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04.08.2001
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I have been a total and absolute bookworm
this weekend. As I said before, it looks
like I might be transferred upstairs to work
as a Java software engineer, and I have TONS
of brushing up to do.
First thing Saturday morning I went to Yaesu
Bookcenter and bought O'Reilly's "The Java Enterprise CD Bookshelf,
Version 1.0," 7 best-selling books on
CD-ROM. I love O'Reilly books, but talk about
information overload!
04.06.2001
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Good news! Good news! Good news!
A manager from upstairs in the design
department finally approached me with a concrete
job offer. They need me to work as an engineer
on their Blue Martini project. Allll Riiiiighttttt!!!
Party time tonight at Scruffy Murphys.
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Happy birthday to my favorite blogger,
Laura.
04.05.2001
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The first picture is of a tombstone from
the graveyard behind the office building
where I work -- even in death the Japanese
are crowded.
The second I took the other day when I went
to our local ward office (kind of like a
local city hall) to sign Karen up for National
Health insurance. Out front there's a little
park-like area where lots of senior citizens,
the infirm and the homeless gather to enjoy
a wee-bit of open space and quiet.
04.04.2001
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Karen and I took time off work today to go
down, for the first time, to the clinic where
we are planning to have our baby. Yesterday
we had our Japanese speaking friend call
the place and tell them that we were coming.
We wanted to set up an appointment, but they
said it was on a first-come first-served
basis. So, we show up today and the woman
at the desk tells us that the doctor is on
vacation until next Monday.
What the rock? Man, we just called yesterday
and they didn't say a thing.
Typical Japanese screw up -- They absolutely
HATE saying "No" here.
Anyway, Karen is having an "I-hate-Japan"
day. But don't worry, I'm sure it will pass,
because actually, Japan is a pretty great
place.
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Found this pretty cool site the other day. It's a program
that uses U.S. census data to map the frequency
of any surname that you type in.
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