Work

I started my internship this week! I must say I enjoy it more than my last internship, even though it has only been one week. I learn so much here, about Japanese language and culture. The company, with the longest name for a company ever (Chiikikagaku Kenkyuujo), basically helps local governments reactivates their community with the help of new software and training for the staff of these governments, but they also do promotion for these areas, creating a big archive for all the tourist and interesting spots in the local areas, that you usually would not visit so easily because there is no info available. This is where I come in at the moment; I translate the Japanese into English and do research in Japanese about cities and their areas, which I then also translate into English.

The people at the work are all really passionate about their work; they have that typical Japanese mentality of coming to work early and going home late. They make me feel bad for going home at the time I was assigned to come home at hehe…. I should not feel bad I know but I still feel for the people working late, it is real contagious though, everybody is working hard, so I work hard too, or at least try my hardest.

Yesterday we went drinking with everybody from the office, to say goodbye to one of the employees and say hi to the new intern! It was really nice seeing everybody in a different environment than the workplace. And one stereotype about Japanese people is just true; they can not drink at all! Had a good time, just adjusting to the work rhythm and speaking Japanese all day, makes me tire so easily.

As for the home situation at the moment, I feel quite happy staying here for another couple more weeks, but after that I really want to have my own place. The host family is really nice. I just want a place for myself, closer to the city and to my company. Because the commute takes about 40 minutes by bus now, which is just a pain.

I also did some fun stuff! Climbed a few mountains, by car that is! Mountains are amazing, seriously. View is amazing.