Hi, everyone. How are you today? This is Teppei again.
Tokyo is getting warmer.
I am looking foward to seeing all cherry blossom make the whole city in pink.
This is the best season to visit Japan to see all the placese coloured in pink.
Cherry blossom "Sakura" is our nation's flower.
And this flower shows our mentality and our belief towards life.
Sakura is amazing beautiful about one week and after the bloom it turns greet and live very quiet the rest of the year.
It looks like that Sakura just lives for that specialy one moment.
People in downtown are the same.
They live their lives for the Matsuri festival. That events are held once a year for three days.
People in Brazil live for Samba carnival. We Japanese are livinig for the events like Matsuri.
Do you have something in your mind to die for?
Or you are really crazy about something.
If you are really into something , that makes you very special.
It doesn't matter what it is.
For example if you are interested in wierd thing but you have the deep knowledge about it.
You can be expert about it.
I have a friend who knows everything about the pen.
She can figure out which pen was used by observing the colour of the letter written on the papers.
That was amazing. She can figure out Perikan or Pilot or Cross.
She is defenitely one of the experts.
I am not sure that talent help her business or not but I can tell she is one of the best for that area.
Do you have any expertises which you are really into?
2009-03-19
2009-03-09
Do we really know what we are talking about?
Hi, this is Teppei again.
Tokyo is getting warmer and it is very good to walk around to feel the air and scents showing the spring coming.
Well , do we really know what we are talking about.
Sometimes I can't make the good answers for the difficult questions.
If I don't have the answers, I am changing the topics which I know of.
But recently more and more people asked me very difficult questions.
What should we do next 10 years?
What is the most important skill for new hired people?
I have the answers but I am living on certain assumptions.
Around my age there are not many bilingual business person in any industry but now there are many perfect bilingual and sometimes trilingual people.
If I had the same question 15 years ago , I would tell the people that they should study English.
But now most of well educated people are perfect bilingual so it is no sense to tell them that they shoudl study English.
My assumption has been changes so drastically so I am no idea to provide good answer towards those questions.
When I am providng the presentation or answers for those, I am not sure what I am taling about.
I am wondering do we know what wer are talking about.
Tokyo is getting warmer and it is very good to walk around to feel the air and scents showing the spring coming.
Well , do we really know what we are talking about.
Sometimes I can't make the good answers for the difficult questions.
If I don't have the answers, I am changing the topics which I know of.
But recently more and more people asked me very difficult questions.
What should we do next 10 years?
What is the most important skill for new hired people?
I have the answers but I am living on certain assumptions.
Around my age there are not many bilingual business person in any industry but now there are many perfect bilingual and sometimes trilingual people.
If I had the same question 15 years ago , I would tell the people that they should study English.
But now most of well educated people are perfect bilingual so it is no sense to tell them that they shoudl study English.
My assumption has been changes so drastically so I am no idea to provide good answer towards those questions.
When I am providng the presentation or answers for those, I am not sure what I am taling about.
I am wondering do we know what wer are talking about.
2009-03-08
I want no smoking environment.
Hi this is Teppei again.
I prefer the warm weather like today's fine day.
I went Shimokitazawa with my wife. She found the nice shop and good izakaya-restaurant.
We enjoyed the night out in Tokyo.
But one thing I don't like about night out in Tokyo. Most of the placese are smoking.
Even we have a wonderful cuisine and drinks smoking ruin the taste and flavour.
Like New York and London all restaurants should ban smoking inside the restaurant.
I prefer the warm weather like today's fine day.
I went Shimokitazawa with my wife. She found the nice shop and good izakaya-restaurant.
We enjoyed the night out in Tokyo.
But one thing I don't like about night out in Tokyo. Most of the placese are smoking.
Even we have a wonderful cuisine and drinks smoking ruin the taste and flavour.
Like New York and London all restaurants should ban smoking inside the restaurant.
2009-03-06
Discrimination or misunderstanding?
Hi, this is Teppei.
I just had the conference call tonight. It was held 11 o'clock in the evening almost midnight.
My conference call usually was happened around that time.
I am wondering sometimes that the organizer of the conference knows about the time zone.
When I had the conference calls with consultants from the states and European countries, if I arrange the time around their late at night, they complained a lot.
But when they organize it , it doesn't matter at all we are almost reaching mid-night.
Are they really considering our time zone?
Unfortunately we are still belonging far east.
It doesn't matter for them what time it holds. That is very sad to observe the facts that they don't care our time zone and just doing those accordingly.
Well, that is the fact.
Besides that sometimes it is very common for them to use their local expressions.
They think that American way of speaking is the standard even the rest of the world speak different English.
I hope that all causes orignate from misunderstanding. But their assumption is that people should understand their language and not opposite.
Believe it or not. Still there is the discrimination between western countries and asian countries.
That is obvious discrimination. If they respect time zone, they may ask "Is it OK it is almost midnight in your time?" But nobody mentioned it, I think they don't care about it.
Well, we can overcome discrimination on surface but it is very difficult to change their assumption.
I just had the conference call tonight. It was held 11 o'clock in the evening almost midnight.
My conference call usually was happened around that time.
I am wondering sometimes that the organizer of the conference knows about the time zone.
When I had the conference calls with consultants from the states and European countries, if I arrange the time around their late at night, they complained a lot.
But when they organize it , it doesn't matter at all we are almost reaching mid-night.
Are they really considering our time zone?
Unfortunately we are still belonging far east.
It doesn't matter for them what time it holds. That is very sad to observe the facts that they don't care our time zone and just doing those accordingly.
Well, that is the fact.
Besides that sometimes it is very common for them to use their local expressions.
They think that American way of speaking is the standard even the rest of the world speak different English.
I hope that all causes orignate from misunderstanding. But their assumption is that people should understand their language and not opposite.
Believe it or not. Still there is the discrimination between western countries and asian countries.
That is obvious discrimination. If they respect time zone, they may ask "Is it OK it is almost midnight in your time?" But nobody mentioned it, I think they don't care about it.
Well, we can overcome discrimination on surface but it is very difficult to change their assumption.
2009-03-05
Just luck or preparation?
Hi, teppei again. How are you today?
March 3rd is the celebration day for Japanese, it is called "Momo no sekku". Usually about one week until March 3rd we decorate Hinaningyo Japanese dolls in the house to wish happiness and health to the daughter in the family.
We used to send off those dolls to the river because those dolls bring out the illness and unluck from the girls in the family.
That tradition became to decorate the dolls inside the house.
Like last year and this year we see economic turmoil, we have the tendency to rely on the luck and some devined power from somewhere.
On new year day more that double numbes of the poeple have visited the shirine to wish the prosperous new year.
It shows that people wants to get the luck from everywhere.
Also the number of the registered skill learning increased because of the anxiety of the future.
One of my friend is providing English learning lessons on web. Last months he did the record months in revenue.
When people feel anxiety, people want to acquire new skill-sets and knowledge to be preapred for their future.
Are you preparing for this year or near future?
What kinds of skills do we need in near future?
March 3rd is the celebration day for Japanese, it is called "Momo no sekku". Usually about one week until March 3rd we decorate Hinaningyo Japanese dolls in the house to wish happiness and health to the daughter in the family.
We used to send off those dolls to the river because those dolls bring out the illness and unluck from the girls in the family.
That tradition became to decorate the dolls inside the house.
Like last year and this year we see economic turmoil, we have the tendency to rely on the luck and some devined power from somewhere.
On new year day more that double numbes of the poeple have visited the shirine to wish the prosperous new year.
It shows that people wants to get the luck from everywhere.
Also the number of the registered skill learning increased because of the anxiety of the future.
One of my friend is providing English learning lessons on web. Last months he did the record months in revenue.
When people feel anxiety, people want to acquire new skill-sets and knowledge to be preapred for their future.
Are you preparing for this year or near future?
What kinds of skills do we need in near future?
2009-03-03
Safety in Japan
Hi, this is Teppei again.
Do you feel safe in Japan? Yes I do feel safe in Japan.
But the situation has been changed last 10 years.
Crime rate climbed up and unemployment hit the worst record in the history after the war.
I witnessed the junkies on the street more often.
People became so violent and murder cases became so common in the eveneing news programs.
According to the government report about 10 million peole are foreced to have the income less than 2 million yen. (equivalent US$20,000).
After the calculation those people's disposable income will be 1.5 million yen. (US$15,000)
How would you survive with those money? Out of those they have to pay the rent and food.
Once they are sufferinig illness they can not sustain their life style.
But now Japanese government doesn't function well. Even the G7 summits one of minister who attend the meeting did the conference with drunken and sleepy face.
Unfortunately we don't have the good leader in the government and business are facing fierce competition at global markets.
How do we survive under this situation?
I think that we need the transformation of the country objective and policies.
We used to attact foreign visiters for the saftey and distinguished cultures.
Can we change back to 10 years ago good time old days?
Regards
Do you feel safe in Japan? Yes I do feel safe in Japan.
But the situation has been changed last 10 years.
Crime rate climbed up and unemployment hit the worst record in the history after the war.
I witnessed the junkies on the street more often.
People became so violent and murder cases became so common in the eveneing news programs.
According to the government report about 10 million peole are foreced to have the income less than 2 million yen. (equivalent US$20,000).
After the calculation those people's disposable income will be 1.5 million yen. (US$15,000)
How would you survive with those money? Out of those they have to pay the rent and food.
Once they are sufferinig illness they can not sustain their life style.
But now Japanese government doesn't function well. Even the G7 summits one of minister who attend the meeting did the conference with drunken and sleepy face.
Unfortunately we don't have the good leader in the government and business are facing fierce competition at global markets.
How do we survive under this situation?
I think that we need the transformation of the country objective and policies.
We used to attact foreign visiters for the saftey and distinguished cultures.
Can we change back to 10 years ago good time old days?
Regards
2009-03-02
Do you appreciate every moment?
Hi, this is Teppei.
Do you appreciate every moment?
I hope you do. I appreicate every moment because I was diagnosed colon cancer last year.
I went through serious operation and was hospitalized about 1.5 months.
After the operation, I couldn't eat and drink normally about 3 weeks.
I have been chemo therapy 6 months and couldn't drink beer or any alchol drinks.
The medicines made me tired all the time.
Now I am back to the work normally and can eat and drink.
Still I am worring about my health.
What I can do now is to live fully every moment.
The life can be long but may finish tomorrow.
You never know the end.
My life could be worse but I got over the operation and came back to normal.
I appreicate every moment.
Do you appreciate every moment?
I hope you do. I appreicate every moment because I was diagnosed colon cancer last year.
I went through serious operation and was hospitalized about 1.5 months.
After the operation, I couldn't eat and drink normally about 3 weeks.
I have been chemo therapy 6 months and couldn't drink beer or any alchol drinks.
The medicines made me tired all the time.
Now I am back to the work normally and can eat and drink.
Still I am worring about my health.
What I can do now is to live fully every moment.
The life can be long but may finish tomorrow.
You never know the end.
My life could be worse but I got over the operation and came back to normal.
I appreicate every moment.
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