Tuesday, January 31, 2006

fun and furious

I had been furious for a while after I heard of the information that my manager would not be able to give me a day off on Feb 1st. I kept saying to him about that day my friend will visit to Japan. And he gave me a word that I could. I couldn’t wait the day, but this after noon the manager came up to me and said I could not get a off that day; because many people who work for our company would not work that day. Rubbish!! I did not matte to me at all. I completely lost my eagerness for work. I told one of my co-workers that I could not get over this. She said it should not have happened.

To make the long story short, I probably got a off Feb 1st. I phoned to the guy arranged for my friend’s visiting. I told him, he said “you can come?” He told me his plan. That plan is like going to neighbor prefecture where the other friend lives. He did not tell me his plan to me at all. He did not think I could make it or just did not want me to join? Anyway, I will do make it, probably.

What happened at my work was, many Chinese-taipei people came to our café. When they came in they were talking about they were leaving, because anything attracted them. I asked to them why they were leaving in Chinese. They said they would not care about green tea. But I convinced them to try. They seemed they were having fun, making mess. But they were fun people.

Friday, January 27, 2006

A Cheetah

I had lots of things to write about till I sat down on my chair, just now. Like about the current book that I am reading “Of mice and men” by John Steinbeck or strange drunk guys I saw today in the train. But I lost eagerness to do it now. All I can do right now is write about the dream I had this morning. A STRANGE dream.

In the dream I was standing on a corridor which was similar to my junior high school had; probably was exactly that one. Anyway I was standing on the corridor and looking at a cheetah was glaring at me. The cheetah was opposite side to me. I felt it was getting me in a second. I started running and just then the cheetah started chasing me to get, eat. Suddenly I stopped and thought, “if he gets me, he gets me, he is a cheetah. I have no way to get over this predicament, but kill him first.” I decided to kill the cheetah. The cheetah was getting closer and closer and right in front of me, the cheetah disappeared. Technically, it didn’t. It went around my back to bite my neck off. I managed to dodge and held its neck with my hands. I would choke it to death. I figured I could not, besides the cheetah changed into a tiger. As if often the case with dream. Everything can transform to anything. Suddenly, I thought “Okay, that’s it!! I will wake up”

Then I woke up. What a strange and stupid dream I got…

I remember one thing I would use it for blogging. I worked in Saitama prefecture today, a café. There is a place for kids to play. There are plenty of stuff animals. When I was cleaning that place, I found those stuff animals are extremely dirty. They got thick dust on and some have spots all over their sad bodies. It’s probably ketchup or soy sauce or just saliva which was delivered by kids seeing a race ball so hard. Anyway, every single time I have to put them away, because kids wage a war there everyday. Somehow I took a good look at those stuff animals. The place was built 2 years ago and I can not even imagine somebody had washed them up. I realized that any stuff animals did not have a white part at all. There was a tanned “Hello Kitty” which had a word “HELLO” on her belly. It is nice to say hello to people but I feel sorry when the “hell o Kitty” says hello to me on the street. I probably can’t help but give her a mirror or bleach. Anyway, make long story short. Those stuff animals were too filthy to be worthy of being friends of kids. Besides most of them were from Disney, filthy mouse and all.

Well today’s journal doesn’t have any good conclusion. Something to do with Cats.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

this 31

this month end my friend Vic will come to Japan. I asked my manager to give a day off that day and he said yes. But when I see the shift today, it was changed. I got to work then besides he did not tell me anything. I asked him today, he told me it was no alternative. What?????????

Saturday, January 07, 2006

why I am so sleepy?

I woke up as usual, but I did not feel like getting up right away. These days I got lazy in my bone and that decrease my eagerness. I planned to study this morning for a few hours. I started reading a book as I lay down. Probably, it’s better than went to sleep. Although, I hardly remember what a book said. And then I took a bath for a half hour and read the book in the bath tub.

I want to read books, Harry Potter. I’d read only till third book so far. Why I didn’t read any others is because, translated books are written in the word for children. It makes book thicker. People who speak English say those books are getting thicker and thicker. But translated into Japanese ones are already separated into two books. Even “The goblet of fire” has two books. The latest one will be into three books, I am sure. Because I saw it looked something of a dictionary. It’s amazing kids read in a few day or some does in one day.

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

I will be a person of read

Oh my goodness, 2006 is started already!! How can I believe it? It may sound crazy but I can not stop thinking this way. I wrote the New Year blog, but then I was just finished working, did not feel the New Year at all. But now, today, when I got out of the movie theater which “Harry Potter” was on, I suddenly felt the New Year started.

Anyway, I woke up around 10 am, and I could not find anything good to do today. I wasted time till 2 pm and decided to go to watch the movie “Harry Potter”. If you have a same sense as I have, you must feel the third movie of Harry Potter was sucks. First one and Second went Okay, but still novels are better. But the third one was absolutely out of my taste.

Well, get to the point, I think the new movie was the best of all I guess. For one thing I did not read the novel yet. Another thing due to the director who are from U.K.; he knows about the behind the movie. To my surprise, people died easily in the movie. It is not like a movie for kids. But there were only grown ups in the movie theater I went.

On the way back I bought 7 books. This year I will read at least 150 books. Usually I read at least 100, so 150 is reasonable number to do it. No matter what kind.
Tomorrow will be the day of reading!!

Sunday, January 01, 2006

new year

It has been a super while again since I had written. I did not expet that would be this late. But it seems I am in time for writting new year, first blog.

Maybe, at first I have to say is I had to work from Dec 31st through Jun 1. A new year day is very big deal in Japan. It is the most important day of Japanese, much more than christmas day and all. Peopl are taking it easy and go to a shrine to pray to God, even if they are practically, completely indifferent to God. It is the rutine for Japanese and they like it. Besides, children can get some money from adults for some reason. Long time ago, when Japanese were poor; back then there was no reason for children to get enough moeny to do what they want. For the pity, adults started giving moeny to then on the day of the most important and glorious day, a new year day. So that those childresn could have some fun. But come to think about it, they, current children do not have much reason to have lots of moeny on Jun 1st; because most of them are nolonger poor. And another problem is the moeny children are getting is quite a lot. You cannot imagine how much moeny they make a day. If a child have many relatives, I bet they will bet get more than 1,000 bucks. One time, I had a chance to drive around to see around my relatives with my mother long time ago. Relatives kept giving moeny as I stopped by. I got close to 1,000. I sort of thought I never wanted to be an adult some day. How much moeny do I have to fund for kids?

However, I hardly remember what I used them for. I really can not pull it out of my memory. I suppose I did not use those moeny for good thing, like saving. Because I do not have now, obviously.

A new year day is a day which can be bad and good. It is good for Kids and bad for grown-ups wallet.

I am sort of glad that I had to work this year and not supposed to hand moeny around.