On Sunday this week, J and I went on to hear mass. Normally, when Filipinos in Japan hear mass, they attend the masses offered in English. However, things are different in Kagoshima. It’s either Filipinos attend masses offered in Japanese or they don’t hear mass altogether. Why you may ask. Well, it is rumored that…
Author: Enrico Pangan
Filipino in Tokyo
Online Arguments
This week, I took part in what you might call “Online Arguments.” Our egroups have evolved from your usual online community of friendly chatters to the more mature online barkada complete with all the irks and quirks of the usual barkada. One can’t help but be amazed by what is going on inside these egroups….
A Day in the Life of Rico
This week, I would like to talk about my life here in Kagoshima. I am going to talk about small details that may seem trivial to some, but is very interesting for me. These would include, among others, my apartment, my way to and from the office and even the food I eat. This way,…
Biking Around the City
One day, a friend, J, asked me if I wanted to go biking around the city. Being the newcomer and all, of course I said yes. What better way to explore the city than with a bike accompanied with a friend who knows all it’s best places. So this weekend, I’m going to bike around…
Farewell, Kuya R
After at least three months with Kuya R, the time has come for him to leave Epson, go the Philippines, get married, move to the States, and start a new life. It is quite unfortunate that he had to go especially now that I’ve just moved to Kagoshima. His departure to the Philippines means that…
My Japanese Welcome Party
My initial idea about Japanese parties is that they are filled with beer, beer, raw fish and more beer. To a point, I’m right but after my welcome party here at ESD Kagoshima, I discovered that there is more to Japanese parties than beer, raw fish and more beer. For my Welcome Party, we went…
My First Week in Kagoshima
This is it… Hello, Kagoshima! Before going to Kagoshima, my friends would tease me that during the winter, I would “lava ski” instead of “snow ski.” That could very well be true because Sakurajima, an active volcano, is just to the right of the city across Kinko Bay. And what better way to welcome a…
To my Fellow Trainees
This week being my last week in Nagano (i.e. last week with my fellow trainees), I choose to dedicate this entry to my fellow AOTS-ESD trainees, who have been very critical during my transition period in Japan. So critical that I even cried (a lot!) when the time came to leave them and move to…
Working on our Memory Game
Before we move on to the next stage of our training (i.e. separation stage), we were tasked to present a project, that would showcase everything we learned from our three-months training under F-san and R-san. Our group (Lel and Jon) chose to work on Memory Game mainly because of two reasons. First, it is simple….
When the Trainees went to Tokyo
For three days starting October 7, we went on an adventurous and money-eating trip to Tokyo. On Saturday, we visited the land of milk and honey for all techno-freaks out there, Akihabara. On Sunday, we visited the magical world of Tokyo Disneyland and on Monday, we had an ocean adventure at the Yokohama Sea Paradise….
Seiko-Epson General Orientation
On Wednesday this week, we took part in this orientation offered by Seiko-Epson Corporation to all of its foreign employees and trainees. We, being foreign trainees, automatically qualify for this orientation. The orientation started out with the usual blah blahs and actually, it was quite boring. We were given a brief history of the Seiko-Epson…
Our First Japanese Party
Unlike the previous weeks, there were several important things that happened this week. For one thing, we received our allowance for the month of October last Friday. For another thing, we had our final exam in C++ last Wednesday. But the most important thing that happened this week is that we’ve attended out first Japanese…
Enrico in Tokyo 