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WEOW Japan: The Police Station
2008-01-30 20:49:33
During this week’s frequent trips to the police station (not because of domestic and international violence, but because of my lost bike), I observed the kind of police stations they have. The atmosphere is almost the same as what we have in Pinas. I haven’t really had entered a police station back at Pinas because I’m an angel. :D But well I was basing my comparison to the one I saw in the tagalog movies I got to watch in the buses. Except that the police are always online, everyone have their gadget of some sort where they can monitor some traffics or whatever they were looking on there. And there’s police stations everywhere. One time, when I was looking for my Japanese classroom in Kamata (wherein I searched in vain), the only people I asked directions to were the police, since I can find a police station in the most corners of the streets. One police told me the wrong direction. When I realized I was wrong (I asked a fireman in the fire station this time). I went back to t ...

Wide Eyes Open Wonders (WEOW!)
2008-01-30 20:13:57
I should have thought of this a long time ago. This is a series of entries and just a follow up of my first post about the amazing world of japan. There are a lot of things here that amazes me and a one time big time entry is not enough. So the chapter begins now!I’m a batang muntinlupa by nature and seeing high-techie stuffs, honest government/city officials at work make me long for the same things to happen in muntinlupa city!!! ... the longing (desperately) also applies to my wow philippines country.WEOW! because it’s me, with my EYES (and mouth) OPENED WIDE... WONDERING gleefully! ...

Splurge baby Splurge!
2008-01-30 04:40:13
After 4 hundred thousand years of working my ass in the exhausting world of IT... sa wakas! nakabili na rin ako ng digicam! :) I consulted my japan-based photographer on what brand to buy, and he said that I should get a Nikon D40. Well I thought of a Nikon D40 or some other cams of the same “look” as something that only photographers or photography-addicts have. Unfortunately for me, I don’t have an inkling yet to photography since I always prefer to be the subject. So I chose the cute but quality one. :)Also, this is the first time that I bought some expensive gadget without using my credit card or without having jutangs from other people. Just me with the money. Woooohooo!!!And I also bought other stuffs for my MACygay. Oh happy day... OH happy dayyy!!!By the way, it’s a she. Her name is Nikowle, my new baby love! :D ...

I want a MACBOOK Air *sigh*
2008-01-30 01:19:19
Bakit ba ang hirap hirap makuntento sa kung anong meron ako???I am so trying very hard to hold back, and not post my desire for the world’s thinnest notebook. But I just can’t help it. :(Anyway, it’s just a wish as of the moment. More surprises to come, I hope. ...

PNB: "Malayo ka man... Malapit rin..." (tama ba?)
2008-01-30 00:23:53
I went to PNB Tow-kyow!It’s fascinating because it’s the first ever company here in Japan that I went in to wherein almost all employees in the branch are filipinos. They’re very kind and accommodating and I don’t need any japanese skills to talk to them or ask questions. I like it! Feels like home really. When we had our PNB project implemented in branches in Manila, we performed some support on the pilot branches. And I see a lot of branches having a long queue of people for deposit/withdrawal/other stuffs. This PNB branch has no lines... a very relaxing home indeed coz there’s also Pinoy TV while I wait for my name to be called! :DPNB is very close to my heart. It’s my first ever project. My first ever haggard project. Sooo haggard but the prize is so fulfilling. Seeing my programmed module being used by PNB branches all over the Philippines was something I am proud of. I was trying to sneak at the system this Tokyo branch is using but I guess they’re not using our sys ...

Learn Japanese the VAKI way!
2008-01-28 11:11:35
I launched my own Nihongo Corner on this website.So I can have a track with what I have already learned and what I haven’t. I need to monitor my Nihongo Lessons since I’ll be taking it really seriously because of <<PRESSURE>>. I enjoy monitoring my site consistently so I’ll be binding it with my Nihongo Lessons as well. If you want you can also take a ride at my study tour. I’m willing to teach, and I’m willing to be corrected anytime. OH, here’s Imago for the new Tokyo Tokyo ad as my opening theme! Nah. This video really set the idea. ...
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Pressure... Pressure...
2008-01-28 10:18:22
Monday afternoon, we had a meeting about the next project I will be in in Okinawa. The good news is, it’s a development project. So I can get to use my Java and Interstage skills again. The bad news is, I have to work with pure-Japanese speaking people, and pure-Japanese documents. The Okinawan office has an English-speaking division, which as my client’s super boss says, can easily be assigned to us. But he wanted me to learn the language BY FORCE. So he really told me to stay away from English-speaking people, as well as stay away from that division. It’s really difficult to learn Japanese in just one snap of the finger. And I can’t let my future workmates adjust to me because I can’t converse with them. I can’t expect that they will speak to me in English, it’s their territory now, I have to converse... fluently, or at least try. Unlike my former teammates here in Tokyo, they’re good English speakers, really good. Being in the middle of a group of people laughing and ...

It's official. I'm FLYING! :)
2008-01-28 00:53:35
I just found out, Okinawa is indeed near the Philippines. It already lies on the Philippines Sea. Maybe that explains why it has the same climate as the Philippines. And it’s really small island (groups of islands).Naha City is the place. Our EA will be coming too for an ocular inspection, for the apartment/dormitory, transportation, train ticket/whatever mode of payment for transportation, and internet of course. Anyway, too soon really. On Sunday, we’ll fly for a business trip for one week. Then be back here for 3 days to pack everything up. And then next sunday, will fly fly again for a some months of long stay. Actually the only thing that bothers me is packing. Seriously I have a lot of borrowed stuffs from my tita (winter clothes especially) and I got no other time to go there and return them. Good thing there’s some kind of delivery service of boxes or something anywhere in the country. It’s fast and I don’t know how yet. Also, I can use my summer clothes again!It’s ...

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