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I haven’t written here in a while but hopefully I can start writing in this again on a more consistent basis.

I left off with going to Yamanashi. Atsushi was kind enough to invite me to some sort of even that they were having there. It was sponsored by a number of companies and was held at a type of cottage resort. There were many different kinds of cottages there and since it seemed like most of the stores were closed, I am guessing it is more of a summer resort.

In any case, it was interesting to see the area there. On the way back from the resort, we drove in Atsushi’s car and we could see Mount Fuji. I am not sure if this is the first time I have seen Mount Fuji or not. It is probably the first time I had seen it at that distance. It was a lot taller than I had expected and on this particular day, I guess because of the atmosphere, it looked like it was floating in the sky since the lower part of the mountain was hidden so it appeared as if it were not attached to the ground.

We also stopped at a flea market which was interesting to see. After that, we went to a conveyer belt sushi place… I was not familiar with this particular chain but it was pretty good. It seems that the sushi at these kinds of chain conveyer belt sushi places is cheaper in Yamanashi than in Tokyo.

I estimate living costs are 40% and food costs are 75% when compared to Tokyo.

These past few weeks, I have been continuing to work. Unfortunately, I have not been able to do much language study. I will have to try to figure out a way to get the languages I want to study into my day.

Yesterday, I went to my apartment company and paid for two months since I am going back to the US on December 15th for the holidays. I opened my hotmail inbox and see an e-mail from Sakura House personally addressed to me with a note saying that they offer free storage for people going home for the holidays. Too bad I didn’t see that e-mail in time, now my suspicions are confirmed for why the guy at the apartment company was so surprised when I told him I wanted to pay for two months because I was going home during that time.

I probably could have saved a few hundred dollars but I suppose it is alright, I will have to make it worthwhile when I get back to this room after the holidays.

I have quite a few projects I am working on but I think at this time I am going to change some of the priorities for the next segment of time. Top project is now going to be my work with the backlinking teams. It is not running as well as I would like it so I feel I need to study it more and move it in a better direction. I also want to expand it and add a few more features to improve its function. It is also the skill most directly related to gaining income at this time (although I have yet to profit from it).

This will be the second area I have to get running smoothly. The first one was in the site production area (since it is important to have sites to become the material that you promote). I was able to get that to a satisfactory level so the next challenge will be getting this next section up and running well. It is a bit different from the site production process. However, if I can get this process running well then I will have completed this section.

In any case, hopefully I will continue to write so I have the chance to write in more detail about this.

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