http://rocket-craft.com/
Homepage of a website that makes anatomically-accurate cuddly-toy cars, ostensibly for display purposes. OK then.
ロケットクラフトはクルマやオートバイのエンジンなど、普通では売っていない「ぬいぐるみ」を製造販売しています。お店のディスプレイやお部屋のインテリアにおひとついかがですか？
Some of their stuff is actually very cute:
http://rocket-craft.com/works_train01.html
http://rocket-craft.com/works_bus01.html
This is too cute: http://www.ubu.com/outsiders/365/2003/205.shtml (download the mp3)
Read more...2 posts within the same week! Gadzooks!
Sorry about the last post, I didn't mean to sound overly miserable, or ungrateful as to my current situation (I am anything but). Strange thing is, I've felt a lot better since writing it. Just a lot more content within myself. I think I might be manic depressive :(
But anyway, I've had an enjoyable weekend...went out on Thursday and then I Friday myself and a friend sat outside the school bar all afternoon and much of the evening, drinking beer (my friend, being Dutch, has clued me into the proper pronunciation of "Hoegaarden" BTW), accosting teachers and acquaintances as they went past, forcing them to sit and chat with us. To their credit, we were unable to persuade any of the teachers (who were still on the clock at that time) into drinking with us. Saturday and today have been spent indoors (mostly because of the heat), watching movies and more Mystery Science Theater, doing nothing in particular (minimal studying, hehe), and finishing off my rirekisho (Japanese-language resume (sorry don't know how to do the accented characters on this Jap keyboard)).
As you can see from this example, the Japanese resume is a totally different beast to its Western counterpart. It's completely standardized; you buy the form from a convenience store, fill it out by hand with your personal details, work and educational history, and a little about your interests and why you're applying for the job, and send it off. Apparently it has to be filled out by hand so that the employer can garner some kind of idea of your personality through handwriting tests. This does not work in one's favor if one happens to a) be foreign and b) have worse handwriting than a doctor with Parkinson's, both of which apply to me. Still, hey ho.
Also, due to my being outside for most of Friday, I am currently pockmarked by mosquito bites. The mosquitoes here also seem to be a totally different beast to their Western counterpart, and I find they are a lot nastier. I wouldn't be at all surprised if I found out that the Japanese used their mosquitoes to torture POWs during WWII. The bites kind of leave you with this absolutely horrible itching/burning sensation for like 3-4 days. Plus they kind of make the skin around the bite go all kinda puffy and icky. Maybe that's just my gaijin reaction. I was wearing sandals and my feet seem to have well and truly gotten it the worst (Don't click here!)
Anyway, I think I've been writing this as a means of putting off doing homework, so better get back to it.
Summer is upon us once again. As I may have intimated before, it's not exactly my favorite season, especially here in humidity land. I must give thanks daily to the gods of air-conditioning and just ride it out I guess.
So term started again last week...last one (I'm fairly certain this time!). I think it would be feasible for me to continue for one more term after this (i.e. until December), but...to be honest I really don't think I want to. My mood changes often, but in general I feel as though I have well and truly had it with intensive Japanese study, at least for the time being. I often feel like I'm not learning anything anymore...so much so in fact that I feel like my Japanese level is actually regressing. So doing another term honestly feels like it would be a waste of money.
This feeling of regression seems, in fact, to be in conjunction with what feels like a drop in my general level of intelligence, Japanese-related or not. It's hard to explain, but most of time recently, my brain just kinda feels like it can't be bothered with anything, like it's gone into hibernation for the summer and has left me with a skeleton staff of mental faculties. Generally a kind of feeling of confusion and forgetfulness.
So yeah, kind of coasting right now really. Change of scene would be good, and I feel that if I could get school out of the way and go somewhere completely different for a month or so and rest that I could kick the feeling of mental lethargy and get my mind back, but I'm kind of trapped here until September. Still no definite plans as to what I'm gonna do after...one company in Tokyo has shown some interest in me, and I will be in discussion with them early next month.
Sorry for writing another miserable entry, but I think it helps to alleviate. Things aren't as bad as I make them out to be, I'm sure... ^_^
Hello hello! My, but it's been a long time since I've posted anything on here.
I can assure you, I am still alive.
So, how are you?
I'm sorry for not writing; I haven't written anything because...I don't know. I haven't really felt like it I guess. So nurrrr. Plus, YOU try writing something halfway interesting about your everyday life.
Term no.5 has ended and I am now on holiday for two weeks. This is a good thing. Lest I need to explain the term system at my school again: three months on, two weeks off. I hit what I am terming as a bit of a slump in the last third of the previous term, which might also explain my not writing. I honestly feel like a part of my brain has melted. Hopefully the break will restore my faculties somewhat.
The job search continues afoot. There are numerous possibilities that are somewhat too complex for me to explain with any degree of brevity (thanks to things like work visas and school fee refunds and whatnot). We will see. The fact that my currently planned finishing date of September is rapidly approaching is certainly not lost on me. Guh.
So, what have I done recently? Yesterday I visited the Asahi brewery in Nagoya with some friends to do the factory tour. Should any readers happen to be in the Nagoya area, I can highly recommend it. A cute tour guide shows you lots of spinning machinery, and then gives you free beer! Free I tells ya! Yet another example of something that would never work in the west but that seemingly works here.
Other than that...I've been watching a lot of Mystery Science Theater 3000 for some reason. I've re-arranged my room and am now sleeping on the floor. I've been reading a manga called 魔方陣グルグル. I've been eating and sleeping. I've done a lot of sweating. I hate summer. You can actually see the humidity.
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