Half of the year has passed.  Two more days to go Independence Day.
Independence Day is a huge day for American.
There are fire works going on to celebrate Independence of America.

As long as I can remember the memories of Indepence Day..
'03 Fire works at Art Museum of Philly, '04 Pearl Jam's concert in NJ,  '05 fire works in long island,
'06 staying ( Read more... )

This is not about a credit card, about working permission.
Ive been waiting for H1-B visa result  for almost 1.5 month now.
If I receive it by the end of May, I can work at the US for at most next 6 years.
H1-B is the most common visa for foreigners who work in the US. 
However, since last year, it's got a lot harder and tougher to get one. One of the ( Read more... )

 I could never ever imagine to myself that I am dancing.
But I always wish I could dance since I was little.
The extra work (okeiko) that my parents let me to do was piano, shodo (caligraphy), sado (tea celemony)...
They wanted me to stay out of any physical activities to avoid me get injured. Karate, Tennis, Ballet were not
my okeiko option.

However, ( Read more... )

By reading my old journals, I thought I was young.... 
My current status is that I am working at UBE as an accounting assitant. 
I started working there from April 2006 as an instern. 
While I was still a student, I used to be in hurry and worry about my future. 
I don't have a job experience and I am older compared to my other friends. 
After I ( Read more... )

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I am soo tired...of studying microeconomics. i have a headache.
tasukete kure--- (Help me in Japanese)

i wanna go home.....and sleep. (:_;)crying face

I decided to finish bachelor degree at Berkeley university today. I talked with my adviser today and realized I could transfer many credits from my university in Japan to Berkeley so that i only need to go to one more year to finish bachelor. after i have studied accounting for one year and a few month, I realized that it is not enough, also, in ( Read more... )

i spent pretty rough weekend last night. last friday, hitomi-san and her son came over my apartment and we went to the fire island on the next day. it was really nice weather and they seemed enjoying that although they are kinda people who prefer staying home. they were supposed to go back at that night, but they stayed one more night, which is ( Read more... )

recently i am pretty busy. Last saturday, shichiko and i went to El's wedding party. on the weekend before the last weekend, we went to Wildwood beach in NJ with my friends. it was soo fun. and i've got tanned ( Read more... )

I finally came back to NY from NC last night. It was a really long trip. Thanks to shichiko's mom and Chuck, i had a really good time down there. they took shichiko and me many places like the amusement park, the zoo, and hiking in the Chimny Rock. anyway, i walked a lot.. compared to the last break that I did nothing particularly, this time, i ( Read more... )