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Salaryman Senryu

A Japanese life insurance company held annual contest of Senryu that is short and witty Japanese poem. They announced the top ten of the...
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Apr 30th 2012 19:47
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New Bicycle

The bicycle was delivered today. It was the folding bicycle that my friend, Tim recommended to me on lang8 instead of a road bike. I ro...
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Apr 29th 2012 22:42
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UCLA

I took my colleague from Japan to UCLA before sending him off to LAX airport. It was his request. He had studied in UCLA as an exchange...
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Apr 28th 2012 21:02
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Macaroni and Cheese

In an American TV program, “macaroni and cheese” is seemed to be used as a symbol of poor meal like “rice and pickles” in Japan. However...
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Apr 27th 2012 12:01
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Earth, Wind and Fire

I attended a closing party of POWWOW that is the biggest trade show of the tourism industry in the U.S. The party had been scheduled to ...
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Apr 26th 2012 21:56
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POWWOW

POWWOW that is the biggest annual trade show of the tourism industry in America is being held in LA from 23rd until 25th April. The exhi...
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Apr 25th 2012 20:34
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Starbucks

Some of my colleagues have habit to drop at a Starbucks on the way to the office and drink it at their desk. Many of them go to a Starbu...
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Apr 24th 2012 20:29
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Angels

I went to Angels Stadium to watch a game of Angeles vs. Orioles with my family. This was the first time to watch a game of MBL. When we...
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Apr 24th 2012 09:53
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Bad Correspondence

I got a phone from my friend for the first time since he came to my house with his daughter about one year ago. He said he was transferr...
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Apr 22nd 2012 21:58
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Rubble by the Tohoku Disaster

I read a report of Japanese government about the rubble ejected into the Japan sea by the tsunami of Tohoku area of Japan in March 2011. ...
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Apr 21st 2012 21:59
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Commute By Bicycle

I'm thinking to buy a bicycle for my commute in order to keep me fit. I commute by car now and walk little on weekdays. It must be ...
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Apr 20th 2012 19:49
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Invisible Walls

There is our group company that handles tours of Japanese companies in America. They used to deal their business trips, mainly air fligh...
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Apr 19th 2012 19:58
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SIT

We hired a new employee who is in charge of SIT. SIT is an abbreviation for Special Interest Tour. In my business, special interest mea...
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Apr 18th 2012 21:30
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A Conversation in My Office

When I talked with our American staff, I couldn't find enough words which I wanted to express myself with. I felt frustrated. I re...
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Apr 17th 2012 22:08
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Down & Dirty

I went to see an event whose name is 2012 Down & Dirty National Mud Run Series at a beautiful lake side park in northern Los Angeles....
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Apr 16th 2012 21:41
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Life Is Like a Card Game

The essay in a Japanese newspaper was impressive for me. "We have to play the card game of our life with the distributed cards. If...
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Apr 15th 2012 20:59
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Old Myself

Our company has a one year training program that an employee works in a foreign branch as a trainee. I worked in our Paris branch in thi...
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Apr 14th 2012 20:28
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San Diego2

I attended a meeting with the parties of tourism industry in San Diego about the promotion for Japanese tourists after the launching a di...
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Apr 13th 2012 19:41
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San Diego

JAL begin service between Tokyo and San Diego in this December. We will have a meeting with concerned parties in San Diego like restaura...
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Apr 12th 2012 11:45
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Sony

Sony announced their financial result of las fiscal year that ended last March will be the red ink for 4 years in a row. Their main busi...
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Apr 11th 2012 20:30
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