2006/03/22

Do you know joga.com?

I looked at the news about internet and found new Socail Networking service "joga.com". The news said that "joga.com" is an social networking service in the world for soccer's fans. Google Japan and Japanese news paper company Nikkei started providing this service. I had posted the article of Japanese SNS services once. Although I don't post on my blos,Yahoo Japan started Yahoo360 this month. According to the news of "jago.com", we can have accounts if we will receive the invitations from members. The site "jaga.com" supports 14 languages. What can members do ? - They can have our blogs. For fee? Sorry.I don't know. - They can post photos,video. - They can send another members messages. - They can create the community on the net. - They can talk about soccer. - They can look at the informations of Soccer players etc. - They can look at the information of world event "Joga3 futsal". I wait to the invitation from someone.

Go away!

Recently,I have bad headaches while I work in my office. Sometimes I can't have lunch because of my headache. I used to suffer from bad headaches 2 years ago. So I had gone to the hospital. And now, I have bad headaches again since 3 weeks. Why? If I will go to the hospital, The doctor will say "you are old!" or "You have poor posture when you look at your PC!" . I hope that my headache leave me soon!

Changing personnel assessment system & payroll system.

When I done testing of the program,my boss talked to me. He said that parsonnel assesment system and payroll system will be changed on April. Then he said that we have to attend a interview of personnel development. Although I don't know about the detail of my current company's system, I know about personnel assesment system very well. Before I joined the current company,I used to set up the goals. Then after 6 months,I interviewed with my bosses. To reflect back on the accomplishment of my work. But I think that Japanese pay-per-performance system is strange. In the true sense of the term,Some of Japanese pay-per-performances don't work at all. Three years ago, one book about the pay-per-performance system of Japanese company had became popular. The title is "Fujitsu from the inside". 内側から見た富士通 The book said that the pay-per-performance system of Fujitsu didn't work and many employees left Fujitsu. Anyway,I have to know about the detail of my current company's new system.

2006/03/20

Planning the trip abroad

I checked the websites of travel agency today because the holidays called "Golden week" in Japanese are coming up. My conditions of the trip are here. - The places that there are beautiful oceans because I try to do scuba diving. - The places where it is close to Japan because I can't have long vacations. At first,I thought that visiting to Okinawa was perfect. After watching the price of tours to Okinawa,I was shocked. It was higher than trip abroad. Then I checked the tours of Langkawi and Thailand. Those prices were half of Okinawa's price. In addition,including the 3 times meals. I know that domestic trips are very expensive. But I think it is funny. Many Japanese people go to abroad on their vacations because domestic trips are expensive. In consequence,some of Japanese sightseeing spots are suffering from a slump in travel business. Anyway,I am planning my trip now. I have to decide the place where I will go to travel.

Lunch despite a trouble

I am sad. Once, I might have posted a article of my boss. I know it is true that he is a good person. Except a ability of a leader. After I arrived at my office this morning, I checked my email box. Then I looked at many emails and found one email. It was a email that we received when our system were in trouble! It was an alarm!! So we checked our systems and kept watching them. We managed to deal with our systems without problems. When it was 12 am, we received a email of the alarm again!! What did you do at that time if you were me? If I were my boss, I kept watching our systems to deal with our systems when troubles may happen. When I had been working at ex company, I had met same situations. I had never left our office when systems had been in troubles. It was common! But my boss was different. He had left our office to have lunch although we had to keep watching our systems. I can't belive it. Am I wrong?

2006/03/13

Don't watch this if you don't want to cry.

After I wake up this morning, I saw the news websites and I found the news about the book "Tokyo Tower". Once,I had posted the article about "Tokyo Tower". 東京タワー I couldn't stop shedding my tears while reading "Tokyo Tower".It was for first time to me. I don't know the more impressed books than "Tokyo Tower". Anyway,the news said that the television version of "Tokyo Tower" will be shown on TV in this summer! According to the news,Japanese actress Yuuko Tanaka will play a role of Lily Frankey's mother. The news said

 "Don't read This book on the subways 
if you don't hope that anyone watch your crying."
It was correct because I fell many tears on my face when I got on not only the airplane,but also the train. If I had known the right advice,I would stop reading "Tokyo Tower" in front of people. In addition,the news said that the sales number of "Tokyo Tower" became 1200 thousand.Under the Japanese present conditions that do not sell of a recent book Under the present situation that many books I look forward to the television version of "Tokyo Tower". Of course, If you don't want to cry, Don't watch the television version of "Tokyo Tower"!

2006/03/10

"Tuesdays with Morrie" and "The Five People You Meet in Heaven"

I bought 2 books on Amazon to study English today. Although I can't finish reading one book that is a self-help book, I would like to read another books. In addition,I can't receive books from delivery service on weekdays. So I made a decision to buy books on Amazon at once. Why did I buy new 2 books? Because I would like to learn how to say things in English. Self-help book is written by hard expression. In addition,I think the story of those are very nice. I bought "Tuesdays with Morrie" and "The Five People You Meet in Heaven". I like the touching books. I didn't know Mitch Albom that is an author of those. After some reviews of Amazon, I could know his book "Tuesdays with Morrie" had been greatly admired by New York Times. I will enjoy reading those books and self-help book for the next few weeks. But I wonder if I will be able to read those books without the dictionary. Because I am reading self-help book with usig the dictionary. If I couldn't see the dictionary,I think I couldn't finish reading half of it. Anyway, I am looking forward to reading "Tuesdays with Morrie" and "The Five People you Meet in Heaven". I will be able to receive those as early as tomorrow or early.

Can we live on 10,000 yen for a month?

I like Japanese TV program "Ougon Densetsu" that means "The Godlen Regend". This program is very funny. Because people compete in living on 10,000 yen for a month. Additionally,they are famous are famous TV performers,comedians. There are some rules on this program. - Living in the apartment where this program prepared for a month. - Don't eat any food given by someone. - Pay the water charge and electric bill every day. Many people showed us the way of living on 10,000 yen for a month. They tried to how to save food costs or how to save the water charge, how to save electric bill. Especially,I like Hamaguch because he was very funny. Hamaguchi who is a comedian in Japan showed us funny interesting ways to save money. He had many ways to save money in order to live on 10,000 yen for a month. He lived in outdoor place and he got into the cold winter ocean. Then he done snorkeling in order to get seafoods of winter oceans. On another occasion,he had been living with the chicken together. He was able to eat the eggs that the chicken sometimes had laid. So he managed to save money without eating the chicken he have. After watching this program, I can realize that we can try to save money more with some efforts. For example,when we take a shower,we can save gas bill or water charge if we sometimes stop turning on the hot water stop while we are taking a shower hour by hour. If we clean my room,we can save money when we sometimes sweep the floor with a broom instead of cleaner. After I watched this TV program,I sometimes clean by broom. At first,I put some papers such as newspaper into water,those run water over. After a few mins,I wring the water out of those and I shred those into little pieces. I sweep the floor with a broom after I spill those on the floor. Finishing gathering wet papers by a broom, we can see the dusts of floor adhere to wet papers. I like sweeping the floor with a broom because I can more enjoy cleaning by the broom than the cleaner. And we can save electric bill if we use some candles instead of the lights at night. I like aromatherapy.so I sometimes select essential oils and put those into the pot. After that,I enjoy the light of candle while the fire of candle is burning. I can not only relax by aromatherapy but also save electric bill. But I think it is impossible that I will live on 10,000 yen for a month. I must post how I can live on 10.000 yen for a month if I will be able to live on 10,000 yen for a month.

2006/03/08

sign up!

Yesterday,I signed up for a SNS group that people enjoy doing scuba diving. Because I recently would like to do diving. My dad used to do diving and enjoyed doing diving for years. He used to take my family to Okinawa in order to do diving. While my dad done diving in Okinawa,we were waiting for him on the boat. He said to me that Okinawa's ocean was very beautiful. I understand him. Indeed,people who did scuba diving in Okinawa said to me same words. When I was a child,I couldn't do diving. So I enjoyed swimming or snorkeling in the ocean. Although I couldn't do diving at all, I could understand that Okinawa's ocean were fantastic. Because I could see the white sand beaches and clarity of the water when I went to Okinawa. If we can do scuba diving,we can see valuable corals and beautiful tropical fishes into Okinawa's ocean. When I went to Hawaii,I done snorkeling in Hanauma Bay. I heard that the many corals had died in there because of disruption of ecosystem. But while I did snorkeling in there,I could find many beautiful tropical fishes. After going to Hawaii,I hoped that I will do diving someday. So I signed up for the group "Enjoy do scuba diving". I look forward to doing scuba diving in Okinawa.

The peace after release

I am in the peace after release. I finally managed to release the programs that I had done testing for weeks. By the way,I am reading same book for weeks.I read about "self-interest" and "Boredom" of it. It was written that we must investigate how much variety there is in the tasks we perform.I agree this thought very much. Certainly,I sometimes feel boredom when I am working.But I try to find tasks that I can feel exciting. If I can't do that,I must quit my work at once.I think the job as engineer seems absolutely perfect for me.My job is like finding the answers by myself. I like thinking about tasks and finding the answers by myself when I am working. Of course if it is necessary that I must discuss with co-workers,I can do. I deeply hope that I would like to find out things more. Next,it was written that we must not think only about salary and workload.I understand it very much. All this time,when I could get jobs,I didn't select jobs for only salary and workload. I selected jobs for what the job involves. In the past,I heard that we selected the difficult way and so we were able to find many things.I agree this thought. Of course we need money to live. But if I have some money to live and nice job,I am very satisfied very much. What I mean is that it is very important that we keep finding things by myself with excessive thinking and trying to change.

2006/03/06

Good sleep

I read the book about sleep. It was written that good sleep is important to work or do everything. I couldn't sleep deeply in the past.So I felt tired all day because of sleep deprivation. Now, I can sleep every day.I reminded me of the one movie after reading the chapter about sleep. It was "The Machinist".I watched it last year. The story was about sleepless man Christian Bale played. He was not able to sleep at all and went to the cafe every nights.And strange accidents were happening around him. We can find the reason that he couldn't sleep as we keep watching movie.I was very scared after I finished watching this movies. Anyway,good sleeping is very important.The brains are able to take a rest while we are sleeping. But now,I am feeling sleepy because I sat up late this weekend. I know it is a bad habit and stop sitting up late while weekends. Anyway, good seep is very important to us.So I decided to sleep early tonight.

2006/03/02

Nintendo DS lite sold out

Today is a day of starting sale of Nintendo DS lite.I had been checking the web sites of shops in order to get it since last week. But it was difficult that we reserved it on the web sites because the sale number of Nintendo DS lite was limited by Nintendo. There is a huge electronic store near my office. when I arrived at my office and checked the emails in the morning,one of co-worker said that there are many people that are waiting for sale of Nintendo DS lite in front of the store. I would like to wait for it like them but I can't. Then I saw the news about Nintendo DS lite and was very surprised because 600 people had waited for the sale of Nintendo DS lite before opening time. According to the news,Some of people had been standing in front of the stores since last night and waiting for it. Of course I would like to get Nintendo DS lite soon but I can't stand in front of stores for many hours. Indeed,it is very difficult to get even Nintendo DS.I said to my friend that I would get Nintendo DS lite next month. But he said to me,"It is very impossible!" So I wonder when I will get Nintendo DS lite.

2006/03/01

Writing down about my life

I am reading new book about what I must do in order to get a good life.Recently,I didn't read books such as this book. But I like those type of books and often read those in the past.The book I am reading contains 100 chapters and was written based on scientific and survey data. The chapter I am reading now is about that it is very important to write down what I want and what I need.I agree this thought.In the past,I had read the similar book. At firt,it is very important that figure out what I want to do or get.And so we can get close our ideals as we write down about our ideals.I agree and I think the process is very important. After reading the book,I wrote down my goal and my task every day.Before I started my work,I checked this note and thought about my task again. After I finished my work,I checked it again.If I found the thing I forgot to do,I wrote down it on the note. Of course,if it was not necessary for me at once,I sometimes hang up to do it. Recently I didn't write down about my goal,s etc. As I am reading new book,I think it is very nice chance to think about my life. - What do I want? - What do I need? So I will start writing down my ideal since today.

2006/02/28

Tokyo Tower

I think the best book that I had read in last year is "Tokyo Tower". 東京タワー Before I went to Penang,I bought it because I had to get on the plane for hours.When I got on the train or plane,I can't stop reading it because the story was very good.While I was reading it,I shed tears. This book is a true story.The author "Lily Franky" wrote his family.He was born in Kyusyu of Japan and grew up in there.At first,he had living with his parent and grandmother together for 3 years since he was born.But when he was a child,he live with his mother. They had been living together for years.His mother was very cute and kind mother and she loved her son deeply. After years,He left his hometown in order to study in the college. But his mother had a ill and he lived with her in Tokyo.Althought she had been in Kyusyu,she enjoyed the Tokyo's life.Many people loved her because she was a very kind woman. But her ill was worst and she died for cancer. I couldn't stop shedding tears while reading the last of story.After finish reading this book,I deeply feel my parent are very important.And I would like to do something for my parent. I hope that many people read this books "Tokyo Tower". The reason of the title "Tokyo Tower" is that they saw it in her room of the the hospital.

2006/02/24

Lovely cat!

I went to the favorite Japanese pub "Orench" at night! And then I ate a lot of foods and dranks a little with my friends. My friends live in the place near "Orench".I envy them! I have some reasons that I love there. The first reason is that there are delicious foods and drinks. Especially,I think seafoods and vegetables foods are very nice! In fact,there is an aquarium in front of "Orench". The owner buys special seafoods every day from the market. And he puts those into the aquarium. The second reason is that the owners of "Orench" are very friendly and their service are very fantastic. The last reason is that I can meet their cat.I think that last reason is very important to me.I rent my house and so I can't have any animals in my house.But I love cats! So when I visit "Orench",I can't stop hugging the cat.Unfortunately,I couldn't take phots of the cat.If I live in the place near "Orench",I think I would go to "Orench" every day.

The job interview

Yesterday,when I just testing another programs,my friend was online on the net.I heard she looked for the new job and so I asked her about the job.She said that she had the job interviews.And now she was waiting for the answer. And she proposed drinking tea together at 6 pm.I would like to do that as I didn't meet her for 1 month.But I had to finish testing and so I said her . Anyway,I hope she will receive the answer and join the new company soon!If she join the new company,we will plan to go to travel. Wow!

2006/02/23

going on a diet with eating Miso soup

I recently wrote the article about breakfast on this blog.I wrote that I have a breakfast.But now,I try to have a breakfast since on Monday.I have a reason that I decided to have a breakfast since I watched the program on TV. The name of the program is "Aru Aru daijiten".This program is about health. According to the program,When American people eat Miso soup as breakfast,They could lose their weight! They eat only macrobiotics foods and they can lose their weight with eating macrobiotics foods.It is said that macrobiotics foods are brown rice,vegetable,soy beans,Miso etc. Those were Japanese food and old Japanese people have eaten those in the past. I knew macrobiotics foods and I usually try to eat those.In the fact,people ate Miso soup as breakfast and so they could their weight!They could lose at least 1 Kg for a week. It is said that Miso and Soy milk are fat-burning food.In adittion,They are said that they burn more calories. And so people eating those can lose their weight simply. Many of Japanese recently don't drink Miso soup ,because Miso soup contains many salt and it is bad to take many salt. Although I didn't drink Miso soup, I am drinking Miso soup as breakfast since the day I watched this program.There are many type of Miso in Japan. According to the program, red type of Miso is nice in the morning and white type of Miso is nice in the night. When I cook Miso soup,I boil water with frozen Tofu "Kouya Dofu" and some seaweed "Wakame". After 3 mins,I put red type of Miso into the pan. It is very easy to cook Miso soup. Will I be able to lose my weight? About miso is here

2006/02/22

"Zenikin" - The man living in the mountain

"Zenikin" is one of the TV programs I love. This program is very funny! Because funny people appear on this program. They are very poor and save money to live.But it isn't serious because they enjoying saving money. Sometimes,I was surprised that I could not to do if I were him or her. In the past,I watched that the man living in the mountain appeared on this program.I envied his life because there are beautiful mountains and rivers around his house. When the sun rises up,he get up and have a breakfast. And he goes out to do rafting or swimming in the river. When he get tired,he goes home and take a rest. After taking a rest,he go out to get food. There are many vegetables that we can eat. Neighbours sometimes give eggs or meats etc to him. In stead of taking foods,he helps neighbour to repair their furniture and houses etc. After having a lunch or dinner,He does what he wants to do. At night,He goes out to prepair the hotspring and takes a bath. He can take a bath seeing beautiful night view! I think he can his time and decide what to do.Well,I have to leave my office. Of course,I will watch "Zenikin" tonight.

I don't know what I'm doing now.

Finally,I could finish doing testing of one program. When did I start doing testing of this program? I would not like to remember that. But when I finish doing testing of programs,I think that there are not QA engineers in my office. Because they don't know about development of web program. So I have to do testing about security. It is very hard to do testing all by myself. I think it is only in my case. It is very important to find security holes ,recently. Luckily,I had not to do testing like now at all before I joined the current company. Because there are many QA engineer who had high skills and some tools in ex company. But now,I wonder if I am a web engineer while I do testing programs. If I had to do testing all of cases,I would like to use some tools when I will do testing. At least,Bugzilla. It is for free!

2006/02/21

she or he?

In japan,there is a star called "KABA chan". "KABA chan" is one of the TV performers who I love. He is famous as not only TV performers but also dancer in Japan. In addition,he showed his dance as dancer on TV in the past. Recently,he played a role on TV programs.He composes the choreography and teache dance to many famous Japanese singers. The Japanese song "The only flower in the world" was composed by "KABA chan". Japanese famous singers "SMAP" song this song and this song was very sold in Japan in 2003. This song is one of the songs I love. ● SMAP”世界に一つだけの花(シングル・ヴァージョン)”CD I think this song is very excellent because lyrics to this song is very good. When I listen to this song,I can feel cheer.