Les Pensées en Francais

Salut mes chers amis!

Alors, je trouve qu’il n’y a pas trop des personnes qui lit mon site. Est-ce qu’il une tragedie? Pas vraiment. En fait, je me n’inquiet pas, pas de tout. De plus, il existe mes amis qui ne parlent pas l’anglais. Je suis desole, terriblement. Depuis j’ai quitte la France, j’ai arrete d’utiliser le Francais. Mais ici, au Japon, je m’est recontre quelqu’un de la Congo. Son Francais est un peu plus rapide (de plus son accent est difficile) mais j’aime bien l’opportunite de parler Francais au Japon. Chaque jour j’etudie comme un fou en Japonais. Je trouve que la tete a les difficultes a cause du Kanji. Je peux parler un peu et je peux lis aussi mais le truc est qu’ils sont differents. Les choses que je peux lire ne sont pas les choses que je peux dire. Un peu difficile de comprendre, n’est-ce pas? Heh, mois aussi, j’ai laisse perplexe. En verite, je suis pas certain que je vais reussir d’apprendre le Japonais. J’espere que je me suis tellement trompe.

En tout cas. Je vais essaye d’ecrire un petit peu plus en Francais pour tout mes amis qui voudraient ecouter de mes aventures! Bon, a tout a l’heure.

P.S. Si j’ai fait des erreurs grave,… dis-moi!

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Lessons Learned

Lesson 346

More On Driving in Japan:

The Japanese Police:

Please use caution when driving. Blue lights mean go, but be cautious. Yellow lights mean stop. Red lights mean stop. Remember, do as the Japanese do.

Typical Driver:

What’s a Blue light? Yellow light, move it or I’ll cream you. Red light, oh *$#@ was that a pedestrian?

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Complicated

Facebook, huh?

So I know a lot of my friends are endeared to facebook. As much as they are to text messages and other sources of contact. This article pretty much sums up everything nicely. I don’t often use facebook because of several of the problem reasons listed. I have always been one for direct contact, even a phone call is better than dueling it out over textified madness. Why is it that people have taken to these methods of communication? Sure there are plenty of benefits, but I feel the cons outweigh the pros. Opinions? How about the article? Check it out at Wall Street Journal.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204660604574370450465849142.html

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Complicated

The Cool Down

Today marked the first cool day we had in Japan for the entire summer. It’s pretty much been shake and bake since May or June. This might be the first night without AC, finally. I took a long walk around my area and realized at how much sky you could actually see at night. It’s kind of relaxing to have what I had back in Lincoln. The stars are always there for you. To help give you an idea of the expansive lightless fields that I call home, here you go:

Izumo

The picture really doesn’t do this area justice, but it’s the best I have at the moment. More to come soon on my recent summer travels. As for mattdinofrio.com, it’s still up and coming. Yes I know it isn’t up yet.

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Complicated

Izumo

So I find that my region is quite disconnected from the rest of Japan. We don’t have a shinkansen so it’s not like we are really close to anything. The closest city is Matsue, and even they have no shinkansen. The closest city that is connected to the rest of Japan is that of Hiroshima which is three hours and a $40 dollar one-way bus ticket away. Regardless of that fact, Shimane is also one of the most famous regions in Japan. In August, during the time of all the festivals, there is a time when the ‘gods’ are absent from all other prefectures and are said to go to Shimane. They also have,… I believe, the second oldest wooden structure in Japan: Izumo Taisha. There’s a lot to check out. Here’s a sample:

Beach Scenery

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Complicated

Thanks

So I guess someone found my blog. Usually I find no comment to go through. In stead of the usually 1 or 2 spam, I found 16! Thanks for taking the time to read. I will put up some photos of where I live. Most of the photos up now are places in and around Izumo which is where I live. The little map shows where Izumo is found. Thanks for reading.

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Food

Offense Taken

Some may be offended with this next post. I just give the truth as it comes. So cooking in Japan, as my understanding will have it, is the woman’s job. Because I live alone, I often get the infamous question “Where do you eat?” That’s when I say, “Oh well there are several supermarkets in my area, so I eat at home.” On Cue: Jaws hit the floor. I also favor the blank stare that I often get, (you know, the one reserved for disbelief or crazy people). I wonder if I should just stop cooking and spend life at the local tempura restaurants. Although I guess the looks I get are priceless enough for me to keep cooking.

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