Marahil ay marami sa inyo ang nangailangang magpa-renew ng inyong Pasaporte habang naninirahan dito sa Japan. Kung isa ka rito, malamang rin ay naranasan mo na ang naranasan kong kakulangan ng impormasyon ukol dito. Kinailangan ko talagang tanungin pa lahat ng kaibigan kong nanirahan o naninirahan sa Japan para sa kinaikailangang impormasyong para gawin ito….
Category: Japan
Ang JLPT
Ang Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) o ang tinatawag nilang “Nihongo Nouryoku Shiken (日本語能力試験)” ay marahil ang pinaka-sikat sa lahat ng mga Pagsusulit sa Pagsukat ng Galing sa Nihongo. Taon-taon sa simula ng buwan ng Disyembre, napupuno ang mga Test Centers dito sa Japan ng mga dayuhang nais subukan ang kanilang galing sa Nihongo. Nuong…
Huwag Maniwala sa mga Baboy
Ang Artikulong ito ay isa sa aking mga reply sa usapan namin tungkol sa artikulo ni F. Sionil Jose na pinamagatang “Revolution and the University of the Philippines.” Yung mga quoted na bahagi ay sulat nang kaibigan kong si Natz. Mahirap makakita ng pinunong sinasabi nya na magpapasimuno ng pag-aalsang ito. Kadalasan ang mga lumalabas…
Switching Filipino Driver’s License to Japanese License
Information Acquisition The first thing I did when I finalized my intention to get my driver’s license in Japan is to look for as many information as I can get from the Internet. Google is a very indispensable tool. Common Keywords were “Driving in Japan”, “Switching Overseas License”, among others. Everybody else should do the…
Recollections of a Balikbayan
Balikbayan (noun) A term used by Filipinos to refer to Filipinos based abroad who is visiting the Philippines. ‘Balik’ means ‘return’ while ‘bayan’ means ‘nation’. So literally, it means, ‘return to nation’ usually referring to one’s own nation. I’m now on vacation and like most other Filipinos based abroad, I decided to spend my short…
Goodbye Angels
The angel’s most awaited day has come… it’s time for them to go home to their beloved Philippines. I said beloved because I know how excited they are to go home. For some reason, they never really seemed to like Japan but let’s not talk about that. They’re home and presumably happy… that’s what’s important….
Rico Learns To Cook
And who said you can’t teach old dogs new tricks? Look at me. Already in my mid-twenties when I learned one basic human skill… cooking. Back in the Phils, everything was served in a silver platter. During special occassions when it’s not, there’s always Jollibee and McDonald’s to provide for a happy meal. Not that…
Busy as a Bee
For several weeks now, I have been as busy as a bee. Not only inside the office but mostly, outside. Practice here… practice there. Festival here… festival there. Dinner here… dinner there. Give me one more month and I’ll get myself a secretary. Nah! Not really. I believe my Palm will suffice for now. Just…
First Impressions
Last week, two new foreigners arrived in Kagoshima. What used to be a Japanese office with two foreigners is now a Japanese office with four foreigners. Going further down in history, the first time I arrived, there were three… one left for the states leaving two…. one went home to Canada, leaving one… a new…
The Only Foreigner in the Office
After T left returned to Canada after finishing his one year internship in Japan, I earned the distinction of being THE only foreigner in the office. I will dedicate this article to inform you of the pros and cons of being the lone non-Japanese in a Japanese computer software company. Let’s start with the pros….
Miyasaki Escapade
This week, it’s Miyasaki for us. Miyasaki, together with Kumamoto, are the two nearest prefectures to Kagoshima so going there is no problem, especially if you have friends who own cars, which fortunately, I do. We are going to Miyasaki basically to visit S’ mom but of course you know that’s only one of our…
Sailing the High Seas
I am not what you might consider a hardcore mountaineer slash adventurer, who’d stop at nothing to climb the highest mountains and sail the highest seas but what do you expect? I’m supposed to be a computer scientist. But most certainly, I’d never turn down an opportunity to experience the life of these adventurers even…
Enrico in Tokyo 