Here is the actual post from yesterday:

It's a little difficult navigating around here when you don't know how to read Japanese. I guess that is what it is like being illiterate. I can't imagine. Altavista's Babelfish is my friend (http://babelfish.altavista.com/).

I figured since I have an account, I might as well post...

Work went well today, opposed to the previous two weeks when I had such a hard time with one of my coworkers. He was much nicer today. So despite having scary work to do, I felt pretty good when I left for school at noon.

The task I've been given is to conduct a phone survey for a feasibility study, and that entails calling up 100 companies that are the largest users of water on the island fo Oahu to ask if they might be interested in using MBR treated recycled water and ask questions about their water usage if their response is yes. I hate talking with strangers on phones. And it wouldn't be so bad if I knew who to talk to in the company and that contact person's number, but I have to look up their numbers in the phone book and ask around until I get connected to the right person! I didn't realize real engineering work involves so much talking. If I'd have know, I wouldn't have gone into this field. J/k. =) Anyway, despite that, work was good today.

Isn't it amazing how greatly one's attitude affects the people around them? Maybe it isn't amazing, but it is true. And I'm not meaning to single out my coworker. I understand that he was under a lot of stress. I just wanted to point that out in general. It's something that I want to make a point to keep in mind for how I interact with other people.

End of post.