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Archive for October, 2008

Sudoku, A Hard To Learn Japanese Game

Believe it or not, I’m a big fan of Sudoku, the Japanese numbers game which his also known under a few names such as sodoku, soduko, or sudoka. It took me almost six months to learn how to play Sudoku, but I finally managed to decipher its mysteries. The game consists of placing figures from 1 to 9 on a 9×9 squares board, in such a way that each figure is placed only once on each horizontal, vertical and smaller 3×3 square. Some figures are already given when you start the puzzle. Depending on these figures, there are more levels of difficulty for the Sudoku boards. If you are interested, I can teach you how to play Sudoku and solve even very hard puzzles.

My job as a heavy equipment operator

This is my first post and the first blog I’m making, so I think I’m going to tell you a bit about myself. I’m Ike, and I’m a heavy equipment operator. This is no big deal, although you may be impressed with the size of these machines like forklifts and gantry cranes, or with the heavy works they are able to do in such a gentle way, if handled appropriately. Indeed, in the beginning, operating such monsters was scary, but after I did an apprenticeship stage, I felt like I was in full control, so I was able to go out there and look for a job. I’m doing this job since 10 years ago, and I think many American people drive their cars over a piece of my work. That’s because I was in the road builders operations for quite a long time. What do I do when I’m not moving heavy things from one place to another? Like you, I like to watch TV, I collect things, I play with my kids and I surely enjoy a good beer after work and a barbecue on Sundays.