Monday, October 30, 2006

Health Check - September

Okey, here is me after six months in Japan.
Guess what! The gyudon trips really made its way to weigh me up. Bwehehehe.







I would just include Jaja here. She had a cute pose anyway.
Talo pa si Minnie Mouse :D












Smile, smile, smile.
Trash all the stresses and work tensions for awhile. Jaja and her Minnie Mouse attire. Hahaha






The House of Terror... daw.
I didn't know why I'm raising my arms anyway.
And they were not looking at the cam. tsk tsk

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Lost in Translation




The language barrier is quite frustrating here in Japan. Not only me experienced the hard times in trying to break up that wall but also my colleagues had. Hard times anyway could be a good chance to experience humors in serendipity.





Mo ichido onegaishimasu - (Once more please)
A friend bought two items in Akihabara. He asked for a plastic bag for his purchases but the salesman only handed him one. So he needed to ask for another plastic bag and said to the salesman with a smile, "Mo ichido onegaishimasu". As expected the salesman, though confused, grab the plastic bag from him and hand it to him again one more time. What could the salesman thought at that time? Bwehehehe

Yasui (Cheap) vs Yasai (Vegetables)
A high-ranking personnel had visited our japan counterpart and a party was held for his arrival. The japs had ordered the specialty of that elegant restaurant, which was a mix of meat and vegetables. When the order had arrived, the japs then presented to him saying that was the specialty of the house and asked him to try it. Before he did, he spoiledthe faces of everyone by saying, "Yasui ne.", which he really meantwas "Yasai ne".

The finale

"We don't care."
On the japs side, here we go. I invited one of the japs for a drink and chat in one of the hotel bars in Cebu. At that time my peers were also in one of the disco houses near that hotel and kept on calling me to join them. The japs must have noticed my phone vibrated several times so I just told them that it was my peers asking me to join them on the adjacent disco. With a smile on his face he told me, "It's ok, just go, we don't care.". It was as if I had bottomed up a whole tequilla bottle before I realize what he really meant. He just meant to say that "It's ok, just go, we wont mind.". Bite me. :D

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Chapter Closed

I just had a chapter of my life closed, concluded, and finished. Funny how it all started with text messages, emails, dinners, chats, plans, and it all ended up with a single word. I understand it was not really meant to be a relationship if we cant even survive from simple gossips from people around us, or even miles could just tear us apart, crumpled, like the silent corners of the dark alleys I used to pass by after overtime work, forever keeping words unspoken. And it had finally ended right into the sink, the trash bin of the past. And life is newer once again. A door closes, a new one opens. I just hope that it closes as fast as it had opened before.