Since I'm such a failure at meeting girls, one of my friends invited me to a singles party. Yep... I suck that bad, I've been here for little over half a year (in total) and haven't really met anybody. My such "good" friends never fail to remind me either. They use the whole your a foreigner, girls should be fainting at the sight of you bit too.
The dress code for the party was tradition Japanese clothing, which sucked. Why? Cause no matter what, being a foreigner, you will never look good in Japanese clothing. When trying to pick up girls aren't you atleast suppost to look good? So there was strike one against me right off the bat.
I went to the party with a group of about 20 people, in all there was about 200 people at the party, most quite a bit older than me. That actually made me feel good about myself, (laughs to myself) 200 people at a singles party! And its not like the party was in a highly populated area either, it was at a camp ground kinda in the middle of nowhere (most of the people were from the area).
At the party there was food, drinks & games/contests. There was an open bar with just about anything imaginable, I know I drank more that what I paid for the ticket to the party. The tickets weren't cheap either. As far as games, we started with Bingo, there were some pretty sweet prizes, but I didn't win. Next they held a contest where everybody got to vote for who the thought was the coolest guy and cutest girl.
Apparently a bunch of people from the group I was in voted for me as the coolest guy, so I made it into the final five. I thought it was cool until we got up on stage and they started asking us questions... about our sex lives. The guy before me got asked when the first time he had sex was. He responded that he was still a cherry boy, whheeeww, that took some pressure off me. I got asked how many time I've has sex in one day, so it wasn't so embarresing to say that I was a cherry boy too. Since the guy before me said it too. In the end I didn't win the coolest guy award, but I think I came in second. If I'd won, I would have recieved tickets to Tokyo Disneyland, too bad. (Its not so bad though, a 5 year old girl won the cutest girl contest. It just goes to prove that Japanese guys like their girls young, BTW how did a 5 year old get into an adult's singles party anyways?)
In all the party was very fun and well worth it. I accidently taught about 200 Japanese the shocker, I shouldn't have done that. And I did managed to get a phone number and better yet e-mail address* from a girl at the party, she is a little bit older than me though, but I don't really care.
*Nobody uses their cell phones to make phone calls anymore.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
What's Happening in the Koi World?
Lately we've started the third cull on the ponds, but we're still finishing up the second cull on some ponds. We also have one more pond we have yet to have started the first cull on, a pond of Asagi that were spawned late. So still culling, culling and more culling.
We ran around and checked all of the bigger koi's ponds too. Making sure the koi are okay and topping off the auto-feeders. I'm suprized by how big most of the koi have grown, and I'm really looking forward to the fall harvest.
We ran around and checked all of the bigger koi's ponds too. Making sure the koi are okay and topping off the auto-feeders. I'm suprized by how big most of the koi have grown, and I'm really looking forward to the fall harvest.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Devin's Pond
My fish have been doing good and growing lots. I did have a couple die a while back, though. I think it was because I was feeding too much. So I cut down on the food and haven't had any casualties since.
Also, the heat (and humidity) has been unbearably hot (but, I'm from Minnesota, so that doesn't help), almost around 100* F everyday. So I had to run a hose that constantly adds fresh water to my pond to keep the water in good condition.
The fish look good, when I can see them, the water is really green. But according to Marudo, its the color of water that I want in a mudpond. Brownish green, brown, and clear water in a mudpond aren't as good for the fish.
My fish look to be in the 12 - 15 cm range, just from looking at them in the pond. I'm quite happy with how they are growing. I think I'll cull the pond once more before the fall harvest, but I need to be carefull with how fast I grow my fish. Marudo told me if I grow them to fast then they will probably lose their hi.
Also, the heat (and humidity) has been unbearably hot (but, I'm from Minnesota, so that doesn't help), almost around 100* F everyday. So I had to run a hose that constantly adds fresh water to my pond to keep the water in good condition.
The fish look good, when I can see them, the water is really green. But according to Marudo, its the color of water that I want in a mudpond. Brownish green, brown, and clear water in a mudpond aren't as good for the fish.
My fish look to be in the 12 - 15 cm range, just from looking at them in the pond. I'm quite happy with how they are growing. I think I'll cull the pond once more before the fall harvest, but I need to be carefull with how fast I grow my fish. Marudo told me if I grow them to fast then they will probably lose their hi.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Meeting People....
When meeting new people in Japan it seems like they all follow a script. Japanese tend to say the same things, or so it seems, there are about 4 questions/comment that come up when meeting new people. Bellow are some of my experiences from meeting new people when out eating/drinking with them.
Usually the first thing they bring up is the size of your "face". I don't quite understand why? But, I always get the comment that I have a small face. What is that? We don't comment on the size of peoples faces in America. Seriously, can you imagine meeting somebody new and telling them they have a big or small face? What are they to think, that you're making fun of the size of their head? I really do not understand Japanese peoples fascination with the size of faces.
Now that they are already talking about your body anatomy, their next favorite question is what your blood type is. The first time somebody asked me that question I thought why would they want to know that? Are they searching for somebody with the same blood type in case they need an emergency transfusion? To tell the truth, I don't even know my own blood type. The Japanese people were mystified that I didn't know, probably because they know everybody and their cousins blood type. (That could come in handy if you're ever in Japan and need an emergency transfusion. Just about anybody on the street could probably give you the name of somebody with the same blood type as you within a 1 block distance.) I even asked my mom what blood type I am, but she didn't know, so to this day I still don't know what type I am. I should find out though, it might come in handy sometime, besides being able to answer one of Japanese peoples favorite questions.
Next, no matter how good or bad you are at speaking Japanese, you get hit with a brigade of compliments about how good you can speak the language. I don't know if it is because Japanese people are baffled that a foreigner could even speak their "difficult*" language or what. It doesn't stop after that first time they have met you either. Oh no, it continues on and on and on and on... It gets kind of annoying after a while, cause you hear it from everybody, down to the convenience store clerk.
*After all they do use 4 alphabets you know ;). Some people in Japan believe because of that, it makes Japanese the hardest to learn (ego boost?). I think it just makes it a little more annoying, but defiantly not the hardest.
After they've got a couple drinks in them and have loosened up a little (doesn't take much, some even ask sober) they ask what seems to be their all time favorite question, probably has to do with its sukebi nature. So... Which are you? S or M? (I'm not saying here, if you want to find out you'll have to come to Japan) As in Sadism and Masochism. I don't know about you, but when I meet somebody new it is not one of my priorities to find out whether they are S or M. Doesn't that seem a little odd to ask when you've just met? From the little bit I've talked about S & M is America, it was usually with somebody I've known for a long time. Not somebody I just met. Guys aren't the only ones who bring it up, I've had just as many women ask too. Age plays no factor either, Japan is just weird that way I guess.
Who knows, maybe Japanese people are just searching for their perfect match. The S to their M, with the same blood type (just in case things get a little out of hand).
Usually the first thing they bring up is the size of your "face". I don't quite understand why? But, I always get the comment that I have a small face. What is that? We don't comment on the size of peoples faces in America. Seriously, can you imagine meeting somebody new and telling them they have a big or small face? What are they to think, that you're making fun of the size of their head? I really do not understand Japanese peoples fascination with the size of faces.
Now that they are already talking about your body anatomy, their next favorite question is what your blood type is. The first time somebody asked me that question I thought why would they want to know that? Are they searching for somebody with the same blood type in case they need an emergency transfusion? To tell the truth, I don't even know my own blood type. The Japanese people were mystified that I didn't know, probably because they know everybody and their cousins blood type. (That could come in handy if you're ever in Japan and need an emergency transfusion. Just about anybody on the street could probably give you the name of somebody with the same blood type as you within a 1 block distance.) I even asked my mom what blood type I am, but she didn't know, so to this day I still don't know what type I am. I should find out though, it might come in handy sometime, besides being able to answer one of Japanese peoples favorite questions.
Next, no matter how good or bad you are at speaking Japanese, you get hit with a brigade of compliments about how good you can speak the language. I don't know if it is because Japanese people are baffled that a foreigner could even speak their "difficult*" language or what. It doesn't stop after that first time they have met you either. Oh no, it continues on and on and on and on... It gets kind of annoying after a while, cause you hear it from everybody, down to the convenience store clerk.
*After all they do use 4 alphabets you know ;). Some people in Japan believe because of that, it makes Japanese the hardest to learn (ego boost?). I think it just makes it a little more annoying, but defiantly not the hardest.
After they've got a couple drinks in them and have loosened up a little (doesn't take much, some even ask sober) they ask what seems to be their all time favorite question, probably has to do with its sukebi nature. So... Which are you? S or M? (I'm not saying here, if you want to find out you'll have to come to Japan) As in Sadism and Masochism. I don't know about you, but when I meet somebody new it is not one of my priorities to find out whether they are S or M. Doesn't that seem a little odd to ask when you've just met? From the little bit I've talked about S & M is America, it was usually with somebody I've known for a long time. Not somebody I just met. Guys aren't the only ones who bring it up, I've had just as many women ask too. Age plays no factor either, Japan is just weird that way I guess.
Who knows, maybe Japanese people are just searching for their perfect match. The S to their M, with the same blood type (just in case things get a little out of hand).
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