Again in HK...

My new cell!!

I finally got a new cell phone and it is soooo cute!

I put on a sticker and also some sparkeling stone with a glue.

I love it!

Summer Vacation in Japan

Biz Trip to HK & Singapore

First time going to HK. I was very excited to see the city, imagining how modern the city is. But my impression was, " it's stilll China". I thought it would be more westernized but people were Chinese (I mean mentally not physically).

I was amazed to see all those tall buildings though. I wonder how people can live in that tall building? That is not the height were people should live.


*Second pic below is a pic from the roof pool in my hotel. Isn't it wonderful to swim with this view?


Singapore was very nice. I think Singapore is the only place I can live in Asia other than Japan. Good service, nice people, clean, good shopping, diverse, English ok etc. I heard that 1 out of 4 people is a foreigner. Can you believe this? And the government has so much power, good and bad aspects but so far I guess they are managing well. Even with the high income tax and car tax, people are not doing strikes and following what they were told to do. People pay but know it will come back to them. In Japan, people pay and don't know where they go, how they are used...

*Below is again a pic of the pool in my hotel. It was a very very nice hotel. I loved it.

Just a reminder that I was not on a vacation, I was working! All these pics seem like I'm having fun but actually, I didn't have much time to go to pool and enjoy shopping...

Again, I met a lot of people. I want to say thank you for those who treated me nice. Thanks!

Weekend in Guam!!

It was a very tough weekend.

Worked Friday morning until 3 pm, went home to get my suitcase and off to the airport.

Arrived in Guam at midnight, couldn't sleep that day so went to the beach early in the morning.

It was only girls trip so we had lots of fun. Good food in nice hotels, had fun at the beach and pools, sunset and BBQ with polinesian dancer. Because we were too tired at night, we didn't go out to party but I think that was good. There were only Japanese and American navy!! When we were inHilton Hotel's pool, all we saw were American armies. I guess they were on their way to the next destination, stopped over in Guam to have fun.

Hilton's sunday brunch buffet was fantastic! We had champaign from 11 in the morning, I was kinda drunk all day...

One thing I was upset was that it rained at least once a day. It is sunny and hot but it also rains especially in the afternoon. So sometimes we had to wait 1 or 2 hours until the rain stop.

On the way back, pick up at the hotel was 3:45 am, flight at 6:45 am. Arrived in Tokyo at 10 am, went back to my house at 11:30, and went to work at 1 pm... I was gonna take a day off on Monday but I urgently had an appointment that I had to go.

Plus, the next day after work, I flew to Kagawa prefecture, which is in the 4th largest island in Japan and famous for Udon noodle. Stayed there for one night and went back to Tokyo. I didn't wanna go to Kagawa, but this trip made me refreshing. It is very country side that you have to drive 10 min to the closest convenience store but this made me feel relaxed. I guess I needed to get out from the city.

Anyway, this week was incredibally busy, tiring.

Leaving to HK/Singapore on Sunday for business. Usually I am excited to go abroad but not this time... I need to rest, take holidays...

Rainy Tokyo

It's been raining all week... Even it's almost July, it's quite cold maybe around 22 C.

I hope this rainy season will end soon.

Biz Trip to Taiwan

It's been a while since my last post.
I was in Taiwan from end of May till last week to exhibit at Computex Taiwan (June 3-7), one of the biggest electronic trade show in the world. It was very very busy and tiring but was good experience and a lot of fun.

I arrived earlier to spend the weekend in Taipei, to see my friend and also to see my house where I used to live. It was one of my dream to visit my old place so I'm very happy that I could achieve my dream. I didn't remember anything since it's been almost 20 years...

The show was a success. We had very nice booth (I did the decoration!) , many customers were interested in bringing our product into their market. Now that back in Japan, it's my real job to contact them, discuss and negotiate to have a new business. We had many buyers from all over the world but my target is Dubai!! (well, kinda personal purpose because I want to go there and it's so expensive to go by myself)

Other than work, I dinned out a lot. Every night, either dinner with customer or company staffs, we went to have Taiwanese food, Shanghai food, beef noodles, noodles and noodles... Therefore, I was craving for sandwitches and cheese cake for lunch. Too much Chinese food is heavy for my stomatch... but you know, chinese people eat a lot!! I don't know why how can they eat so much and not being so fat!?

Anyway, I met many people during this trip. Everytime I could meet people and they treat me well, have fun together, I feel very lucky and appreciate this opportunity so much.

Taipei 101

Still the tallest building in the world (one in Dubai will be the tallest but still under construction), the top view was amazing. 508 m, 39 seconds to the top floor.

By the way, do you know what 101 means? It's a bit embarrassing but I had no idea what it meant. When we got to the top (91F), my co-worker started to count, 91, 92, 93..... 101! Then I noticed, wow 101 means 101 floors! Everyone looked at me probably thinking "you didn't know that? Anyone can guess what it means." well, I didn't...

Things I ate in Taiwan

These are just a few, unfortunately I didn't take any photos when I ate at a nice restaurants.

ジンザイ

企業の「じんざい」には3種類ある。

「人罪　・　人材　・　人財」

人罪：いても役に立たない人。給料だけもらっている人。
人材：ずば抜けた能力があるわけでもなく、かといって不出来でもない普通の人。
人財：企業の財産といえる能力のある人。

自分は一体どれなのだろうか。
今は人材でも、必ず人財になろう。

ちなみに前の会社での経験だが、大企業は「人罪」が多い。
厳しい競争の中勝ち残り、大手に入社した新入社員はそう感じているのではないだろうか。 私の友人からもそのような話はよく聞く。
大企業病、あと10年くらいは続くだろう。。