well, I realized...

that I never posted exactly what I'm planning on doing this fall. I've made reference to moving to Japan, and that part is true. What I haven't informed everyone is why.

Well, yesterday was my last day of work at XXXXXX. No more business trips to Istanbul, San Juan, Mexico, or Japan. I'm definately going to miss that about the job. I'm constantly amazed and suprised that I had a job with such international travel. I never would have thought in High School that I'd be travelling the world for work (and spending half the year on the road).

Anyway, that part of my life is done (unless they want to bring me on as an independent contractor for a week later this year for the Japan audit). .. I'm moving to Japan to get my MBA at the International University of Japan. I start this fall and am excited about the opportunity to improve both my language skills and business acumen. I leave in September, so I've got about a month to plan, prepare, and pack up all my stuff for the 2 year stint.

so that was my big news. News I didn't want to post earlier of course. Its a big change, but something I'm definately looking forward to.

pencil picture

dou suru

Only three days left before I leave the company. I'll be wrapping up this week. I'm planning on catching up on movies, studying a bit, prepping for the move, etc next month. Its going to be a strange transition this summer. Leaving Chicago and moving to rural Japan...

so here are some pics from my last trip to Japan...some of you many have already seen these though, since I've already posted them on Mixi....

dilema

so I'm in a bit of a dilema. I was just recently turned onto a Japanese social networking site (something like a MySpace) http://mixi.jp

So its become a bit of a headache to try and update both sites. On one hand, I like mixi's interface and some of the tools available, but on the other, most of you don't have access to it, nor could you read it (its almost all in Japanese). I guess I'll have to find some sort of balance in order to keep both up....

uhhgggg

so scary...!
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/07/cantomoko-a-well-traveled-sex-doll/

clueless

Can coffee is good for you

Drink this for the obvious benefits!

let's get started again

Promised in the past I'd get back posting, but it tough with my travel schedule, and the fact that I don't have convenient access at home to post anything. The only time I'm connected is at work, and I don't want to post while working. Anyway, I'm going to post a few pics from this week....enjoy:

Ok, so Shane and I went to this bar/restaurant called Kunyan. I think they specialize in Gyoza. Anyway, the place is owned and operated by this lady called Ulala (think Space channel 5). And all the workers, except this guy, are all girls. Its refreshing.

This is a picture of my server for the night. Her name is ringo-chan. ringo means apple in Japanese. Anyway, she normally doesn't wear those glasses but wanted to show me "moe". Not exactly sure what it means, so I'll have to look it up.

(pic removed) haha!
Lastly, this is a picture of me after not shaving for about 1 1/2 weeks. Pretty pathetic I know, but since I've got some big changes coming up, I figured the least of my worries is making sure I shave. I wonder if I'll make it back to the office like this, or if it gets so bad, I just decide to shave it off anyway.