As I said before, I don't wear glasses, so don't feel left out Tiki. I'm like the only one in my family who doesn't wear glasses. I'm sure I'll get them when I'm much more older but right now there isn't a need. I do find it odd though.
And yeah, if you have an operation or something you can get time off since why would they want you to go to work in the condition you're in. If I got seriously injured, on or off the job, and it took some months to heal, I'd still get paid even though I'm not working with disability pay.
As for sleeping, I've pretty much screwed how I sleep by now with 3 hours after work and 3 hours before work, and I sleep a bit longer during the weekends but I still wake up halfway or so because of how I sleep. I tend to toss around too, from sleeping on my back, left side, or stomach, but never the right side.
And yeah, if you have an operation or something you can get time off since why would they want you to go to work in the condition you're in. If I got seriously injured, on or off the job, and it took some months to heal, I'd still get paid even though I'm not working with disability pay.
As for sleeping, I've pretty much screwed how I sleep by now with 3 hours after work and 3 hours before work, and I sleep a bit longer during the weekends but I still wake up halfway or so because of how I sleep. I tend to toss around too, from sleeping on my back, left side, or stomach, but never the right side.
It depends on the workplace. Do realize that LASIK is a VOLUNTARY procedure. It's not the same as say, getting a tumor taken out. Some places might require you to take it out of your vacation time instead of the sick days they may (or may not) entitle you to.SK7000 said:
On the other hand... I get the impression you could get a few days off for sick-leave due to operation recovery times, shouldn't that be the case?
Granted, since it's a planned voluntary procedure, you should be able to plan around it, but still. I was one of those workers that, despite how much I hated work, I also didn't really like being left out of the loop. For my first 3 years in the Navy, I never took leave unless it was during transfers between stations. I didn't take my first real leave period unless the stress got to me finally (by summer 2004. I joined in summer 2001). I didn't take leave again until my next transfer (summer 2005). I didn't start taking regular yearly leave until my last posting. I had use up 30 days a year or risk losing them outright each US fiscal year. That's how much leave time I had saved up. I even got 2 months of extra pay when I left because I still had excess leave saved.
Anyone who hires me will get their money's worth out me, if anything ^_^. (I rarely got sick enough to need sick days either.)
Spoken like a true military type. You don't happen to have German blood, do you? Because that's the attitude that's usually attributed to them around here (ya, European stereotypes, nevermind me).StahnAileron said:
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Anyone who hires me will get their money's worth out me, if anything ^_^. (I rarely got sick enough to need sick days either.)
I'm actually South-East Asian, ethnically. Grew up in the US though. I prefer to refer to myself as Asian-American rather than using my specific ethnic group when talking about my heritage. (Otherwise I consider myself an American first.)
I wish i could live in Japan or Alaska. Yes Alaska the best state in America. I love being cold and by myself mostly.
I don't get sick much either. It's cuz I'm partially German?
I don't like Alaska much. I think I'd like living in Hawaii or Puerto Rico (until bad weather came along). Oh, I'd LOVE to go to Portland and Seattle too. I wouldn't want to live in Europe. Of course, I'd love to spend a while in Japan. Japan is lovely, even though I hear it gets very hot and humid in the summer.
I don't like Alaska much. I think I'd like living in Hawaii or Puerto Rico (until bad weather came along). Oh, I'd LOVE to go to Portland and Seattle too. I wouldn't want to live in Europe. Of course, I'd love to spend a while in Japan. Japan is lovely, even though I hear it gets very hot and humid in the summer.
And why's that? I mean, Europe isn't exactly small.otaku_emmy said:
I wouldn't want to live in Europe.
Each country has it's up and down sides.
I mean, the Netherlands are boring as fuck.. But everything is close by, it's not too hot in summer and too cold in winter. Internet is good, a lot of Asian stuff to get, though everything is fairly expensive. Though I wouldn't stay here once I get a job/can afford my own place, it really isn't all that bad.
I mean, the Netherlands are boring as fuck.. But everything is close by, it's not too hot in summer and too cold in winter. Internet is good, a lot of Asian stuff to get, though everything is fairly expensive. Though I wouldn't stay here once I get a job/can afford my own place, it really isn't all that bad.
There's no part of Europe I'm really in love with. I like the aforementioned places more. I'm in to more naturally beautiful places. I feel a lot of Europe's allure is in the architecture. You have a lot of wonderful buildings, but I'm not really into that.
I live in the Bronx, how do you think I feel?
I used to live in the Bronx. I preferred Manhattan overall. Never got to live there. I just went to school there (for HS - Stuyvesant). Expensive as hell to live there. A few of my friends lived on the Upper West Side. Very nice neighborhoods, but I can only imagine the price tags there. (They were upper-middle class, of course.)
Outer Queens is nice, but I don't think I could live there. Too suburban. Same for Staten Island. I didn't touch Brooklyn much, but I don't think I could live there either.
The place I used to live at while I was in JPN was a sparse urban area (just a cut above dense suburban.) It was on the outskirts of Yokohama. It was still fairly dense (so things were convenient to get to), but it didn't feel crowded. The Bronx is KINDA like that, depended on what part you ass is stuck in. Riverdale was nice. I also hear Co-op City is nice as well. I was living in that oddball zone between Riverdale and the South Bronx (lower to mid middle class.)
I rarely went back since I left in 2001. To this day, I still don't like that area. Being in the Navy and having lived elsewhere has spoiled me along with personal reasons.
Outer Queens is nice, but I don't think I could live there. Too suburban. Same for Staten Island. I didn't touch Brooklyn much, but I don't think I could live there either.
The place I used to live at while I was in JPN was a sparse urban area (just a cut above dense suburban.) It was on the outskirts of Yokohama. It was still fairly dense (so things were convenient to get to), but it didn't feel crowded. The Bronx is KINDA like that, depended on what part you ass is stuck in. Riverdale was nice. I also hear Co-op City is nice as well. I was living in that oddball zone between Riverdale and the South Bronx (lower to mid middle class.)
I rarely went back since I left in 2001. To this day, I still don't like that area. Being in the Navy and having lived elsewhere has spoiled me along with personal reasons.
I'm just bored of this place, aside from some resteraunts nothing within walking distance of our building is worth the trip. And it's not exactly clean either -3- manhattan is better because there are some interesting places to see but I don't think I'd like living in such a crowded place. I'd like to live in a suburban or rural area, fresh air and good neighborhoods would be nice.
I haven't been to Queens in years. I don't remember much but I'm sure it's better there than here -3-
I haven't been to Queens in years. I don't remember much but I'm sure it's better there than here -3-
Queens is just as broken up as the Bronx, in a similar general manner too: the closer to Manhattan you are, the denser shit gets. Very evident if you travel on the 7 train out to Flushing, though Flushing itself is pretty dense as well. (BIG asian community.) The areas immediately around the trains linea re fairly dense, but outside like a mile of the train lines, it because very suburban-ish. One of my friends lives around Kew Gardens. She need to take the bus to get to the trains.ecchifan96 said:
I haven't been to Queens in years. I don't remember much but I'm sure it's better there than here -3-
But the closer to get to Long Island proper, the more suburban it gets. I've been to Long Island only twice in memory though. My sibs took me to Jones Beach when I was younger. The second time was a weekend sleepover with a bunch of friends when I was in HS. There was like 7 of us altogether.
Otherwise, you can head north into Westchester County (Yonkers being the immediate neighboring city to the Bronx.) And of course, you can always try to jump across the river is Jersey City/Newark. Staten Island is sparse urban/dense suburban, though you definitely need a car there. Nice place though. (I lived there for about 15 months with a friend.)
I'd love to get out of the Bronx someday, go somewhere more interesting. Of course Japan's at the top of my list, I'm just not too sure about how I'll get there. Plane tickets cost money and I have no idea what kind of job I'll have later on, the pay probably won't be too good though...
Sounds like you haven't thought of yet what kind of career path you want to follow, Ecchi.
You don't need the best job-ever to afford a trip to Japan, but you must know how to ration your income and save up, being frugal is the key to saving.
I have always had my reservations about going to Japan. I know a lot of people feel like it is the place of their dreams, but the vast majority of them don't really know anything about Japan except that "it must be like in Anime, right??"...
I'd say the language and cultural acceptance are the biggest factors. Moving into Japan requires a LOT of effort from your part, and it will continue to be so for a long time, years in fact (and I doubt that's an exaggeration).
But then again, I feel like I've touched on this topic before.... *shrugs* I like Japanese products, but I wouldn't want to live there. I'd rather be somewhere with a rural feeling where I can be away from the stress of big metropolises.
You don't need the best job-ever to afford a trip to Japan, but you must know how to ration your income and save up, being frugal is the key to saving.
I have always had my reservations about going to Japan. I know a lot of people feel like it is the place of their dreams, but the vast majority of them don't really know anything about Japan except that "it must be like in Anime, right??"...
I'd say the language and cultural acceptance are the biggest factors. Moving into Japan requires a LOT of effort from your part, and it will continue to be so for a long time, years in fact (and I doubt that's an exaggeration).
But then again, I feel like I've touched on this topic before.... *shrugs* I like Japanese products, but I wouldn't want to live there. I'd rather be somewhere with a rural feeling where I can be away from the stress of big metropolises.
I joined the navy and got to sepnd 6 of my 8 years in JPN ^_^ Though I suppose I simply lucked out in that regard. Obviously the Navy isn't for everyone (especially with the Global War on Terrorism still ongoing). Though despite all my bitching an whining while I was in, I do in fact treasure my time in the navy. It did help me become what I am today.
Japan has LOTS of rural areas. It's just that when you think "Japan!", Tokyo and the lke come to mind first. You should've watched enough anime to know there's WAY more than that there ^_^ There are boonies in Japan, even in the middle or by urbanized areas (I live in such a spot for several month while in the navy.)
Japan has LOTS of rural areas. It's just that when you think "Japan!", Tokyo and the lke come to mind first. You should've watched enough anime to know there's WAY more than that there ^_^ There are boonies in Japan, even in the middle or by urbanized areas (I live in such a spot for several month while in the navy.)
Yeah, people don't tend to think of the beautiful rural areas and forests and deep green recesses and wonderful scenic things when they think of Japan. Some people are ignorant like that. They think everything's anime and cosplay and parties and shopping and neon and HUGE digital billboards and Mikus everywhere and all that shit. Japan IS just another country. I consider it to be a more culturally rich country than America though.
As for where I live, I live in Welcome, NC. It's just North of the BBQ capital of the world, Lexington, NC. It's nice, but there's nothing to do. Nothing.
As for where I live, I live in Welcome, NC. It's just North of the BBQ capital of the world, Lexington, NC. It's nice, but there's nothing to do. Nothing.
That kind of thinking bugs me too emmy. Like you said, Japan is a beautiful, culturally rich country with more to offer than just anime. But I will admit that one of the reasons I'd like to go to Japan is in fact for the anime. I don't know about you guys but I don't know many anime fans off-line and all things considred "otaku" seem almost non-existent around here, it makes me feel isolated. If I did live in Japan I think I'd prefer to live in a rural area rather than Tokyo, or any city for that matter.
Life in JPN is fairly expensive as it is. City life as an otaku just compounds the problem significantly. Rent is fairly expensive, even for a little hole in the wall place. $600/month as you get the typical single room you see in anime. (PapaKiki is a perfect example. Hidamari Sketch as well.)
Where I used to live (Summer 2006 - Summer 2009). If you scroll a bit to hte right and zoom in, you can spot a 7-11 store. I lived on the 12th floor the of the complex next to it, on the right. There's a Google Street View for that area as well.
Where I used to live (Summer 2006 - Summer 2009). If you scroll a bit to hte right and zoom in, you can spot a 7-11 store. I lived on the 12th floor the of the complex next to it, on the right. There's a Google Street View for that area as well.
Well it finally happened: my mom took my labtop. Luckily she's never been very good at hiding my stuff so I should still be around tomorrow and any other day she's working. What I'm worried about is my list. She's planning to hold on to my labtop until I re-take my tests in August. If that happens there's no way I'll finish on time. *Sigh* this really sucks...
Ganbatte Ecchi~
My parents used to kill my internet, I know the pain.
My parents used to kill my internet, I know the pain.
Yeah, but you know that you should really cut back on that and do a little studying or something. I mean school is pretty much more important, especially if you failed and have summer school or re-taking tests. Feels like it's a sign to stop, ease back, and not take having not seen enough anime as the rest of us so seriously. It'll probably get worse more than it gets better.
Responsibility versus leisure. Sometimes you have to sacrifice short-term gains in order to make long-term ones. This is specially true when it comes to studies, Ecchi. You'll have a much harder time ever getting to Japan if you can't even successfully get through school xP
Short story about my gaming time as a kid.
Granted, my parents weren't all too pleased with our genius.
Short story about my internet time as a kid.
I guess the slow speeds was much more effective at limiting my leisure time online than any parent-imposed restrictions xP
Short story about my gaming time as a kid.
Granted, my parents weren't all too pleased with our genius.
Short story about my internet time as a kid.
I guess the slow speeds was much more effective at limiting my leisure time online than any parent-imposed restrictions xP
Hi guys, I'm back from my 2 weeks vacation in Turkey, would actually be 4 weeks but we cancelled 2 weeks off of it in the last minute...
But... BUT... whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!????????!?!?!?!?![repeat ad infinitum]
You have to tell us what happened. U_U
This is the friendly topic, we are here for you. We'll suffer your pain, share your happiness, and laugh at your mistakes! So, what happened...? Or would you have to kill us if you told us? o.O
Halved vacation time sounds like a candidate to the biggest let downs one can experience in life.
You have to tell us what happened. U_U
This is the friendly topic, we are here for you. We'll suffer your pain, share your happiness, and laugh at your mistakes! So, what happened...? Or would you have to kill us if you told us? o.O
Halved vacation time sounds like a candidate to the biggest let downs one can experience in life.
Not really, because I missed Holland, and my girlfriend, and friends, and it was sooo freaking hot in Turkey...
Oh... so you just... stopped enjoying your vacation mid-way? That's.... a bummer, seriously. :/
There was really nothing to do, I did the same thing every single day; wake up, take a shower, sit and smoke a hookah at a cafe, walk around the central district, go to another cafe to smoke another hookah, go to another cafe to eat some shit, then go to the first cafe to smoke a hookah again till midnight, and then sleep...
I did this every, single, day -_-
I did this every, single, day -_-
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