So, I got to make a globe the other day. It was pretty neat... a little hard glueing all of the pieces of paper onto the sphere, and some of it is a little crooked, but it's a nice memento. They're sending it to my place in Ohio... I can't wait to display it ( Read more... )

Well, I had a fun time the past two days, going on a trip with the other interns. We went to Omiya and saw hikawajinja, then went to Saitama shintoshin and walked around a bit, went to a small farm to pick blueberries, and then stayed at a really nice hotel. We each had huge tatami mat rooms. We played cardgames and drank a bit. The ofuro was ( Read more... )

日英翻訳は面白いけど、やっぱり大変なところがある。どんなように簡単な文章だと思っても、英語に直すのは非常に難しい時がある。それにしても、何とかなっている。今地球儀についてのハンドブックを訳していて、語彙を増やしてるとももに自分の英語の勉強も復習できる。それはいいけどただ一回だけで分からない単語を覚えるのが難しいから、また後でもう一度同じ文書を読んだり、辞書を引いたりするのを繰り返している。その原因で頭が痛くなっちゃう ( Read more... )

Anwering the phone... sucks. And yet, it's fun. ('o ( Read more... )

To all you rejects out there that are sending these emails asking people to redeem their millions of dollars/send you a millions of dollars so you can escavate this buried tomb of KING SNABBLEPLAGUE of the SNACKTOMB Dynasty so that you can give them a cut of the trillions you will receive/blah-blah-blahhbeeeblah, please QUIT ( Read more... )

埼玉県企業研修は３週目になりました。今すごい嵐だ。雷とか。仕事は６時までで、７時半にホームスティーの社長さんの長男とお嫁さんと池袋での待ち合わせがあるけど、恐ろしい雨の中を歩きたくないな。まあ、集合地に着いたら楽しい時間を過せると思うんけど。頑張るわ ( Read more... )

It's pretty neat to talk with other foreigners who are not caucasian that are learning Japanese. The host mom I'm staying with at the moment is involved in volunteer groups that help foreigners learn Japanese ( Read more... )

I love homestays. I changed homestay briefly while the shachou at the globe business is in America. The woman and her family are very nice. She apologized because I had to sleep on a futon (OH NO!!! whatever shall I do? *lol*) I love futons... in fact, I'd been thinking about buying one and having it shipped to America since the first time I slept ( Read more... )

I have been in Saitama for one week, and have worked at this company for 5 days. From tomorrow, I will be working at the Saitama International Business Support Center for a week because my boss will be in America. I'm a little worried that I may be asked to interpret some things, and I really have no confidence there. Translation is hard enough, ( Read more... )

I made it to Saitama. I met the other two participants and three Saitama Prefectoral government employees. We all had dinner at a Chinese restaurant, and we're staying in Royal Pines Hotel, a very expensive-looking place. I can tell that this is expensive because the bathroom is twice the size of any bathroom I've seen in a Japanese hotel (I think ( Read more... )