This week is like a continuation of the Windows programming lessons we had last week but I’m not going to talk about that. I’ve already done that last week. Rather, I’m going to talk about Internet-ing and Email-ing. Being the Internet fanatic that we are, most of us can’t help but surf the net whenever…
Author: Enrico Pangan
Filipino in Tokyo
Moving on to Windows Programming
Before reading this week’s entry. Let me warn you that this will be a slightly technical entry to my journal. This week marks the start of our technical training in MS Visual C++ using Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC). Even back in college, I’ve already heard about MFC but I never really got to use it…
From Japan with Love
As in the previous week, there really is nothing very special about this week. It’s just like any other week of technical training here at the Murai office of Epson Software Development, Inc. Lectures, reports and quizzes in the morning and assignments in the afternoon. At night, we study for our exams the following day…
Fire Drill
Well, there’s nothing so special about this week except for the fact that on Thursday, we took part in a company activity they call the Fire Drill. We’ve already been informed about the fire drill days before the event but this didn’t prevent us (AOTS trainees) from being the least prepared group in the whole…
Moving on to C++
Week 10! Wow! I can’t believe that I’ve already been in here in Japan for 10 weeks already! Whew! Just the other day, I’ve been going back through my journal and I can’t believe so many things have happened to me in just 10 weeks. Not to mention, I can now do conversational and a…
Summer Vacation!?!
We only had two office days this week since Monday to Wednesday is what they call Summer Vacation here in Japan. So, what does that mean for us. It simply means we don’t have access to the Internet from Saturday of last week until Wednesday of this week and boy was it difficult. We had…
Getting the Feel of Nagano-ken
This week marks our first complete week here in the Murai Office and so far, I have learned to adapt to my life here and I think I will survive. I think. Hehe. It was difficult at first but thank goodness, I have learned to “do what the Romans do.” To start the week, we…
From Aichi-ken to Nagano-ken
Moving to Nagano was quite difficult for us because we cannot imagine leaving all our friends from the Chubu Kenshu Center (CKC). We really enjoyed our stay at the CKC but life must go on so goodbye Aichi-ken and hello Nagano-ken. Upon arriving at Nagano-ken, the first thing we noticed was that Nagano-ken was more…
Study Tour all over Japan. Yehey!
The start of the week was quite boring, really. But things immediately started to get better on Wednesday — the first day of our study tour and I will be dedicating this section to our study tour. First stop… Kyoto! We got there via shinkansen, more popularly known as the bullet train in less than…
Week Before the Last Week in CKC
Some good things simply don’t last. Hmp. Next week will be our last week at the CKC. After which, we’ll be moving to the Hirooka Laboratory of Epson Software Development (ESD), Inc. Then on November, we’ll all be moving to our own laboratories, where we’ll be training until June of next year. Just recently, I…
Routinary Life
We’re now on our fourth week and now, I’m starting to feel the pain of a routinary life. Everyday, it’s the same. I wake up early in the morning so as not to be late for my 9:00 class. We have two 10 minute breaks… one at 10:00 and the other at 11:00. Lunch time…
Factory Visits Galore
We had two factory visits this week and both were so much fun each having its own distinct characteristics. On Wednesday, we went to Toyota City, in particular one Toyota plant and the Toyota Museum. On Friday, we went to Jyosui Elementary School, which is only a fifteen minute walk from the Chubu Kenshu Center….
Enrico in Tokyo 