The king of Junk

What I want for my life is

Ok, I admit that I'd been lazy for a while and didn't really try to write anything down here.
I wouldn't say it was because I'd been busy, because one of my close friends always tells me that you can never be too busy to do things. If you make an excuse saying that you are too busy, that means you are just not trying to make time. That's all. And I 100% agree with that.

Now... let me share with you how I had been doing recently.
I got so many things at work, since my job-parter was away for Bahrain and I had to carry on even his work.
I felt kinda pressured but also having a bigger responsibility wasn't so bad.
And those experience gave me more confidence.

OH, and I went to EXPO in Aichi last weekend.
I got a free pass since my friend has a work in EXPO and he let me in from staff gate.
We didn't have enough time so I just visited African Pavillions and some Asian Pavillions.
Many local people are working in EXPO right now so that I could get to meet many of people who are from countries that my company has business with.
I really enjoyed talking with them because I could see that I want to get something from them such as local information, and also they want to get something from me such as a new business chance in Japan, through the conversation.
I really like having the "equal" relationship like that.
Because I'm still new in the tourism industy, my clients from travel agencies sometimes do not trust me and even looks me down just because I don't know things so much!!!
I hate to be treated like that! But some poeple, especially old guys with high status in ugly suits have a tendency to treat me like I am an incent child who doesn't know anything.
Yet, the local people are not like that, as far as I know.
I espeically feel comfortable to talk to people from Africa, because they talk to me just like friends. They are so friendly even in the business situation.
How do Japanese people have to be so serious and formal in the business?
Japanese are more punctual and delicate so that it looks like business goes smoothly with less mistakes.
And African are more casual and careless... if you compare to Japanese, of course, they might have more "whatever" behavior that irritates impatient Japanese workers.
Yet, they have thier own way to make business go smooth.
For example, they can show thier sence of humor in the business email, and that makes me feel very close to them and feel more free to request to them, even though I have never seen them before.
And as I reply to them with friendly & warmfull words, thier reply comes back with more easiness for proceeding the business.
See? You know why I like it.

One year has passed since I got hired by this company.
I often think about quitting my job, but somethings still makes me cling to this job.
What I have learned and what emerged in my future view during this 1 year is....
is that I have tons of choices in my life.
So why don't I just try whatever I wish?
I can quit my job if I wish, or I can continue my job if I wish.
and no matter what kind of decision you make right now, you will have other tons of options in the future. Again and again. never ends.
Now I choose to work in Japan for a little longer,
and in the near future I wanna choose not to work in Japan.
Where do I wanna go? It can never be sure. forever.
I will just go wherever it looks good. It doesn't have to be the best place.
wanna go somewhere good. wanna be someone good.

posted by junkoba @ 7:18 AM