I had the pleasure, no, the honor of being in this amazing country for two weeks experiencing their culture and seeing the wonders from the new age and the old age.

I will start by saying how organized, respectful and hospitable people the Japanese are. They showed me and my friend so much respect and tried to help us even with us not knowing the language. It was amazing the amount of caring for the other person instead of being focused on themselves.

The scenery is just incredible, from “city-scapes” to natural landscapes the cleanliness and beauty was reflected in their everyday usage items. If you are spiritual, the temples are a must see for you so you can experience the peace and tranquility of these places while you awe in wonder of the statues and architectural design of these buildings.

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Now I’m back to reality, back to work and back to getting my goals in the right place; I expect more trips to learn about other cultures around the world and experience it first-person on their country.

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Two weeks in the island learning and enjoying the culture of Japan and also the home to many of my favorite video games out now. Two weeks of exploring a new territory for me and also practicing some Japanese that i’ve been learning for this trip, こんにちわ！My friend and I are very excited and is definitely a dream come true after one year of planning. It almost feel like I’m still dreaming, but my wallet says otherwise.

So far we’ve planned the following: First week enjoy Tokyo and its wonders. While, there we will be visiting the Tokyo Game Show and see what gaming companies have in store for us for upcoming games and systems. The second week will be “Exploring a bit of Japan”. We will be taking the Hikari train towards Kyoto and visit the Old Imperial City (and the original Nintendo Headquarters ) and then possibly take another train down to Osaka, for it’s beautiful surroundings .

Definitely exciting. Can’t wait.

However, I’m even more excited that not only will I be able to go visit Japan, but I will be attending the Tokyo Game Show! Will be great watching that I love dearly, which is gaming, and see what the companies have in stored for the community at the Tokyo Game Show. I can’t wait to go so I can post all the picture of the epicness that this will mark in my life.

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However, I think I better start brushing up my Japanese. I understand that over a good majority of the people speak English, but when you visit a new country you should embrace the culture and language. Just give it a try and you’ll be respected for it. I’m learning some Japanese, but I bet i won’t be good at it. At least I want to know enough to defend me by.

I will be posting pictures of this amazing trip when I come back. Now that everything is ready I can get back to updating all the projects on this site. Thanks for reading!

After working day and night into re-creating my brand in a simpler and more “colorful” way, I bring you the new Typefasterjoel site. I’ve taken the opportunity to change how the system works in my site by adding the powerful WordPress CMS and customized it to my needs. The idea for this one was: “A simple way to showcase my work and keep it updated“. I’ve done this. The site was redesigned so the user can view the projects simple and quickly and also using WordPress  I’m able to keep it updated as I make new projects.

I’m also going to use this blog to share my knowledge in the web design, UX, graphic design, etc to other that may be looking for help in these fields or just simply for more information. I hope you enjoy looking at the site. I’m still going through and updating around the projects through the new system. In the next couple of days all my projects should be completed added to the site. Thanks for reading.

I wanted to update my portfolio with new projects that I’ve been working on at the Lightmaker agency. I’m taking this temporary space using the powerful WordPress system to keep you updated on my projects and soon I’ll redesign and recode this whole site for the full 5th Version. Thanks for browsing around!