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Another late night… it seems I have another translation project, even longer than the last one and due by Monday. At least this time, it’s an article so I get to translate full sentences in paragraph form rather than phrases and statements here and there (I’ve mostly translated PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets for my work).

It will take quite a bit of time though. Hopefully I’ll be able to get it done in time! My boss and worker begin making presentations this coming Monday I believe.

Anyway, today, I went to the Friday’s in Shinagawa. Today was one of my Japanese friend’s, Taro’s, birthday. I love eating at Friday’s and this was the first time I had ever been to the Friday’s in Shinagawa so it was an interesting experience… I always go to the one in Shibuya. It was actually pretty nice, perhaps nicer than the one in Shibuya since we were sitting at a table right by these huge floor to ceiling windows that looked out upon a nice grassy, leafy area (amazingly non-concrete).

When we were returning from Friday’s to Shinagawa Station, we were standing by the entrance/exit saying our last goodbyes when a woman came up to us and asked “Do you speak English?”, when I said “yeah”, she said something like “oh thank god” and started telling me something about how she was looking for her hotel. She seemed pretty lost and slightly desperate. lol, I can’t blame her… Japan can be really difficult if you can’t read or speak Japanese. Not only is Tokyo a huge and confusing city, but people don’t speak English very well and all of the writing is in Japanese characters so it poses some problems to foreigners. Luckily, my friend Taro lives in Shinagawa and he speaks English pretty well so he was able to show the woman where her hotel was.

I, on the other hand, was able to escape and go through the ticket gates returning home with some of my friends. Tomorrow will be another day of class and translation.

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