Friday, September 30, 2011

Scam # 2



Some people think they know a good cornbread when they see one.



This isn't even cornbread!! Throwing grains of corn into a normal piece of white bread does not constitute cornbread! But apparently in Japan it does.


Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Scam of the Day





I once had a friend look at me in great disappointment after having purchased a bottle of water. She said "paying for water is stupid." And she was right. Since then, i've always felt guilty of buying something that should be free to everyone. So if I was going to spend money on a drink, it had to be something like a soda at the very least.

A year or two later, as if I didn't already feel like paying for water was big scam, I found one even bigger. Rescue Water!! (@_@)



Its basically the same thing as water from your faucet or a bottle. But it now comes in an attractive orange can that costs twice as much!



I was hoping they would put ions or minerals in it. But nope, its just water.. in a can for 158円. Almost $2.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Music Rant

The more I get talked into going to karaoke, the more I get to hear American songs that Japanese and other foreigners want to sing. The more I hear American songs, the more I get to see the actual lyrics on the screen. The more I see the lyrics on the screen, the more I get a sense of what kind of culture my country is exporting.

I think about the lyrics, pause.. then wonder what the hell? Some of todays popular music has the most vulgar or by far the dumbest lyrics I have ever heard. What kills me is not only are people listening to this shit, other people are making bank off of it! I really do think our parents and grandparents lived in an age when music was still decent. It was maybe more simple, but it wasn't garbage. Will America ever go back to having good music? Or will it be like a musical version of Idiocracy where the dumb out-breed the smart?



Friday, September 9, 2011

Fukuoka thus far...








福岡のアップデート!




今まで日本の二回目アドベンチャはめっちゃ楽しい。少し貧乏だから中古自転車をかって探検するためにそれをどこでも乗っている。自分自身で時間をよく過ごす機会がありますから愛宕浜の辺りを良く探検しています。


とても便利だ。


このビーチを見つけた! 僕のホストファミリの所から多分十五分だ。ここから、ウインドサーフィンと船をよくみえる。色んな島もみえて景色がとてもきれい。

この景色はももちビーチからみえる。そのビルは僕の住んでいる所だよ。ホストファミリはリッチやな〜!


福岡タワーを見つけた!

タワーの後ろもきれいな砂浜があるんだ。下の写真は僕の新しいデスクトップバックグラウンドだ。

この教会を初めて見た時すごくうれしかったけど..やっぱり偽物の教会だ。あいにく、キリスト教は日本で珍しい。この建物や実はウエディングの結婚式の場所だ。T_T こんなにきれいなビルがチュリストのアトラクションになってしまった。


自転車を良く使って、海の近く住んでいるからさびがよく受けている!
ホームセンターからスプレイを買って自転車をペイントすることにしました。



スプレイをしながら、むしから刺されてしまった。T_T むしがにがて!




福岡で自分自身時間を過ごす機会があっても、友だちとよく遊んでいる。日本にいるのは2週間過ぎないんだけどいい友だちをもうみつけた。普通天神であそぶからよくうんどうしている、自転車で。

みなみ!

チュリスト風。


プリクラを取る機会もよくある。
日本が好理由は多くあるけど一つのは花火だ!一年中買う事出来る。



チーズフォンでゥ。



侍!


あのう...ブラックミュジック?




Thursday, September 1, 2011

Hiroshima Beer Co. Week 1

A very unfortuate problem happened to my computer, so there will not be many pictures or frequent posts for a little while. Thank God there is an apple store in Fukuoka though.

Now about my internship..

Im not quite sure how to say it, but I think in the last few days ive been realizing and starting to ask myself "What did i get myself into?" I've really enjoyed my time here so far and its like being an exchange student again except this time is different. Working at Hiroshima-san is such a different environment from a class room. Very quickly, I learned that this internship is no joke. Somehow I knew it but it never really hit me that doing an internship or any type of work in Japan would be nothing but pure immersion.

The only problem (well, not really a problem) is that this is my first time ever experiencing a professional environment. Basically taking a one-two punch, not only is it my first time trying to function in this kind of place, Its all in Japanese!!! OMG! is one of many expressions I have exploding throughout my brain on a daily basis. Ive got so much vocabulary Im learning for formal and business settings too. The cool part though is the products I get to catalog.

In a sense I think ive done a little bit of the same thing working for my dad. Documenting reciepts, products and all that. But on a much larger scale and instead of tire repair supplies its imported beer! I think its a miracle that i've basically been hooked up with this internship. My main challenges that I attempt to overcome are my recognition skills for kanji of names and places. Knowing them and or bein able to copy them is essential, or I would spend all day doing one piece of paperwork. The second challenge are those damn katakana words. Instead of really looking up all these Belgian, German, French... etc beers by their original name, I have to know the katakana versions. Ahh.. if katakana english wasn't already annoying enough.. But its all good, I like the products, im learning knew words in relation to brewing, beer, and business so its got my interest on lock for now.


Some of the assignments ive been given include making documents for orders, calculating shipment costs, and arranging cases and assortments for the beer at the warehouse. One thing that got me a bit nervouse though was sending emails to breweries. They already had me placing orders to companies in England for thousands of dollars worth of this stuff. The work so far is good though, the staff is nice and Ive got lots to learn. :)