Last Day in Singapore / Jamaican Men Not to Date lol
Japanese sentence of the week : - sou kamo shirenai / そうかもしれない/ I think so / Maybe so
Days 1950 - 1956
Sunday, July 21 - 27, 2013
Sorry again readers, I think this blog may be a long one as well.
Day 1950 ( Last Day Of Singapore - BWA Youth Conference )
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Went to the final service of the conference. Took pictures with several participants. Didn't get to say my final good bye to all the Jamaicans, only a few of them.
After the picture taking and stuff, I went to an ADIDAS shop with some new Filipino friends who I went on the boat trip with last week. There was a Filipino worker in there that decided to help us get a 40% discount. So I bought an ADIDAS beach slipper, because its SUMMER!!
One of the Swiss girls is a Pharmacist so she is always venturing into pharmacies. So we went into a dodgy looking herbal medicine like store. An Indian guy then came out and told one of the girls that he could look in their eyes, run some random tests and see if they have any form of illness. I was of course extremely skeptical, as I am always. But the pharmacist girl wanted to see what manner of trickery this guy is possibly up to. So he lifted her hand, look into her yes and did some other random stuff. He deduced that she has back trouble, she needs to take care of her stomach plus do some more exercises.
They call this practice "eastern medicine". The pharmacist said she knows about it and that it is very expensive to try in Switzerland. It was time now for the other girl. After he did his lifting hand thing and what not, he deduced that she has heart trouble and I think breathing problems... I don't remember exactly what else. In any case, he was right about both girls for the most part. And he recommend some herbal medicine that he conveniently had??? I don't know...
I was still skeptical but because the 2 Swiss girls said their diagnoses were correct, I decided to try... It only cost a mere US$10!!!! He looked into my eyes, my mouth, checked my neck, lifted my hands then said:
You are weak .... you need to exercise more (Haven't exercised seriously since December)
You can get diabetes easily, you need to eat less sugar and more vegetables (both my parents are diabetics)
Your liver need detoxing!!! (........)
You can't get fat. All the food is not being flushed properly from your large intestine. And it is causing toxic stuff to build up in your liver. (........)
Cut off red meat. Eat lots of chicken, vegetables and wheat stuff. (........)
But, your lungs and your heart are fine. And I have just the thing for you!!! (........)
A wheat grass, herbal medicine that will detox your liver and make your skin healthy etc etc.. take it with lots of water. (........)
By the way, your aura is all messed up... you need to bathe with some salt!!! (WHAT!!!)
He didn't have the salt so he said I should buy it and use it when I return to Japan. But wow!!! I've never done anything like this before...
We got lots of food for very cheap. We continued walking around and I bought a sun glasses as well as a pair of jeans. We couldn't help but notice while walking....A group of about 70 men, bundled up in front of a store. I initially thought it was lottery tickets. But when we peeked inside the store, we saw some very beautiful scantily dressed Asian females... So I guess you know what's up... Well I'm not really sure !!! I I I'm here on a Christian conference.....
I parted with the Swiss party at around 11:45pm. Then took a taxi back to my hotel where I packed up to leave tomorrow morning.
Here is a video clip of what the conference was like...
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Day 1951 ( Heading Back to Japan )
Monday, July 22, 2013
Spent the entire day traveling like this.
Singapore Leg
Left from Big hotel at 9:30 am and took a taxi to the airport. As soon as I cleared customs, I had to run to catch the flight. The last 10 or so persons were boarding the plane... :))
Malaysia Leg
It took 1 hour to get to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Walked around a bit there then had to go through inspection AGAIN!! The customs dude was looking at my passport weird again but at least this one was more friendly. He said I lost weight since I took my last passport pic....which was in 2005. I asked him why is it that they always stop me in Malaysia????? ... His excuse was that its the Japanese government want to make sure that foreigners don't sneak into Japan illegally. However, they stopped me when I was going to Singapore as well!!!! Is it the same thing?
Anyway, I took a 2:45 pm flight to Japan. It took about 8 hrs with some turbulence. During the 8 hours, I spoke quite a bit to a Japanese lady who is married to a Malaysian and living in Malaysia. She was heading for some sort of church camp in Nagano.
Japan Leg
Got to Japan with no hassle. The plane landed at around 11pm. I got out of immigration speedily and was on my way home. All the immigration guy asked was, "why do you come to Japan?" My answer was "I live here !!" And he didn't even check my bags. I got back to my apartment at around 12:20am Tuesday morning.
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Day 1952 ( )
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Woke up really tired this morning and started taking the wheat grass medicine thing. I should take it once in the morning then once before going to bed on hungry stomach. Later in the evening, I had to attend to my Tuesday evening classes. It is much easier to go to these classes when I'm not on summer break.
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Day 1953 ( Jamaican Men Not To Date / Bolt Wins in Diamond League )
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Rain fell for most of the day... But I still had to rush to my evening class again, because I missed a class 2 weeks ago.
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Day 1954 ( YMCA Cheap Outing Day 1 - Aquarium Aburatsubo in Misakiguchi )
Thursday, July 25, 2013
I am doing part time jobs now. Which means summer will be terrible financially. Well not summer but actually the end of summer. So any job I get, I will take....Hence I ended up taking a very cheap YMCA job for 3 days this week starting today. The pay??? 4000 yen (US $40) for 7 hrs ( 10:00 am - 5:00 pm ). What's the job? Go to different places with some kids, AKA baby sitting of sorts. The job is insanely cheap... but it beats getting $0 doing absolutely nothing right?
The first day was to go to the suizokukan (aquarium) with 7 kids. Ages between 5 - 8. Six girls and one boy. The boy has the energy of the six girls put together.
We then went by the beach to eat and I read a story to the kids.
Before you know it, 7 hours went by without me even noticing. It was fun. But a bit tiring at the same time. While going back from the aquarium, there was a sign that says, the picture below is one of the top 50 views in Kanagawa prefecture.... Really!!!!
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Day 1955 ( YMCA Cheap Outing Day 2 - Recycle Center in Yokosuka)
Friday, July 26, 2013
Had to wake up early again to go out with the kids. 7 hours for 4000 yen..... The things I have to do now to make a little money in the summer. When we got to the recycle place in Yokosuka, a very talkative lady came to explain to us the process of recycling stuff. Not everything is recycled, actually most of the garbage is burned. After the garbage truck deliver the garbage, based on the type of garbage, be it plastic, food or what not, they are sent to different locations. The first location we went was here....
Everything you see in the pictures above will be burned.
The tour/talkative lady then took us to the metal and glass area to explain what happens there. She explained that there is a certain way to pack cans to make it easier for recycling. and that clear glass bottles as well as brown ones are recycled to make other bottles similar to them. While bottles of other colors will be used on the roads with asphalt.
She also explained that pet bottles can be recycled to eventually be used to make clothes. Some of these clothes have an "e" on the sleeve. The "e" stands for eco mark.
Today was informative but boring at the same time. I was falling asleep.
We then went back to the YMCA building and did a random performance in front of the parents. I just jump around with the kids to the delight of the parents. The THINGS I DO HERE!!!!!
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I then left and went to Hayama, on the beach side to watch some live performances. It is that time in summer when almost every night there is a live session of sorts under some sheds by the beach. Cozy and a nice place to just relax and enjoy a drink with friends.
Long day... And tomorrow will be similar.
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Day 1955 ( YMCA Cheap Outing Day 3 - Shonan Kids Culture Park )
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Yes its time for the kids to get loose... And time for me to stop them from getting out of control. Several times they had to request my special support with the lone male kid. He was too much. The main activity for today was to make insects using tape. I was falling asleep but then I attempted to do it myself and it was actually fun trying to create it. This is what I did..... It should be a mantis but it looks more like a grass hopper.
The good thing about this cheap job is that I get free lunch and I get to see another part of Kanagawa prefecture, outside of the usual Yokohama, for free also.
Its the last day... and I'm not in anyway sad or emotional. I realize recently that I'm not so emotional as when I just got to Japan. As though I got immune to meeting and leaving people. It was interesting even though cheap.
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After this, I went to the nightly beach side thing in Hayama. The area is called Morito no hama. Tonight a guy known as rankin taxi performed. He is basically like a god of reggae music in Japan.
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