Not what it seems...

“Good evening” an older Japanese man said to me in English as he passed, entering the coffee shop I was sitting in front of.  I looked up from my computer where I was doing some work and replied, ‘good evening.’  My eyes once again focusing on the screen in front of me I secretly hoped [...]

We forgot to mention...

You know I really wonder how much more broken my back can get with a new ‘last straw’ being added every day.  I marvel at the lack of communication, interaction, and willingness to volunteer what might be valuable information.  Most of all I wonder how I have endured through it all.  I started my job [...]

Excuse me. What did you say?

It was about two o’clock on Monday, my Chinese interns last day at our office, and things were moving along nicely.  Two weeks had passed during which I had passed on as much knowledge and skill that could be absorbed (and understood) giving that she had absolutely no business background and was just starting grad [...]

Office space.

What do you do when you look in the mirror and don’t like what you see, when the person looking back at you is a complete stranger.  That moment of realization and bewilderment feels like a bucket of ice cold water being dumped over your head on a hot summer day.  Japan’s sweet sirens song [...]