Invisible from the depths..
After a failed attempt to sell my domain, wouldn’t you follow an offer for 7500usd$? And a long busy bout of projects, a promotion and increased responsibility, I have found myself coming to a lull. As in, a coming vacation.
So I’d like to take a bit of time and reflect of the accomplishments of the last 6 months, in no particular order and mainly relating to work.. after all that’s what I have really only been doing.
Continue reading ‘A microcosm of information..’
It’s been a whirlwind January! Just a quick breakdown of what’s been going on..
Xmas in tokyo, “America” style, with turkey, gravy, loads of veggies, pecan pie, creme brulee and various alcohols. Followed up by a jazz show at Tokyo’s Satin Doll, a pretty famous jazz club in roppongi.
New Year’s in Osaka. Did the countdown at a international party with some osaka kids and an old friend from hiroshima that is now an engineer working outside of tokyo. Spent another week traveling around kansai, exploring and enjoy Nara, Iga, Oji and Osaka.
Merry Christmas everyone. I wish you all a merry christmas and best for the holidays.
These are non-negotiable and there are no escape clauses. No excuses are accepted.
Some of this year’s popular japanese acronyms.
ATM Ahona teishu mo iranai - “the idiot husband I don’t need in my life anymore”.
AB Amai mono wa betsubara - the kind of woman who has a separate stomach for puddings
GM Gyudon no hou ga mashi - even gyudon (very cheap fast food) is better than this muck
FK Fande koi - someone who trowels on the make-up
ND Ningen to shite douyo - what the hell kind of person is this?
NTT Nimotsu tantosha - a packhorse for a girlfriend’s shopping trips
OBM Okubyoumono - a man too chicken to ask a girl on a date
DD Daredemo daisuki - the kind of person who falls for anyone
NS Noryoku yori seikaku - someone promoted way beyond his competence
MM maji mukatsu - they are both utterly disgusted with each other
MK5 maji kireru 5 byo mae - suggests that he is going to blow his lid in five seconds
HR hitori ranchi - go eat alone
I spent around 12 days on vacation with my girlfriend. First we went camping in Nagano-ken for 3 days. We met up with some of her friends at a rock festival called Kiso-Kodo. It was fun and relaxing. Highlight of the camping was the food. Fresh grilled
seafood and wild boar.
After that, we spent the next 5 days in Okinawa. We flew in on a monday night, Naha then to Ishigakijima. We were on the tail end of a typhoon this night, so it was overcast and raining. The next morning we hopped on a speedboat and took a 45minute ride to Iruomotejima.
Continue reading ‘Been a busy past month.. Where to start? Vacation’
Well, it’s been a long 4 months but I finished my project. I was lead for the network implementation of one of japan’s largest currency exchange companies. The project started from the ground up, all new hardware and lines, including the build out of two data centers and upgrade of the office location and the implementation of a VoIP phone system. Then the migration of their current services from foreign hosted data centers to ones local to japan.
These types of projects are normally 9 to 12 month projects. We had basically 5 months, with a 4 month early completion bonus. So from initial planning, ordering and implementation… we made the 4 month mark!
I spent the last month doing config cleanup, training and documentation. Now, from tomorrow, I am spending my bonus on a vacation. Off to go camping in Nagano for 3 days, then to Okinawa’s Iruomotejima and Ishigakijima for beach bumming and more camping for a week and finally back to kyoto for a 3 day camping/music festival.
After that, I come back to a new project as a PM/Manager for Asian Operations for large financial company.. in Roppongi…
cya on the flip
Around two weeks ago, I made the venture back to where I used to live in Hiroshima to take part in the summer aikido camp. 4 days of Aikido, 3 times a day, followed with (un)health doses of drinking. It was great to be back in hiroshima and see how much saijo had changed. Very surprising for such a little town.
Pictures are up on flickr, at the normal place.
RANT:
Working in a international company in Tokyo, I am afforded the opportunity to work with people not only from Japan and American, but from all over the world. I recently had a discussion with both a partner of the company and my girlfriend in regards to the way people approach situations and the reasoning methods. Not only from a technical approach, but in general.
Continue reading ‘Logical vs Illogical reasoning.. Native vs Nonnative english speakers?’