Days til I'm home!: 28
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Daily excerpt from The Paranoid's Pocket Guide:
By the year 2010, each person is expected to generate 1,774 pounds of solid waster per year.
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Woke up at: 0600
Mood: Full and a little drunk
Listening to: Flow by Zion I feat. the Grouch and Goapele
Weather Report: Weather report said sunny, which it was for most of the day, but from out of nowhere came this phatty storm
Japanese Word/Phrase/Food of the Day: tatoeba = for example
Japan News: CHIBA - The president of Ferrari S.p.A. said Thursday he prefers Japanese cars to be designed with uniquely Japanese features. "I appreciate Japanese car manufacturers when they do something in line with Japanese culture," Luca Cordero di Montezemolo told reporters at the 37th Tokyo Motor Show. He said he does not like Japanese cars featuring Italian or American designs because he cannot see much that is Japanese in them.
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Fantasy Football Update (as of 10.23.03):
So I finally got a response from wholly sheet (Matt). The only words he had to say about talkin' all that shiet, was a personal email with only the BS in the body. Tsk tsk tsk...oh well...serves him right to talk shiet to me!!!
Record: 4-2-1
Not makin' any changes this week
Week 7 matchup: Jookies Cheddar (Jookie aka Jeff)
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Fantasy Basketball Update (as of 10.21.03):
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Current Book Status:
Cryptonomicon: page 1088
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News:
- NEW YORK - The families of two shooting victims have filed a damages suit against a Sony Corp U.S. subsidiary and others, claiming a popular videogame they marketed influenced the two teenage shooters to commit the crime. The $246 million lawsuit filed with a Tennessee court named Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc, Take-Two Interactive Software, Rockstar Games and Wal-Mart. The suit claims the game, "Grand Theft Auto III" inspired the perpetrators to shoot at cars and people, killing a man and seriously injuring a young woman.
- Sony, DoCoMo to ally for smart-card chip: The consumer electronics giant and the mobile communications company will team to develop smart-card chips that let consumers use their cell phones to pay for purchases, sources say. read more
- Nearly eight months after Google bought Blogger creator Pyra Labs, Williams is helping Google deploy the technology he built only as a side project in 1999--which is now part of a revolution in personal journaling. read more
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School, Yakiniku, School, Daisuke & Ikko
10.22.03
Found my hammatite ring in my sweats pocket! yatta!!!
Observed Takai's first class that she taught by herself. Even though it was her first class to lead, she still has a long way to go.
Made a cool spreadsheet for Takahashi sensei for the skit makin' exercise the student's are goin' to do this Saturday @ the bazaar.
For lunch, had some grubbin' fish, vegetables and miso soup. Sat next to Ha san and we chatted it up while Takahashi sensei thought there was an earthquake happening. He was the only one who felt it.
Met up with Suga san @ the Funabashi downtown intersection. We headed to the first yakiniku place that we went to. Miyazaki san and his kohai, Uenohara Takushi aka Takun came.
Surprised to understand a lot of the Japanese from most of the people. I still can only understand about half of what Suga's says. Anyhow, Miyazaki and Takun make a hilarious team. They complement each other well. Takun was keepin' me on my toes, by speakin' not only Japanese, but Korean and English. The conversation during dinner was very interesting. Just because we had Suji (a Korean girl from Pusan), 2 Japanese girls who are studyin' Korean, Suga and Takun's tri-lingual speakin', Maki's Japanese and good english, Miyazaki consulting his Korean dictionary while coming up with one liners directed towards Takun and my English and limited Japanese made for an interesting 4 hours of conversation. After wrappin' it up, Miyazaki and I headed home (he lives 5 stations from me on the Shin Keisei line)
10.23.03
Got to school at around 0715. Helped out Takai with the lesson plan. Today's first lesson went aite. Luckily it was with 2-2. They are one of the better classes.
What a great World Series game! I'm glad that the winner wasn't the evil empire! It's nice to see their hearts break. I just hope Florida has 2 more games in them.
Anyhow...almost finished with Crypto. It's gettin' more and more interesting. The ending better not be wack or I'm gonna be disappointed.
Oguro san came to me today and said that I had a guest. I wondered who the heck is visitin' me? It turned out to be Daisuke. He was one of the three students who went to Hayward to from Funabashi 2 years ago. It was good to catch up with him and since he was a Nanabayashi graduate, I took him on a tour of the school. A lot of things have changed since he was a student here. For example, there's a stage now in the gym and a cafeteria. Takeuchi sensei and Takahashi sensei chit-chatted with him about former teachers and stuff.
On my way home, went to MatsuKiyo for some groceries and went home for a little while. Then headed to Ikko for dinner. Mama hooked up a phatty feast for a measly 1000 yen (approx. $9). You can't beat that anywhere in Japan!!!
Well...i'm gonna call it a night. I'm pretty tired.
Kaz out...
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Daily excerpt from The Paranoid's Pocket Guide:
By the year 2010, each person is expected to generate 1,774 pounds of solid waster per year.
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Woke up at: 0600
Mood: Full and a little drunk
Listening to: Flow by Zion I feat. the Grouch and Goapele
Weather Report: Weather report said sunny, which it was for most of the day, but from out of nowhere came this phatty storm
Japanese Word/Phrase/Food of the Day: tatoeba = for example
Japan News: CHIBA - The president of Ferrari S.p.A. said Thursday he prefers Japanese cars to be designed with uniquely Japanese features. "I appreciate Japanese car manufacturers when they do something in line with Japanese culture," Luca Cordero di Montezemolo told reporters at the 37th Tokyo Motor Show. He said he does not like Japanese cars featuring Italian or American designs because he cannot see much that is Japanese in them.
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Fantasy Football Update (as of 10.23.03):
So I finally got a response from wholly sheet (Matt). The only words he had to say about talkin' all that shiet, was a personal email with only the BS in the body. Tsk tsk tsk...oh well...serves him right to talk shiet to me!!!
Record: 4-2-1
Not makin' any changes this week
Week 7 matchup: Jookies Cheddar (Jookie aka Jeff)
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Fantasy Basketball Update (as of 10.21.03):
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Current Book Status:
Cryptonomicon: page 1088
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News:
- NEW YORK - The families of two shooting victims have filed a damages suit against a Sony Corp U.S. subsidiary and others, claiming a popular videogame they marketed influenced the two teenage shooters to commit the crime. The $246 million lawsuit filed with a Tennessee court named Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc, Take-Two Interactive Software, Rockstar Games and Wal-Mart. The suit claims the game, "Grand Theft Auto III" inspired the perpetrators to shoot at cars and people, killing a man and seriously injuring a young woman.
- Sony, DoCoMo to ally for smart-card chip: The consumer electronics giant and the mobile communications company will team to develop smart-card chips that let consumers use their cell phones to pay for purchases, sources say. read more
- Nearly eight months after Google bought Blogger creator Pyra Labs, Williams is helping Google deploy the technology he built only as a side project in 1999--which is now part of a revolution in personal journaling. read more
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School, Yakiniku, School, Daisuke & Ikko
10.22.03
Found my hammatite ring in my sweats pocket! yatta!!!
Observed Takai's first class that she taught by herself. Even though it was her first class to lead, she still has a long way to go.
Made a cool spreadsheet for Takahashi sensei for the skit makin' exercise the student's are goin' to do this Saturday @ the bazaar.
For lunch, had some grubbin' fish, vegetables and miso soup. Sat next to Ha san and we chatted it up while Takahashi sensei thought there was an earthquake happening. He was the only one who felt it.
Met up with Suga san @ the Funabashi downtown intersection. We headed to the first yakiniku place that we went to. Miyazaki san and his kohai, Uenohara Takushi aka Takun came.
Surprised to understand a lot of the Japanese from most of the people. I still can only understand about half of what Suga's says. Anyhow, Miyazaki and Takun make a hilarious team. They complement each other well. Takun was keepin' me on my toes, by speakin' not only Japanese, but Korean and English. The conversation during dinner was very interesting. Just because we had Suji (a Korean girl from Pusan), 2 Japanese girls who are studyin' Korean, Suga and Takun's tri-lingual speakin', Maki's Japanese and good english, Miyazaki consulting his Korean dictionary while coming up with one liners directed towards Takun and my English and limited Japanese made for an interesting 4 hours of conversation. After wrappin' it up, Miyazaki and I headed home (he lives 5 stations from me on the Shin Keisei line)
10.23.03
Got to school at around 0715. Helped out Takai with the lesson plan. Today's first lesson went aite. Luckily it was with 2-2. They are one of the better classes.
What a great World Series game! I'm glad that the winner wasn't the evil empire! It's nice to see their hearts break. I just hope Florida has 2 more games in them.
Anyhow...almost finished with Crypto. It's gettin' more and more interesting. The ending better not be wack or I'm gonna be disappointed.
Oguro san came to me today and said that I had a guest. I wondered who the heck is visitin' me? It turned out to be Daisuke. He was one of the three students who went to Hayward to from Funabashi 2 years ago. It was good to catch up with him and since he was a Nanabayashi graduate, I took him on a tour of the school. A lot of things have changed since he was a student here. For example, there's a stage now in the gym and a cafeteria. Takeuchi sensei and Takahashi sensei chit-chatted with him about former teachers and stuff.
On my way home, went to MatsuKiyo for some groceries and went home for a little while. Then headed to Ikko for dinner. Mama hooked up a phatty feast for a measly 1000 yen (approx. $9). You can't beat that anywhere in Japan!!!
Well...i'm gonna call it a night. I'm pretty tired.
Kaz out...
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