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Well then give me your phone numbers! Send me a private message or e-mail (matt@mattdinofrio.com) and I’ll get back to you!

Posted on June 12th, 2010 by Dinof
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There’s a squirrel in it! Enough said.

** August 27th, 2010: Fixed!

Posted on June 4th, 2010 by Dinof
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“Même dans le miroir. J’ai des oreilles.”

Alors, il est quoi ca? En fait, je n’ai aucune idée. Il est sur que la phrase est vrai. Moi aussi, j’ai des oreilles dans le miroir. Peut-être toi même? La réalité est que les Japonais adorent tous les choses d’autres pays. Je ne comprendre pas la raison, mais elle est le cas. Il y a toujours les titres, les phrases, l’alimentation, et plein d’autres choses des pays étrangers ici. Bien sur, je comprends complètement la situation d’alimentation. Moi aussi, j’aime bien la nourriture du monde. Il existe pleins de choses de gouter! Malheureusement je ne comprends pas l’obsession d’autres cultures.

Peut-être il existe une réputation chique? Je n’ai aucune idée. Et mes amis? Est-ce que vous trouvez un cas similaire?

Posted on May 25th, 2010 by crayten
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Well I had some soup, milk, rice, a concoction of vegetables I care not to guess about and um,… oh yeah, whale. How about you?

That’s a typical day at school. Sometimes I regret that I can understand the casual table conversation over lunch in the teachers’ room. Now let me say, it wasn’t that whale tastes bad. In fact it kind of tastes like… chicken, go figure. Regardless, I’d just rather not know I was eating whale at all.

Just to give you an idea of the BROAD assortment of food fed to kids here in Japan. Seaweed, jellyfish, seaweed, rice, bread, seaweed, curry, fried chicken, rice, spinach, rice, seaweed, tofu, whale, fresh water fish, seaweed, dumplings, crab, rice, small shellfish, beef, beans (fermented might I add), little fish that stare up at you helplessly from your rice, cakes the size of a pocket dictionary, seaweed, and oh…. more rice. Of course there are others I just haven’t figured out yet and probably should leave it that way.

Posted on May 13th, 2010 by crayten
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Realizations abound, I’ve finally come to terms with this blog. At first it was for my friends, but now I find it’s more for my entertainment. I can still share all the fun things with friends, but maybe I will do a little more writing of my thoughts on travel and other things. I have recently been reading a ton of articles on travel, learning language, photography, and moving (as in changing your living location). These are goals in mind for my future. Actually, I don’t see myself settling down anywhere for an extended period of time. My dreams are slowly evolving, changing, and taking on new persona. I hope for everyone back home I can share what I experience!

Now moving on, more to the title of the post. Setting goals is something everyone does in hopes for that dream. Even the laziest of people, such as myself, will do it. It’s ever so rewarding when the goals are actually accomplished (I know what you are thinking, but yes, I really AM lazy). I sometimes wonder where these goals will take me in life, but there’s no need to dwell too much on it. As long as I know my destination and general heading, I feel at ease.

On occasion I have the opportunity of discussing other peoples’ dreams and I think, “That’s fantastic,…. but why are you here?” I think people, especially in today’s day and age, get hung up (myself included). They get into something and stay there, call it being too comfortable or just plain lazy.  The goals they have will never come to pass because they are too busy “living” life, or so they say. As every day passes them by, they count their sheep till the next moment will come. In effect, they really are sleeping because that next moment may never come. Then you hit 65 and wonder to yourself, “What happened?” So let me ask now, “Why wait?!”

Well, I myself have grown tired of counting sheep. A bit of a paradox, seeing as counting sheep should make you tired! What I’m really saying is, I’m done waiting. Risk is a part of living and it’s about time I take action and do the things I’ve always wanted. Sure moving to Japan was a huge step in the right direction, but it never got me out of my old thoughts. Finally I realize that there is much more to life and it won’t get done till I do it.

Posted on March 23rd, 2010 by crayten
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Why white guys get Asian women

No need for a description, it speaks for itself.

Posted on March 15th, 2010 by crayten
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In February? Awesome cakes….. It’s already hitting in the low 50’s!

Posted on February 24th, 2010 by crayten
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So the other day my students were getting their mid-term exams back. Before the students got them, the teacher mentioned the class average. Upon hearing it, all the students laughed. Well apparently I’m not Japanese enough to get the joke.

But I’m pretty sure a class average of 42 out of 100 points is pretty bad. Or maybe they were just trying to laugh off that test score they were about to get.

Posted on February 18th, 2010 by crayten
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Because the schools in Japan are not heated!

Only the class rooms and the teachers’ rooms are. That’s it! At least if one heater breaks only one class or room full of teachers have to suffer…….

Posted on February 17th, 2010 by crayten
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I did square dancing in highschool during those super rainy days. Man, did everyone hate it. We always tried for floor hockey or indoor soccer,… nope too violent. Time to doe-si-doe.

Here, what do they do during rainy season? Judo. That sure beats square dancing. At least you learn how to parry someone’s advance. That’s probably better than grab your offender, PROMENADE.

Posted on February 15th, 2010 by crayten
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