JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

For those of you who are looking for the Chanpuru-NoRules-Cooking☆ Recipes section, I’ve moved most of the recipes and the cooking video page to my new foodie blog.

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :

English – funa (a type of fresh water river fish)

Japanese – funa (??)

Hogen – taaiyu (????)

Wednesday January 11, 2006 [PC(4/365) W(3/365)]

January 2006 Total:
S-sunny (2/365) C-cloudy (5/365) PC-partly cloudy (4/365)
D-drizzle (3/365)
W-windy (3/365) LW-light winds (8/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S- sunny (37/365) C-cloudy (71/365) PC-partly cloudy (115/365)
D-drizzle (19/365) R-rainy (8/365) SR-scattered rain showers (21/365)
W-windy (72/365) LW-light winds (116/365) VW-very windy (6/365)
H-humid (68/365) SH-slightly humid (82/365)

Tuesday January 10, 2006 [S(2/365) LW(8/365)]

January 2006 Total:
S-sunny (2/365) C-cloudy (5/365) PC-partly cloudy (3/365)
D-drizzle (3/365)
W-windy (2/365) LW-light winds (8/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S- sunny (37/365) C-cloudy (71/365) PC-partly cloudy (114/365)
D-drizzle (19/365) R-rainy (8/365) SR-scattered rain showers (21/365)
W-windy (71/365) LW-light winds (116/365) VW-very windy (6/365)
H-humid (68/365) SH-slightly humid (82/365)

Monday January 9, 2006 [PC(3/365) LW(7/365)]

January 2006 Total:
S-sunny (1/365) C-cloudy (5/365) PC-partly cloudy (3/365)
D-drizzle (3/365)
W-windy (2/365) LW-light winds (7/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S- sunny (36/365) C-cloudy (71/365) PC-partly cloudy (114/365)
D-drizzle (19/365) R-rainy (8/365) SR-scattered rain showers (21/365)
W-windy (71/365) LW-light winds (115/365) VW-very windy (6/365)
H-humid (68/365) SH-slightly humid (82/365)

It seems everyone totally enjoys the “Cute Overload” site. Unfortunately that lead to an “overload” of allotted bandwidth and the site is “temporarily” down. Hopefully not for too long because I really enjoy the daily dose of laughter the site creates in my life.

It also appears that the “The Customer is Never Right” site is experiencing a metamorphosis and is under reconstruction. However, the ever enjoyable and insightful “Waiter Rant” site is going as strong as ever for those who need an escape from the service industry life.

NOTE: 7:41 p.m. – 9 Jan 2006 – I just checked and “Cute Overload” is back up and running!!!

Sunday January 8, 2006 [S(1/365) W(2/365)]

January 2006 Total:
S-sunny (1/365) C-cloudy (5/365) PC-partly cloudy (2/365)
D-drizzle (3/365)
W-windy (2/365) LW-light winds (6/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S- sunny (36/365) C-cloudy (71/365) PC-partly cloudy (113/365)
D-drizzle (19/365) R-rainy (8/365) SR-scattered rain showers (21/365)
W-windy (71/365) LW-light winds (114/365) VW-very windy (6/365)
H-humid (68/365) SH-slightly humid (82/365)

I don’t know how the weather has been this week for the rest of you, but I’m ready for what appears to be a semi-nice day. Earlier this week, just on Thursday as a matter of fact, we didn’t even need a jacket. Then came Friday, it felt like someone left the fridge door open all over the island. As if that wasn’t getting chilly enough for this time of year, on Saturday we may as well all have been in a food locker -brrrrr. So far this morning the sun has been breaking its way through all the clouds allowing for little rays of hope of a brief reprieve from the sudden and unexpected early chill. It’s not even the coldest time of the year yet over here; that doesn’t come until February and March!!!

Saturday January 7, 2006 [C(5/365) D(3/365) LW(6/365)]

January 2006 Total:
C-cloudy (5/365) PC-partly cloudy (2/365)
D-drizzle (3/365)
W-windy (1/365) LW-light winds (6/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S- sunny (35/365) C-cloudy (71/365) PC-partly cloudy (113/365)
D-drizzle (19/365) R-rainy (8/365) SR-scattered rain showers (21/365)
W-windy (70/365) LW-light winds (114/365) VW-very windy (6/365)
H-humid (68/365) SH-slightly humid (82/365)