JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :
English – chat
Japanese – oshaberi (?????)
Hogen – yuntaku (????)

I spent the afternoon kicking-back and watching comedies on satellite TV the other day. Two of the movies were Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan projects (“Sleepless in Seattle” and “You’ve Got Mail”). Although I’m really not into sappy romantic chick-flicks, I think the chemistry of these two artists will make them be remembered as the one of the great romantic comedy couples of our generation. I wonder when will they make their next movie together?

Tuesday October 11, 2005 [PC (10/365) H (8/365) ]

October 2005 Total:
C-cloudy (1/365) PC-partly cloudy (10/365)
D-drizzle (1/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (2/365) LW-light winds (7/365)
H-humid (8/365) SH-slightly humid (3/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (24/365) C-cloudy (32/365) PC-partly cloudy (75/365)
D-drizzle (7/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (13/365)
W-windy (35/365) LW-light winds (72/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (65/365) SH-slightly humid (64/365)

So many gripes, so little time. That seems to be life surrounding the service industry. While doing research I have been able to find an oulet for those who are sick and tired of customer arrogance. However, I haven’t been able to pin down a single site strictly dedicated to customer service complaints. There are many individual rant, consultant, and a rate customer service sites. And then there are some plain old common sense, middle of the road approaches to the topic.

Monday October 10, 2005 [PC (9/365) LW (7/365) SH (3/365) ]

October 2005 Total:
C-cloudy (1/365) PC-partly cloudy (9/365)
D-drizzle (1/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (2/365) LW-light winds (7/365)
H-humid (7/365) SH-slightly humid (3/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (24/365) C-cloudy (32/365) PC-partly cloudy (74/365)
D-drizzle (7/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (13/365)
W-windy (35/365) LW-light winds (72/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (64/365) SH-slightly humid (64/365)

This may be a simplistic view of humor but here it goes anyway (she says foot in mouth):

To be able to joke about one’s own imperfections is a blessing. But, unless a person WANTS cheap publicity, making in fun of another person’s imperfections is a weakness.

Sunday October 9, 2005 [PC (8/365) LW (6/365) H (7/365) ]

October 2005 Total:
C-cloudy (1/365) PC-partly cloudy (8/365)
D-drizzle (1/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (2/365) LW-light winds (6/365)
H-humid (7/365) SH-slightly humid (2/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (24/365) C-cloudy (32/365) PC-partly cloudy (73/365)
D-drizzle (7/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (13/365)
W-windy (35/365) LW-light winds (71/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (64/365) SH-slightly humid (63/365)

Many people get hooked and become avid fans of the national sports while living in Japan. Now those people can get a small glimpse of the premier traditional Japanese sport stateside, Las Vegas style that is!

Saturday October 8, 2005 [C (1/365) SR (1/365) H (6/365) ]

October 2005 Total:
C-cloudy (1/365) PC-partly cloudy (7/365)
D-drizzle (1/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (2/365) LW-light winds (5/365)
H-humid (6/365) SH-slightly humid (2/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (24/365) C-cloudy (32/365) PC-partly cloudy (72/365)
D-drizzle (7/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (13/365)
W-windy (35/365) LW-light winds (70/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (63/365) SH-slightly humid (63/365)