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1 day ago on June 02, 2012 at 05:34pm
Machetes
The ichinensei did some hunger games training in Minami-ku yesterday.
1 day ago on June 02, 2012 at 05:31pm
Oh lawdy…
Thank you to my best friend John for lookin’ out. You are seriously are a life savior. Two things that you cannot find in Japan… is NOW IN JAPAN. Twinkies & Jack3d. Everythangs gon’ be lightweight now baby. YEAH BUDDAY.
1 week ago on May 27, 2012 at 04:13pm
YOSHINOYA: Newbie Girl’s First Day On The Job
Now before I ramble on about this little nostalgia trip I had after watching a newbie work her first day on the job here, lemme just tell you a little bit about Yoshinoya in Japan. Yoshinoya is the go-to spot for cheap eats for mainly rice bowls (buta-don, gyuu-don, kare-don, etc.). Don’t ask how it compares to the ones in America cuz I have no clue. Anyways, by cheap eats, I mean you can get a good proper sized meal that’ll fill you right up that’s priced between 250円 to 600円. It’s also fast. Expect to get your food in no less than 60seconds after you order. AND Yoshinoyas here are 24hrs! Money. OK, Yoshinoya culture-note, fin.
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As usual after hittin’ the gym, I always make my rounds to Yoshinoya (since it’s really close by) to get some cheap post-workout food. I’m quite a regular.
Today, I noticed there was a newbie girl on the job. Oo, this should be interesting. Her supervisors were teaching her the basics of how to work the register, entrance/exit greet, customer-checking, cleaning counter-tops, etc. I could tell along with all the other customers who were curiously watching that this girl was nervous. Observing all this while I casually scrumped on my buta-don really reminded me of my first day at Cha as a new shaker making tea dranks. Cha nostalgia. Oh how all things I’ve seen there cannot be unseen. But I digress.
Anyways, I totally knew how this girl was feeling since I was taught similar things in a similar environment & how nerve racking it can be to learn a whole bunch of new shit at once while not only your mangers/supervisors are watching, but also all the customers. Unless you’ve worked in the food business, I’d say it’s kinda of difficult for someone to understand how much hard work actually goes into this kind of biz, so I have much respect for those who do this kinda gig & understand the nervousness experienced from having to prove to your managers that you’re cut out for this job.
When I finally finished my meal, newbie girl was signaled by her supers to ring me up. As she was ringing me up & repeating my order, I noticed an extreme shakiness in her voice & the massive epileptic seizures her hands & arms were currently experiencing. Everyone was looking. Sweet Jesus, this girl must be either really nervous or on drugs I thought. Cuz if you ask me, you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference with all that shaking going on. She almost dropped my change when handing it back to me. At that time one of the supers saw this & approached her side & whispered “ね、緊張しますか？おい、緊張しないでね！ (Hey, are you nervous? DON’T BE NERVOUS!).”
I felt so bad since I could seriously relate. I just wanted tell this girl, “HEY! Why you trippin’? Don’t trip, take a quick chill pill & just know you’ve been doing a great job,” But alas, I did not, due to my food-coma-ing at the time. When I fall into a food-coma, nothing in the world matters except for BED & SLEEP. *welps* I hope you’re there next time then Yoshinoya newbie girl, so I can properly endow you with some friendly words of encouragement and…maybe my phone number & you can give me yours…phone numbers WHAT?! Stay classy.
2 weeks ago on May 18, 2012 at 11:20pm
Kate Wood. Y U SO SCARY?!
You scare all the little Ichi-Nensei with medusa hair & those devil eyes.
2 weeks ago on May 18, 2012 at 07:49pm
Anonymous asked: Hey, how's it all going? Posted back in March about Interac and how I was waiting on a job offer. Well, I finally got the email and it looks like I will be heading out there in August :) Still need to decide if it is the right thing for me to do (other offers at home to consider) but I have to say your blog is certainly pulling me in the direction of Japan! Keep up the good work and who knows, maybe see you in the near future in Hokkaido!
Congratulations on the job offer! And to know that my blog might have any kind of positive influence for individuals such as yourself, I find that quite surprising considering that I really only post things that interest me & pertain to my life in Japan. But thank you for your compliment, big ups to that! If you do end up deciding on going to Japan w/Interac, just a little heads up, the one week mandatory ALT training that you have do when you arrive, well…it’s PRETTY FUCKING INTENSE. Emphasis on “PRETTY FUCKING INTENSE.” So, be prepared. Annnd that’s all I’ll disclose about that hahaha sorry :p But once that’s all done & over with and you’re finally emancipated from your ALT training week of hell, you’ll actually be glad you went through it, & it’ll all be smooth sailing from there mate. Trust.
2 weeks ago on May 17, 2012 at 06:49pm
For Shits & Giggles
I will be teaching my 1st year students today, on a not so serious note, numbers up to centillion. I really hope they can fathom powers over 9000.
2 weeks ago on May 15, 2012 at 12:16am
