Recruiting Video

Some are still wondering what I do as a vet tech in the military and why there are even vets as a specialty. One of my fellow technicians shot this video in order to help create some kind of an idea about what we do. Everything he does in here I do, however a few changes include, I'm on a Navy base(but the working dogs are the same) and his clinic is MUCH bigger than mine. Follow this link and then click the video in the upper right corner (video #5)
Todays Military

The Black Widow Visits Sasebo.....

For the Valentines Day weekend MWR brought two famous celebrities to Sasebo to perform for the community. Monday night famous comedian Bruce Bruce had the audience rolling on the floor with his irate sense of humor. He's been on several comedy shows on BET and Comedy Central. Tuesday night world champion pool player Jeanette Lee put on a billiards clinic in the same place that I usually spend on the weekends. She did a trick shot demonstration and then challenged members of the crowd to play her. There was only one person who came somewhat close to beatng her while others didnt get a shot in after the break. I didnt get a chance to play her, but it probably wouldnt look good if a novice beat a professional right?? *wink*

Nagasaki Lantern Festival

Today was the last day of the Nagasaki Lantern Festival and after several thwarted attempts to go, me and a friend finally got tickets with nothing holding us back. The Lantern Festival is held in downtown China Town of Nagasaki and held in celebration of the Chinese New Year. Being the year of the dog, there were several out and about. I've never seen so many long haired dachshunds in my life. We got dropped off at the end of the plaza where we watched a parade starting the days events. This little show took a while to complete but only because they took one step every 3-5 seconds. Our schedule of events had a dragon dance going on at the other end of the arcade in about 20 minutes, neither of us knew where we were heading so we followed the given map as best as we could. What luck we had when we all but gave up we see the dragon moving down the street at a high rate of speed. We followed it to Kofukuji Temple where the show took place. The performers made the dragon come to life and performed several little dances and got called back for what we believed to be encores.

The next show were some Chinese Acrobats doing their thing in a park that was back towards our starting point. So with our poorly drawn map and some keen eyesight (good job Kim!!) we found Chuo park. By the time we had arrived it was nearly dark and all the lanterns were lit up and very remarkable in their creativeness. We watched several acts of the little acrobats from them climbing all over each other while spinning plates in the air, to contorting their bodies while balancing candlesticks on the palms of their feet. Pretty painful to watch actually.

After the show we walked back to the arcade and walked through the exquisitely decorated streets and visited the many shops and vendors gathering mementos of the yearly celebration. Even the cold couldn't keep us from having one of the best experiences so far while being in Japan. There are many more pictures of the days events on my other page.

There's Not Enough Meat on Sticks.....

 





Though I believe the Japanese have perfected it. This little treat I ate while watching some acrobats in Chuo Park during the Nagasaki Lantern Festival. It had the texture of cooked eggs but tasted like a combination of pork, chicken and shrimp (it might of been all three). Never the less it was good and it kept me eyballing the vendor where we got it the whole show and if it weren't for dinner later I probably would of gotten another one. 

The Lantern Festival

 
 

Not your typical Super Bowl.....

Move over Frito Lay and Pepsi, make room for Jimmy Dean sausage and Sunny Delight. After the morning workout I joined some friends for my first ever SuperBowl breakfast party. It was a little rainy so we had to cook the steak and eggs inside but overall had a pretty good spread without any chips and salsa, pizza, or buffalo wings. Being 15 hours ahead has its perks, especially when the higher-ups in the chain of command are football fans, thus leading to an additional day off. Too bad there weren't any good teams in it this year. I didnt have a know alot of people from either area, so no one was terribly dissapointed with the outcome. I on the other hand proudly wore my Chiefs jersey, (even though we should of been the sixth team in the playoffs, thus leading to a championship, but whatever, I'm not bitter.) We don't get any commercials during regular television hours over here and the Super Bowl was no exception. So that was the only drawback, we could actually get up and reload the plates during timeouts as the normal AFN (Armed Forces Network) spots (that we've seen hundreds of times) ran in their place. Only two more years of this breakfast thing so I probably shouldn't get used to it.......