Overworking in Japan (re-post)

Days 2038 - 2044
Thursday, October 17 - Wednesday, October 23, 2013


Day 2038 ( Man of Steel / We're the Millers  )
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Had class with my private student and she said she is a scuba diving expert as well. She said she even see whales at times.

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Recently I have been catching up on all the good movies that I missed throughout 2013. I forgot to mention that I watched "Man of Steel" a few days ago.

It gave a good background story to how super man came about and how his planet got destroyed. I see now exactly where dragon ball z got their story line. I should have known, Japanese are not usually particularly good at coming up with their own original ideas in my opinion. Careful... I said "Usually" so some are but most aren't. Anyway, I really liked the action sequences and the slight drift from the original super man movies. I give it a 7.5/10.

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Today though I watched a comedy name "We're the Millers"

I saw it on my blog movie list thingy hitting number 1 some time ago. A friend of mine also said I should see it. And I wasn't disappointed ... It was really funny. The general story line is kind of predictable but still funny nevertheless. I give it a 9/10

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Day 2039 ( )
Friday, October 18, 2013

Had 2 classes today then went home. No soccer today because the students are doing exams. I then went to the YMCA and played a game I knew long ago, with the students. Way back in time, I played this game quite a bit in Jamaica. We called it ABC fast or slow. Its difficult to explain but long and short, someone will say A-Z (in their minds) either fast or slow, then someone will say stop... Which ever letter the person stops at ...say for example "G" .. Everyone has 1 minute to think of a :

Male name, Female name, place, thing and food that begins with the letter "G" ... If 2 persons had the same names, their score will be halved. Anyone with unique names will be given 100 points. The students surprisingly enjoyed it.

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Day 2040 ( White House Down / Overworking in Japan  )
Saturday, October 19, 2013

Was supposed to cancel YMCA today and go to my last year main school's Sports Day. But I forgot to cancel so I had to be at the YMCA. I could've still gone to the sports day but it started raining so I went back home to more movies. This time I watched "White House Down" ... I liked the story generally, and I can so see a scenario like what took place in the movie, happening in the US. The general thing that is, not the whole bombs and rocket launcher stuff...

The little girl wasn't the best at acting at all. But she's a little girl so its ok. I give it a 7.5/10 just like "man of steel" up top.

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Overworking In Japan 


Its no secret that Japanese in a general sense either love to work or like to make others work. The rich guys here have no problem in making their employees do mad over time. Even the government workers  can't escape this. Teachers and all. Its just a busy society. 


You think the guys who run these companies care? There is hardly any change in the work environment. People are stressed at work. sometimes doing nothing. But they have to be there.

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Day 2041 ( This is the End / Despicable me / Spartacus )
Sunday, October 20, 2013 (5 years 7 months)

Today was one of those movie days again. A lazy Sunday. I watched "This is the end" not sure where I heard about it before but it got my interest and I watched it. It is supposed to be a comedy but much of it was quite corny. It has an all star cast, many actors and famous people in it. If you haven't seen any of their movies, you will find it even more stupid. Some very gross stuff is in it as well. I give it a 5/10 only because I laughed a few times.

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I also saw an animated movie name "Despicable me" It has been around since 2010 but it was my first time seeing it. I usually see the minions (those tiny yellow things) on youtube and all over the internet but had no idea it was from a movie.

As is most animes for me, it was fun to watch. Family oriented but funny and has a good theme. I give it a 6.5/10

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And now because Dexter is all over, I needed another series to fill that gap. And I found one... I was introduced to this series by my Jamaican friend about 2 years ago. And I finally decided to give it a chance. So far so good. Spartacus ..... I really enjoy the story and the direction where it going so far. I just don't really fancy the blood, gore and random naked men walking around sometimes.... The women I can deal with :)

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Day 2042 (Japanese Friend's Party )
Monday, October 21, 2013

Had only 1 class and I mostly run around with the 4 kids in the class. They already know most of the contents in the lesson so I am out of ideas as to what to do with them now. So they suggested running around playing tag... So that's mostly what I did.

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I then went to a birthday party for one of the guys I play futsal (indoor soccer) with. He frequently has parties and/or outings. Really cool guy.

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Day 2043 ( Being Half Japanese in Japan- Mixed Japanese )
Tuesday, October 22, 2013


Usual busy Tuesdays. Only had 1 class at the High school where we spoke about gerunds. The went to Hiratsuka to teach business English. We spoke about traveling and airlines.

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Day 2044 ( Double Wammy Typhoons  )
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

I had no lessons today at my main school. So I went there late. Only to get a call from a teacher saying I was supposed to mock interview a student. So now all the teachers know that I have a problem with time!! Even for work in Japan jeez...This is nothing new... Been happening to me since my first job after university in Jamaica.

I eventually did the mock interview along with another teacher. Then later on I went to the YMCA. I have 6 or 7 kids that I have to deal with on Wednesdays and they are a headache. I told the YMCA people to give me adults or teens... Not kids!!! But kids bring in the money so what to do?? After my headache classes I had my private student in Starbucks. He said 2 typhoons are coming. So after one left last week... 2 more are heading this way... Japan is like a pin in a bowling alley. The typhoons are racing to see which will hit Japan first.

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