Nagasaki, Japan June 23, 2010

It's been over a month now since I posted last, and I figure I should post again!

I'm coming close to the end of my stay in Japan and so I wanted to explain a little about Nagasaki and start posting pictures.

Nagasaki is a fairly small city in (as Tokyo dwellers like to refer to it as) a backwater part of Japan known as Kyushu. It has about 400,000 people, though some of these must live in the outer-reaches of the city. It has an excellent tram and bus system. It is nestled in-between mountains on three sides and surrounded around three sides (passed the mountains in some cases) by ocean, meaning that in Nagasaki especially there is a rich variety of seafood.

Pets -- June 15 2010

Why do people insist on throwing away their pets?

If you want an animal so badly that you go out and buy one, why when it is time to move you leave it people? "get rid of it" as a friend stated? Why?

When you buy a pet, you are entering into a commitment. The same as entering a commitment when you marry someone or get pregnant. Divorce is too rampant now. Abortion is too popular. And so is throwing away pets. Your pet is your child, your loved one, until it passes away. Some pets like parrots and turtles can outlive their humans!

Never ever get a pet with the back up plan of "if I have to go to a different university, it can stay at home with mom and dad". I know some people think that even of their own children, but that is wrong. It is YOUR commitment, not your parents. That animal loves you and not them. You were supposed to love it, that was why you bought it.

Only a cruel person with a cruel heart would throw away their child. Why would a kind person then get rid of their pet?

It isn't a piece of garbage.