Sorry for the blank in the blog: over the last two weeks I've kept real busy: seeing a couple of friends whom I met in EM Lyon while they were here; meeting up with a fellow translator here in Japan who graduated from the same school I does and has the same sort of appreciation for the Japanese language that I do; travelled a bit; filled in for my supervisor during his vacation; enjoyed some more French food in Japan; and fit in a screening of the Bourne Ultimatum last Friday. So for the last two weeks I've been running nonstop.
That's funny, because the month of December is sometimes referred to by its old name of 'shiwasu,' the month where even the teachers are running around getting their last minute business done.
For me, the corporate results season was the busiest part, but that was at the beginning of November and everything has tapered off since then. It looks to be a pretty calm December (that's good and bad).
When I was living in Kyushu, I used to always dread the year-end when there would be two or three year-end parties, which took their toll on you financially (each party costing 3000-5000 yen), and in terms of eating and drinking. It's incredible that you have to celebrate and drink and sing karaoke and then go home and be at work at 8AM the next day. Well, things weren't actually that strict where I used to work ...
The funny thing is that since I've come to Tokyo there's never been a time when I've gone out drinking with people here until really late and until someone in the group is so far beyond recovery. In my business things stay pretty sober: not surprising since most of the teams in my office stay there from 8 until late evening or past midnight day after day. What are you to do when you have so much money but no time to spend or enjoy it? (Answer: hoard it, buy a house and a nice car. Just kidding).
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