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Archive for June, 2007

first week considered

Posted: Friday, June 15th, 2007 @ 8:15 am in Uncategorized | Comments Off on first week considered

well, first week officially over. let’s review. my coworkers are great. [almost] everyone speaks perfect english, so i officially get 0 opportunity to use japanese in the workplace. last night i had dinner and drinks with the president of a major company. (can’t violate non-disclosure agreement). yeah, it’s getting hawt. and i love feeling physically exhausted […]

finally…pictures + weekend!

Posted: Sunday, June 10th, 2007 @ 6:06 am in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Ramen on left, Curry on right. Homemade, baby. my lovely workplace (inside is not as cool)

Say Hi to the Boss

Posted: Thursday, June 7th, 2007 @ 4:52 pm in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

First corporate party last night. Made the mistake of revealing I’d never been drunk around fellow interns.  Met my boss; he tried to psych me out. Succeeded. But the coworkers are very nice. Presentation today in front of all the managers.

First Day of “Work” – The Aftermath

Posted: Monday, June 4th, 2007 @ 5:55 pm in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

I never knew that sitting for 9 hours could be so tiring. Well, actually I do know. Like sitting on a plane. But at least on the plane I could select my preference of entertainment options. At work, on the first day, I only had one channel: corporate presentations. Corporate finance, asset management, etc. blah […]

Sleepless in Tokyo

Posted: Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 @ 2:59 pm in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »

What the hell is it with movie titles? I’ve been thinking nonstop about movie titles ever since I saw that annoying ad on the T about “how many titles* live and let die another day…” blah blah can you think of?” How many movie inspired blog post titles can I relate my life to? 3 something AM. So maybe it’s the jetlag, but somehow I feel that I’ve written another blog post with […]

Settling in

Posted: Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 @ 8:18 am in Uncategorized | 32 Comments »

24 hours in Tokyo, and I am quickly burning through my first 20000 yen. [sigh] oh well. at least i get my own pad this time. i tried my hand at cooking something “fresh”. …and i fell asleep while writing this. so now it’s over 24 hours. I hate this gd japanese keyboard. Anyways this morning I bought a commuter […]