Now I'm in...

Hi!
This Intern finished.... I miss everyone I met in Houston); Thanks a lot.
I appreciated.

Interns except me, went back to Japan.

Now, I'm in Orlando, Florida!
It's my short trip(:

Time to Say Good-Bye☆彡

Good Morning！！！

Now, we'll leave Houston, Texas expect Ms M.

Ms M>Please take care of your self.

Okay, think everybody already pack-in, so let's go back to our home Japan!

Thank you very much, I really really appreciated.

CALIB

The Last Supper♬

We !??

NO, I LOVE non-healthy food such as PIZZA♬

This is our last supper in Houston, Texas.

Last Day・゜・(ノД`)・゜・

Today is last day of working at Parks By You.

I really really miss everybody.

「We must learn to walk before we can run」

This is what I have learned from ParksByYou

 I’m so lucky to have you as my place of internship.

Thank you from bottom of my heart, I really appreciated. 

Even Natives Make Mistakes

. . . Just not usually when they are quoting the Bible.
Spot the two errors on the church sign.

Preston

We went to Preston.
There are restaurants, parks, baseball park and churches.

Thank You Man!!!♬

He is my best friend, call Bigwell.

Check this photo, he is very very kind to carry my baggage for me in spite of playing baseball.

Thanks, Well!

The Locomotive♬

Wow!!! We found the locomotive near the Minutes Maid Park (Home of the Houston Astros)

You know when it's (Houston Astros) hit a home run into the stands the red cheepy locomotive move to forward.

They must replace to this one.

About 30500♬

Can you imagine what this number showing?

Answer is … this number showing that the number of steps. 

I mean I and my friend walked around the downtown whole day.

We were exhausted but it was wonderful & great experienced.

BUT I'm deeeeeeply sorry for Ms A, coz she wanted to go to the American Foot Ball Game very much.

BUT I and Ms M were already worn-out...sorry. 

How old are you♬

I am over 400 years old. I'm too old, so please you must not climb on me!

GET IT!!!???? GOT IT!!!???? GOOOOD!

Anyway, beautiful and full of energetic, right?

FUMMY♬

Yum Yum Yummy!!!

BUT, it's tooooooo much for me, soooooo, asked waiter to 「May I have to go box, please.」

You better know this phrase↑ it is very useful when you want to take out.

This is everything for today, thank you very much for your kind attention!

See ya in next time・・・

Live music!!

I really really really love live Music in Houston(: Amazing, Awesome!

ParksByYou

Blocks Party!!!

Sip, Stroll, and Shop along Houston's coolest blocks - and did it for a great cause!

It's Cool, Isn't it!?

At the Reliant Stadium.

Phil and I went on a cycling tour about two hour. 

Oh,  when you go cycling you better watch out bumpy way and trees, but you can enjoy very much, I think.

Freezing

Freezing

So Many Churches in Houston

There are so many places of Christian worship here in Houston. In the Fifth Ward alone, you can see several churches in just two blocks. Christianity has so many different sects (divisions) in this country, while the houses of worship come in so many different sizes and shapes.

So Many Churches in Houston

Labor Day♬

Today is Labor Day in Untied States!

NO work, NO study(expect me)?, & NO cry.

BUT, some were little bit cried, coz some of my friends and Sarah were finished his or her internship and leaved the US.

We really miss you guys, but we are looking forward to see you in next time. 

However, let's have a CRAZY time, enjoy our national holiday.

BYE-bye, my friends.

Crazy is Ok

We enjoyed last party by the pool. We ate hot dog and fruits, cup cake, vegetable stick and something. Now,we are pig.  :)  Rie and Mayuko cooked Nikujyaga. Some guest, Tom and Josh and Kiror came the party. This time was awesome!! I don't wanna go back to Japan. I'm soory for no picture...I can't use this Mac PC well... I don't know how to up the picture lol  xD  x)  Rika

Everyone's dream, ever

Sunny life

Brewery at Work

St. Arnold's Brewery is unite small but it makes thousands of bottles of beer every week. There are four main ingredients: Barley, Hops, Water and Yeast. There are big containers that mix and cool the beer. The beer is so popular in Houston that it only stays on the shelf three days before it is sold! It was interesting to see how it is made and how it is sold.

Lakewood Church

We went to Lakewood church on the weekend. It was a very unusual experience. Check out the video of what we saw. It is not like a traditional church. The music is very powerful and the preacher is like a self-help guru. It is difficult to describe the experience.... What do you think?

METRO

This is a ticket of metro. Do you have 100yen? Of course you guys have much more than 100yen. I bought it $1.25. It's very cheap but it has a great system. METRO doesn't need more money than $1.25 and you can cross the town. You can use it for three hours when you take a train. If you take a bus you can take a bus for more than 1hour only 1dollars. In Japan, the fares of transportation are going up and up. It's so expensive. But why is it so cheap? Because the country(U.S) conduct the METRO. we can go everywhere you want to go very cheap. If someone is coming to US please use it easily

Nature in the City

If you have green space in the city, then wildlife will come.
Check out these beautiful ducks waddling around Post Oak in Houston!

METRO

Old Industry in the 5th Ward

Do you need some metal or wire products?

Street Art in the 5th Ward

> Friday while waiting for entrance into St. Arnold's we had a walking tour of the Fifth Ward.
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Street Art in the 5th Ward

Beer Friends!

We went to the beer factory. It was really great(:

We made BEER friends!

NASA - Johnson Space Center

We went to the NASA today♫ It was very useful to me and had a lot of fun there, especially, mr T, look his smiley face. 

Beer is Big Business!

This afternoon we are going to visit St.Arnold's Brewery, a craft brewery in Houston. To prepare for the visit we have some study sheets.  We are going to learn new vocabulary about the beer industry, read about the history of the brewery and analyze beer labels for marketing.   We will have a tour of the factory and will ask the guide some questions!  We will post our original marketing labels here in a few days! Beer is big business in the USA

Zumba, anyone?

Have you heard of Zumba? It's an exercise craze from the USA. It uses south American rhythm and dance moves and people do it to lose weight! It is so much fun and a good way to relax after a hard day in work. In Houston, Zumba classes are free in the park, Discovery Green! Almost 150 people joined the class! It was really exciting! Some of us tried it!
A Houston policeman even came and joined the class, he was so funny exercising with us and blowing his whistle. I wish policemen in Japan did this!

Today's lunch!

♫Candid Camera♫

Guess whaaaat!!! We played a prank on mr T to show our LOVE♪ You can check how he's ecstatic about this time of dokkiri (=prank).

Deep Fried Pickles!

We went to this cool restaurant after work yesterday where they have really delicious food!
They also have live music here every Friday and Saturday night. It is right across the street from our office!

Have you ever tried deep-fried dill pickles? Check out the picture. They were really tasty. They were served with ranch dressing. They are from the deep south and are a traditional food in this area.

Smart Transportation!

Houston is working hard to improve their transport network.
Traditionally, many people drive cars but recently, many people are starting to ride bicycles to work and the bus even has special carry areas on the front to carry bikes for passengers
so they can cycle half the way to work.
Japan should adopt this idea! Check it out!

What a huge amount of files!

I can't believe it! That's not all files and each file has a housing name.It's not easy to find a name I want from here. It is a heavy work for us and we could be more powerful than yesterday!! I will do filing tomorrow again. I'll do my best...

On the way to work!

We 'discovered' Discovery Green, Houston.
The perfect place to cool down in the Texas heat!

First Day of the Internship

Look! Mr "T" is sleeping on the sofa. I think he gets so tired of stress & other personal or mental background. 

The First day in Office!

Howdy?

I'm tired a little, but I'm doing good. It's fine.

Today was the first day in office. We did a kind of paper work. We moved many files in office.
Tomorrow, we'll do more different work.
I hope to talk with more people in office(:

This is my dinner for today.

First Day of the Internship

Look! Mr "T" is sleeping on the sofa. I think he gets so tired of stress & other personal or mental background.

Are you emotionally intelligent?

Are good at expressing yourself? Can you empathize with other people?
Today we studied about the importance of communication in the workplace.
Do you think you should 'check your emotions at the door' when you go to work?
Let us know your thoughts!

Giraffe?

Is this giraffe? (:
It looks like...

Takumi Likes Tacos!

Takumi likes Tacos in Japan - I bet he will love real Mexican Tacos in Texas!

Socializing after a Hard Day!

We had a great social event after a hard day of Orientation.  Rika really enjoyed the gyoza at Yatai-mura.  We all had fun, some beers, great conversation and food!

Blogging

Today we are learning how to post on the internship blog. It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it! Please keep checking the blog for our reflections on Houston and please send us some comments! You can also follow us on Twitter:

@businessinterns

Thanks!

Orientation

We held our first orientation yesterday to prepare for Texas. We met the students from Tokyo early in the morning. In the morning session we started with icebreaking and team-building activities. We split into two groups and tried to make the tallest free-standing giraffe from newspaper! The winning team won some tasty (?!?!) root beer candy from Sarah's trip to Canada.

After that we played some games to get to know each other. Do you know two truths and a lie?
We found out some interesting things about each other ;). After that, we played commonalities because we all have something in common!

Then, we worked on improving our emotional intelligence. We discovered lots of new words to use to describe how we fell - elated, heartbroken, devastated, ecstatic, etc. we considered the intensity of these words and how and we to use them. The role plays were really funny! Are you emotionally intelligent?

Texas 2012

Overseas Business Internship - Texas 2012

We are pleased to announce the start of the Texas2012 Overseas Business Internship.  This year six students from Japan will travel to Houston, Texas to take part in a two-week program experiencing life in an American office and all the cultural learning experiences a multi-cultural city like Houston has to offer!

Please join us on our journey by following our blog posts (by the students) and our Twitter posts. We will share everything we have learned and our observations about life and work in the USA.

Our Tentative Schedule in the USA:

Monday 20th (afternoon): Introduction to work placement and orientation

Tuesday 21st-Friday 24th: Work Placements

Friday 24th (afternoon): Tour of Brewery Company

Saturday 25th: NASA Visit

Sunday 26th:  Visit to Mega Church and watching Gospel Singers

Monday 27th - Friday 31st: Work Placement

Friday 31st (afternoon): - Factory Tour

Saturday 1st: American Football Game - University of Houston

Sunday 2nd:  Free day + Sayonara Party

Monday 3rd: Depart

Looking forward to hearing from you!

~ The Texas2012 Team ~