ChanomiTalk

This Friday afternoon we are expecting a very large swell to begin hitting the Hawaiian Islands. On Oahu it will affect mainly the south facing shores. A swell is actually the movement of the water. It is not exactly a wave but once the movement of the water reaches the shallow areas then it generates waves. According to the various surf reports this is going to be about 2 days plus of some very big waves. The waves will probably be big enough that boats will not be able to get out of the harbors and the majority, if not all, of the boat tours will cancel on Saturday and Sunday. The weather itself will stay the same, strong trade winds, only the ocean will be affected. It is interesting to note that this has been forecast to happen for about one week!

今週の金曜日の午後、ハワイ諸島に、非常に大きい波のうねりがやって来るようです。オアフ島の南に向いている海岸だけ影響があるそうです。実は、そのうねりは海の水の動きです。本当の波ではありませんが、水のうねりが浅場に近づく時、大きい波になります。色々なサーフの予報によると、今回の波は２日間ぐらいいるそうです。その波のせいで、南の港に停泊しているボートが出られないし、それに、ほとんどのボートのツアーは、土曜日と日曜日は、恐らく、中止になると思います。お天気そのものは多分変わりません。海の状態だけが変わります。一週間くらい前に、天気予報士はこの情報についてすでに分っていたことは興味深いことです！

I have 7 tattoos on my body that I want to remove, which is all the tattoos that I put on my body. At the time, I thought it would be “COOL” to have, and I have been regretting what I’ve done for a long time. That is why I am removing them. It has been two years since I’ve been doing laser tattoo removal on two tattoos, and it is still not off completely. Laser tattoo removal is very expensive, and costs 100x more than putting the tattoo on. However, I have learned from my mistakes and I will grow from it. I will think before doing something crazy again!

Tonight’s lesson was done over he phone instead of on Skype. Everything went well until it came to the ‘n’ sound. something I will work on. But as always, the lesson was good; another step closer to being able to speak fluent Japanese.

My family and I arrived in Australia’s “big smoke” Sydney only the other week, and are all settling in in our own way at our own pace with some big decisions and opportunities on the horizon.

The economic climate of Australia, specifically the massage training industry is in a definite contraction phase with many schools standarizing their training and opting to offer what they call government accredited training. This standardization is actually not necessary for the aspiring massage therapist because Australia’s massage industry is deregulated, and according to invesatopia this means “there is a reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry.” In short there are no rules that govern what is required to be a massage therapist. Nonetheless if you are not skilled or provide skilled training the laws of supply and demand will have it that you are quickly out of business.

Since these oligopolies are hyjacking the massage training industry with big advertising campaigns many innocent public are being decieved into believing that only these type of massage courses will lead them to success. This is the unfortunate situation in Australia, and the remaining smaller independent schools like ourselves are having to battle hard to counter this prophaghanda.

Because of this I am facing the serious decision of whether or not to continue my massage training business in the Australian market, or take it over seas. The state of the world economy in UK and South Africa and NZ specifically being our target market, is that they are each in a recession.
Due to this I am at yet another crossroads. Right now I have been offered the opportunity to study at Law School as well as continue to study Japanese in a Masters program. I could also further my business degree with a masters degree called an “MBA”, Master of Business Administration, each of which are both lucrative and appealing professions, should I choose to pursue and succeed in these paths.

So for now I am off to Singapore to teach a class next week for two weeks, I plan to take one week off after that and introspect on these important life decisions at this important crossroads juncture in my life.

Recently, I’ve been thinking about moving closer to the city of Chicago. I currently live about an hour from the city in the suburbs where there is not much to do. I’m considering moving to the city of Evanston, which is about half way between downtown Chicago and my work. I’ve looked at a couple of apartments and all look pretty promising. Hopefully I can find one soon.