JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

Tuesday�January 31, 2006 [C(19/365) SR(1/365) LW(22/365)]

January 2006 Total:
S-sunny (6/365) C-cloudy (19/365) PC-partly cloudy (6/365)
D-drizzle (7/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (7/365) LW-light winds (22/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006)Total:
S- sunny (41/365) C-cloudy (85/365) PC-partly cloudy (117/365)
D-drizzle (23/365) R-rainy (8/365) SR-scattered rain showers (22/365)
W-windy (76/365) LW-light winds (130/365) VW-very windy (6/365)
H-humid (68/365) SH-slightly humid (82/365)

If you are a regular to the site, then you know I’ve made a few changes in the past week. Mainly upgrading to the new WordPress 2.0 version. What seems strange about this whole upgrade of all the blogs on the domain is that each blog seems to have reacted differently to the upgrade. Anyway, I am still working on the changes and hopefully will have them completed soon. Thank you for hanging in there with me during the process.

Monday January 30, 2006 [C(18/365) W(7/365)]

January 2006 Total:
S-sunny (6/365) C-cloudy (18/365) PC-partly cloudy (6/365)
D-drizzle (7/365)
W-windy (7/365) LW-light winds (21/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006)Total:
S- sunny (41/365) C-cloudy (84/365) PC-partly cloudy (117/365)
D-drizzle (23/365) R-rainy (8/365) SR-scattered rain showers (21/365)
W-windy (76/365) LW-light winds (129/365) VW-very windy (6/365)
H-humid (68/365) SH-slightly humid (82/365)

Last night Taki and I had the opportunity to find out what all the fuss over Star Search was.  (Our satellite service finally was able to pick-up the show for the first time in its fifth season.)  I must admit I do like the show.  More than anything else – well other than the unbelievable vocal chords on some of the contestants – the show is extremely entertaining in an amusing way.

Sunday January 29, 2006 [C(17/365) LW(21/365)]

January 2006 Total:
S-sunny (6/365) C-cloudy (17/365) PC-partly cloudy (6/365)
D-drizzle (7/365)
W-windy (6/365) LW-light winds (21/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006)Total:
S- sunny (41/365) C-cloudy (83/365) PC-partly cloudy (117/365)
D-drizzle (23/365) R-rainy (8/365) SR-scattered rain showers (21/365)
W-windy (75/365) LW-light winds (129/365) VW-very windy (6/365)
H-humid (68/365) SH-slightly humid (82/365)

Well it’s Sunday, 29 January 2006. That means a new lunar New Year has begun. When I first came to the island in 1973, most of the locals celebrated the occasion. Now, however, the Julian New Year celebrations have taken over. Very few businesses are off for the lunar New year any more. If fact, there isn’t much recoginition of the event at all. But, I can still remember how significant the event was to the local culture and recognize that it is part of their heritage. So here is a Happy New Year of the Dog to everyone.

Saturday January 28, 2006 [S(6/365) LW(20/365)]

January 2006 Total:
S-sunny (6/365) C-cloudy (16/365) PC-partly cloudy (6/365)
D-drizzle (7/365)
W-windy (6/365) LW-light winds (20/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006)Total:
S- sunny (41/365) C-cloudy (82/365) PC-partly cloudy (117/365)
D-drizzle (23/365) R-rainy (8/365) SR-scattered rain showers (21/365)
W-windy (75/365) LW-light winds (128/365) VW-very windy (6/365)
H-humid (68/365) SH-slightly humid (82/365)

Okay, I know that Americans have the reputation of being “ugly”. Being in the kind of business I’m in and where I’m at, it doesn’t take much of an imagination to understand how the reputation came about! However, what has happened today goes to prove that sometimes we’re not being “ugly”; instead, the other side is being way out ridiculous. Maybe because I’ve worked in the hospital business before I expect some degree of common sense. Who knows maybe, just maybe, that’s being unreasonable. Last Friday night my father-in-law was sent from his nursing home to the emergency room due to pneumonia. We work on Friday and Saturday nights. So at 1:45 a.m. hubby gets a phone call to come to the hospital to be a co-signer for the admittance paperwork. Okay, so far, not out of reason. This Saturday morning we get a “wake-up” call at 8:48 to come talk to the hospital about father-in-law’s release from the hospital back to the nursing home. HELLO, didn’t anyone at the hospital notice last week when hubby came in to the hospital emergency room that he had been drinking and looked exhausted? Does anyone at the hospital bother to get information as to the working hours of the “next of kin”? This is like the third time in one week that hubby has been called-in for various reasons. Wouldn’t it make sense not to stress out the relatives of the patients by documenting the best contact time for non-emergency situations? I feel red tape and bureaucracy of “just doing the job” can be a minus in situations like this.

Friday January 27, 2006 [C(16/365) LW(19/365)]

January 2006 Total:
S-sunny (5/365) C-cloudy (16/365) PC-partly cloudy (6/365)
D-drizzle (7/365)
W-windy (6/365) LW-light winds (19/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S- sunny (40/365) C-cloudy (82/365) PC-partly cloudy (117/365)
D-drizzle (23/365) R-rainy (8/365) SR-scattered rain showers (21/365)
W-windy (75/365) LW-light winds (127/365) VW-very windy (6/365)
H-humid (68/365) SH-slightly humid (82/365)