Days 1208 - 1214 Sunday, July 10, 2011 - Saturday, July 16, 2011 (Heat Stroke on the Rise)

Days 1208 - 1214
Sunday, July 10, 2011 - Saturday, July 16, 2011


Day 1208 ( Earthquake #15 ... 7.3 )
Sunday, July 10, 2011

I was sitting quietly in my apartment then suddenly the place started to shake. This time my phone gave me absolutely no warning whatsoever. This one was also around the area where the very big earthquake happened on March 11 this year and it was in the sea as well. My phone application probably thought because the epicenter was so far away, we wouldn't have felt it here. But we did.


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Day 1209 ( Shippu  )
Monday, July 11, 2011

I started using this thing on my foot which was recommended by one of the English supporters. It is this medicated thing known as a shippu which is used to wrap around the swollen or painful area.
Yeah my foot is still slightly swollen after about a week. I think its because I haven't been resting it enough. I have to walk and take the train everywhere now.


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Day 1210
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Had dinner with a friend of mine today. I also did some final preparations for my first private student tomorrow. That was pretty much my day.

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Day 1211 ( English Conversation Student )
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Went to the main Yokohama station and started searching for the location where I should meet my student. The area is a mall of sorts known as Bay quarter. I found the location of the place relatively quickly. About 10 mins after finding the location, my student showed up. This will be a self introduction lesson of sorts so it should run smoothly.

She studied some sort of industrial technology stuff at a top university in Japan but her first job she didn't like it. So she went back to an academy to study architecture for 2 years. Now she is working as an assistant architect. Her English is very good, so all she need is to have conversations in English to sharpen her skills.

I think this self introduction lesson went pretty well. Afterwards, she gave me some advice about updating my profile on teacher-student.com where she found out about me. Since most Japanese persons don't know that we speak English in Jamaica, she told me to add something about English being the official language of Jamaica.

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Day 1212 ( X-men First class )
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Went to watch X-men first class at 9:40 pm at a theater not to far from where I am. It wasn't so bad at all. I give it a 7/10... I didn't like some of the acting in it, but I enjoyed the storyline, the action and the whole CGI effects thing it had going on.

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Day 1213 { Earthquake #16... 5.6 / Heat stroke in Japan on the Rise}
Friday, July 15, 2011

The English helper person for today at this school, is the president of the PTA. I see her quite often at the school asking questions and querying stuff. Her face gave me the impression that she didn't really like anyone around. But after getting to know her she was really helpful and supportive. She didn't speak much English though.

In the evening I felt another earthquake, this one was on land and it was the heaviest one I felt so far being here. I have pretty much gotten used to them though, even though they are scary.

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Day 1214 ( New External HD  )
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Because my old external hard drive crashed. I decided today to purchase a new one. This time I bought a 1.5 Tera byte HD.

@professor Yamauchi... Thanks for explaining about that bug. I have never seen that green colour before.