This week I've been working at a company translating bug reports. (Note: I am not actally TESTING for bugs; I simply need to translate everything so that the two teams in Japan and the US can communicate with each other, so it's fairly relaxed.) We normally get 15 bug reports a day. And then... there was today.

Minako-chan: [to translation ( Read more... )

Whoops, it's been HOW long since I updated again? I am still working on translations and getting ready for my big sad move back to the States, so I've been keeping pretty busy. It's almost too much to update, so how about I start out light by sharing a video that has made my life? I'm sure many of you have already seen it, but in case you haven't, ( Read more... )

For better or worse, my life isn't very exciting right now. I'm doing the occasional translation or proofreading from my old company, but mainly I've been relaxing, cleaning, organizing, and gaming. It's been... not quite a month, and I'm still technically on the payroll until the 25th, so I think there's still the slight feeling that I'm only on ( Read more... )

I'm feeling a lot better and calmer about my current situation, so I thought this would be a good time to catch up.

( Cut for those who don't want to read about my exciting work saga (lol). )

WORK IS WEIRD. AND BY WEIRD I MEAN, OVER HALF THE COMPANY WAS JUST FIRED TODAY.

LIKE, AT 10AM.

UM.

SO MY GRAND RETURN TO AMERICA PLAN HAS POSSIBLY BEEN PUSHED FORWARD BY HALF A YEAR. WE'LL SEE.

WE'RE ALL KINDA UPSET. SO, ER. YEAH.

Dear Earth,

Please stop with the scary aftershocks.

Love and kisses,

Minako-chan

P.S. Hang in there, Tohoku! Perhaps literally, if necessary!

P.P.S. HAPPY ONE MONTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EARTHQUAKE, JAPAN. >_

I can't believe I hadn't heard about this before. There's a Docomo cell phone called the "Touch Wood."

Because I am secretly 10, I nearly killed myself laughing.

But the commercial is pretty awesome:
http://answer.nttdocomo.co.jp/touchwood/#play

It can be found on the Touch Wood website under the "Play Wood" menu.

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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA [wipes ( Read more... )

Well, after two weeks in the States, I'm back in Tokyo. (I flew in Sunday night and am therefore rather tired. T_T) Things seem fairly normal, if still big on the energy saving and with a lack of certain products, like milk and natto, in the stores. Also, I ended up with some truly truly scary lifeforms growing in my refrigerator that I hope I ( Read more... )

And in a completely NEW twist to the story, I'm going home for a bit. Um... yeah.

CNN's Anderson Cooper has apparently been reporting from Sendai (and how the hell did he get there so fast? did he beat the army? he better have brought a couple trunks full of water is all I'm saying), and Mommy watched his report before going to sleep Monday night. Apparently, he completely freaked her out with speculation about Fukushima. Me ( Read more... )