Archive for April, 2007

Power of the Leprechaun..

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

I found a 4 leaf clover!

I was by a river explaining to a Japanese friend that a 4 leaf clover is lucky and pretty much impossible to find.. and right when i finished saying it there was one right infront of my face. We looked around for more but that was the only one…

I wonder what will happen to me now….

This is called ‘getting screwed’

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Ok I flew to Japan on the 17th of August last year. I signed a 1 year contract. At the end of the year i should get paied $1000 bonus.

* Whats actually happening.

They want me to stay and work until the end of August (31st).. or no bonus. Thats their IDEA of 1 year.

* The Problem.

1. I have a 1 YEAR ticket.. as in the day i left Toronto is the last day i can leave Japan. You can change this date to be earlier but NOT later. Its a 1 Year contract with the airline, and guess what!?!? It actually lasts 1 year!
2. The Japanese mindset does not bend rules. There is the IDEA of how to do something and thats it. Their IDEA of one year contract is Aug 17 06 – Aug 31 07.. and their IDEAs can’t be changed ever because there is only one way. An example of this i see every day … In Japan you can’t turn with traffic on a red light (like making a right on a red back home except here its a left). SO you see cars lined up waiting for nothing all the time , when its obvious they can just go and it would be completely safe and more efficient. But that goes against their IDEA of how to drive. Which is with your head all the way up your ass. Much like thier IDEA of a 1 year contract.

* The burn.

Now since its impossible for me to change my ticket i lose my bonus + August cause i can’t finish the month = $3000

Dude. DUDE!

Anger .. rising… urge to kill ..also rising..

* What i have going for me.

As a independent thinker and unattached any IDEA that is retarded and not beneficial for me in anyway. One day i’m here the next day i’m not… I can leave when ever I want. The purpose of a bonus is to get a person to finish their contract.. no bonus = no finish = F*#k you.

Life goes on.

Summer is almost here .. i hope..

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

This weekend it was 26 degrees… if it stays like that.. surfing is not far away.

Going to the beach today to check it out.

Go Sens.

Spring time in Japan/Korea

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Rgihty o..

2 weekends ago i was in Korea and last weekend i did the Hinami festival.. a.k.a. Go to a park and get wasted under cherry trees because its whats happening..

Other than that i’m looking forward to leaving my job. I applied for one back home but i haven’t herd anything yet. i still have 3 months here.. but that will go by fast. In 2 weeks i have golden week (a week off of work) and after that its almost half way through May which leaves only 2 months .. which i plan to spend every weekend surfing.

So thats whats new.. heres a few pics i took. Oh and i need a new camera .. this one is breaking.. doh.

Temple in Downtown Seoul, Korea.

Somewhere in Seoul at night..

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Hinami Festival , Utsunomiya Japan.

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