Outing!

Koncha world! 

It was a very beautiful day today. Even though Costco hasn't called yet, I still got to do lots of cool stuff to ease my mind. I went to Ueno Park today with my grandpa. We drove there. It's such a beautiful park. I managed to take a few cool looking pictures as well. The trees there are AMAZING. I think I said this before, but the trees in Japan really look like they have a story to tell. The trees just look so ancient. 

so it was really beautiful there. I really enjoyed my time in the park and also the temple. I wish I could post more pictures. Oh well. The scenery here really reminds of the scenery in Ninjai. I guess it's because they're both in Asia. Well duh. An example is like this. But too bad it doesn't show the whole tree. :p

 

Yo

I'm at home right now waiting for a Ninjai episode to load. I really digg this show. It's so great. Can't get enough of it. Sorry for the short post. I'm kinda lazy and hungry... :p

Ugh.

So i went job hunting yesterday and it was a bit difficult since most of the help wanted ads were in japanese. I brought some business cards and flyers back home so that my granpa can help me translate them. I still don't know a lot of kanji... well, i went to ikea and they weren't looking for anybody (sadly) but then I went to costco and they were. That was the best news of the day! I swear, man. the whole day was cloudy and dark and cold. everything was in japanese. ikea rejected me. So, yeah, that was great news. So i dropped an application and they'll give me a call if I'm chosen for an interview. I really, really hope that I get to work there. It's kinda nice at costco for me simply because there are a lot of English products inside. It's almost a relief, really. It makes me feel like I'm back home! I love it here in japan, but it's nice to be nostalgic sometimes. :P So I hope they do give me a call one of these days. If anything, I think they'll put me in the loading section. You know the place where we have to restock things and carry huge boxes around. yeah. That's ok. I'm pretty built for that kinda stuff anyway. Well. I'll let you know soon. Jaa!

Koncha!

Koncha Minasan. Just came back from a workout at the dojo. I practiced today for 3 hours, I think. Aikido really takes alot out of me. At the end I'm always sweating like a pig. Haha. So I stayed behind a little bit to learn some more techniques from Sensei. He corrected me and guided me through some more exercises. It was very educational. Then afterwards we went to get some ramen at the ramen bar. It was very cool. We talked a while, with me struggling to speak and understand Japanese. Hehe. Well, I AM proud to say that I've picked it up quite a bit now. I can do simple conversation.

I think it's time to end this little vacation of doing nothing and touring around. Now that I can speak Japanese pretty well, my granpa is asking for me to get a job. I'm not exactly sure where yet. But I've been thinking about maybe Ikea or Costco since there are SOME english speaking people working there. It'll be good for me to get a job and make money and new friends. It'll be a nice experience, working in Japan.

I'm going tobe job hunting later this afternoon so I'll let you know how that goes.

jaa!

COOL

So I went to the zoo and it was lots of fun. I took a ton of really awesome pictures of animals and stuff. God, I LOVE my CAMERA! I can't wait to upgrade to the new Nikon D90. It looks amazing! Not only can it take nice shots, it can also do video! I think it's the first SLR that can do video. The video can also go up to HD, as well, and the lens you're using also affects the video. Like if you use a fisheye lens, then the video will be in fisheye. Anyway... got carried away there. So it was really fun. um...
so I went to Ueno zoo in Tokyo. Not as big as the one in San Diego. But it was still interesting. One of my favorite exhibitions was the Tiger Forest. It was cool to be nose to nose to the animals there. Haha. There was also a pretty cool five-story pagoda and tea ceremony house there. That gave the zoo a japanese touch. The park was pretty big and so I walked around for a couple of hours. Man, my feet ached a lot afterwards. It was interesting. It kinda made me homesick as well.

Gomen nasai..

Gomen nasai. I haven't been able to post recently. We had some computer problems and I had to bring it to the store and try to communicate what the heck was wrong with it. It was tough work! A lot of people here don't know how to speak English. Man. But at least I got to practice some of my Japanese. But, anyway, it's fixed now - up and running. :) So you'll be hearing from me now! Yay. So nothing much has happened lately but the usual. i'm starting to get used to being here and stuff. When that happens, I don't really go out and explore as much. It was only just the first few weeks, I guess. I still want to check out places but these past rainy days, I like to just sit back home, draw, photograph, or something else like READ. Oh yeah, that's one those things here. Not many places to find English books. Well, there are. But you gotta go to the city to find a really good English book store. I miss the libraries back at home. Sigh. oh well. So i've been practicing Aikido. My sensei Juro-sensei, tells me that I'm already getting better but I lack the FEELING. Well, something like that. I'm getting there soon though. Anyway, just wanted to update what's been happening. (Which isn't much). So that's all for now. Jaa ne!

Hey all!

Hey all! My friend sent me this link to this Ninjai article! Isn't that sugoi! actually, it only MENTIONS ninjai. But that could mean that Ninjai is getting popular again. When they start heading the news it means there MUST be some action! WHICH FURTHER MEANS THAT SOME NEW EPS might be coming out soon! It gets me so excited that I want to drink four shots of hot coffee. Anyway.... here it is!

http://www.action3news.com/Global/story.asp?S=9079811&nav=menu550_2