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How to Act like an Actor

By ⋅ February 28, 2013 ⋅ 2 comments

I do a couple of “odd jobs” to help make ends meet here. One of those jobs involves working with a company that produces language learning materials for people all over the world. They don’t just produce Japanese language materials, but dozens of other languages as well. Some readers of this blog might be familiar [...]

Office Parties in Japan

By ⋅ February 27, 2013 ⋅ 4 comments

Japanese work culture is a subject that can raise a lot of questions and concerns for foreign people. “I heard people work till they drop!” “Do you have to work 70 hours every week?” “Is it true that there are no days off?” “Are there really mandatory drinking parties?” These questions are, to an extent, [...]

Shiken: TEST LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT

By ⋅ February 26, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

(Remember how I said I was going to just write about stuff without so much unnecessary nitpicking? Yeah, my computer crashed and burned a little while after that and I still haven’t got it fixed. I have bad luck with them.) What if your whole life depended on a test? I’m not talking about a [...]

20 miles

By ⋅ August 29, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

I’ve heard a lot about how long the Japanese live. Friends and family (and even myself, at times) have remarked on how Tokyo is, mostly, devoid of fat people. Of course, rural towns are likely a different story, but I am not familiar with the trends in such places, and so will choose to ignore [...]

Season Three

By ⋅ August 19, 2012 ⋅ 6 comments

Life never ceases to be boring, if you make efforts to keep yourself interested. At least, that’s how I feel after the last three months. I mentioned near the beginning of the year that I’d be leaving my job with American Language School in West Tokyo to move on to other things. That all went [...]

LA POLICIA

By ⋅ February 23, 2012 ⋅ 5 comments

I am an idiot. On a disturbingly regular basis I do stupid things out of ignorance, sheer bone headedness, laziness, or some combination of the three. My offenses usually range from the very mild (completely forgetting to buy an item I need at the supermarket) to the moderately concerning (walking into a convenience store to [...]

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  • Tis the season for Taiko alarm clocks.
    2013/05/19 10:00
  • Whale song, or Noh theater? #gamesinjapan
    2013/05/18 19:08
  • How many times a day are you legally allowed to think about a tiramisu frappucino? More than 213, right? Please say it's more than 213.
    2013/05/17 19:06
  • Ever drink so much coffee you lose the ability to read?
    2013/05/17 12:05
  • In times like these, you can fight to win and be defeated, or find a way to enjoy losing. What I'm trying to say is I have big hair today.
    2013/05/17 07:48

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