't. I decided to buy it on Monday. I am always interested in knowing how people outside Japan deal with Japan. On an additional note, I really liked the book A Diplomat in Japan by Ernest Satow. Culture shocks and uncertainty with unfamiliar culture at first were very well described in detail. It's very honest and well observed. I can't imagine how difficult it was for a foreigner to live in Japan at that time. This was aboslutely intriguing.

The last book I read
Dear Theo by Vincent Van Gogh
He is one of my favorite artists. He was so obsessed with how real the light could be drawn on a canvas. I guess I understood why he was that obsessed with it. Theo is his brother who supported him financially.

Five books that mean a lot to me
Little Prince
It's rather childish but I keep this book for as long as I want. It's easy to forget what's essential for our lives. This book reminds me of things that I should remember.. It's very deep and moving. I am hoping to be able to read this in French some day.

Kokoro
This is my favorite book in Japanese. I haven't read it in English. Although it's little weird to see the relationship between this teacher and the student, it's exciting and lyrical at the same time. I think this is the magic of Soseki.

Woe is I
Okay, my English grammar sucks. I know it. My professor back in college told me that clearly. Ever since then, I hate writing things in English. However, I bought this book when I was a college student, and I still read it from time to time. It's like keeping the third wheel.

Pavane by Faurre
Does this count? This piece was presented by my favorite music professor. This piece was never something I would love to play but he convinced me to try it. This was an icebreaker for sure as I started exploring other areas of music I had never experienced. I quit playing the piano after quitting majoring in Music but I still keep this to remind me to be an explorer.

Confession of a mask
I read this for the first time when I was a high school student. It was absolutely shocking considering it was released in 1949. Mishima didn't come out but we all know he was queer. I read this in English when I was in early 20s. The translation was marvelous. The translated version still captures the essence of Mishima.

Whew, this was really long. You know I am embarrassed because I think I reveled something too personal. My lunch break is almost over. Okay, the problem is that I don't know many people who blog..I am still a blog rookie.....darn... let me tag people here...

Psychophobic
Intertextual
James

Okay, getting back to work.

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barely came back...

Sun, 1 May 2005

Seriously, I hate coding things for web pages. I could finish this in a day or two but I didn't get motivated to do so. Then, a frined of mine kept asking me when the new web site would be available. I will be quite busy from tomorrow so I thought I would give it a try today. Some things are not displayed correctly. But hey, I came back. I will work on some little errors later this week or next week.

A friend of mine came back from New York biz trip. He got me something so gay. It was underwear. They have this strapy thingy inside of the underwear. I couldn't figure out what it was for. So I looked at the box of the underwear. Seriously, this company is not primarily targetting straight dudes. Do we want that obvious at worK? I don't know if I would wear these... check it out http://www.c-in2.com Especially, please visit "Menu" >>> "spotlight" >>> "How it works" You see what I was talking about.... I think I am going to put these in my drawer for now. I don't have beautiful abs to go with. :-0

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Finally...

Fri, 15 April 2005


Yup. This is my diploma. Bachelor of Information Technology with Summa Cum Laude (GPA 4.0!). I was a college student last year technically. I didn't commute at all. I did this distance learning degree program. You can earn a degree via Internet exclusively. If you finished a college program previously, you could get a degree in 14 months. But it was very tense. Just only 2 weeks off for Summer, 2 weeks off for Christmas. It was very hard to deal with work and study at the same time. Obviously, my time to enjoy personal time was very limited while I was a student... I wouldn't do this again. The reason why I did this is I wanted to get basic training in my specialty which I didn't get any formal academic education for. I just wanted to understand what I am doing at work better. However, I like the traditional learning style a lot better. But I could not quit my job and study as a college student. Now, I have a path to study further in IT. Was this worth it I do not know. But I have more options available. It wasn't all bad but seriously, dealing with assignments every week was tough! Anyway, my last class was finished in February. It took me two months to get this... damn. Now I am a official IT program graduate. :-)

Posted by Shigeki at 03:18 PM | Comments (0)

Forced to be a workaholic

Tue, 5 April 2005

Hi. My name is Shigeki and I am workaholic...One of the servers at my work has some issues.  I set it up three years ago.  I am not primarily assigned to manage servers; however, since i built it, I am almost forced to work on the issues. I was going to get out at 6 sharp today.. Damn.  It is said we, Japanese, tend to devote our time to work as much as possible.  I guess I am not an exception in this case.  I wish I could say "My contract says I should work until 6.  That's it."

I am not complaining. I just don't appreciate the fact I have to work overtime today when a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to go to this fabulous bar. Darn. I guess I won't get drunk with a happy thought tonight and a possibility of seeing a gorgeous future husband (who knows where I will run into him) um.. yeah, I guess I am complaining after all.

I just went out for a tea break and had some tea.  What a beautiful day it is...

Posted by Shigeki at 02:40 PM | Comments (0)