typhoon no. 13 a.k.a. shanshan is approaching. in fact, it's pretty bad outside as serious rainstorm is blowing the sh**t out. staying home is not a bad idea in the situation like this.
while i was in san fran, i looked through ebay auction and found one. i talked to the seller several times by email before placing a bid, which was about the shipping cost to japan. then i placed the bid, actually it was "buy it now"
i bought them from canadian seller. the price was half of the price in japan, and even adding the international shipping cost, still cheaper than japan. i think i had good deal!!
at work, we had a meeting with new boss regarding where and what we are going to do. i was appointed to be working under the boss, which meant working in tokyo office. i kind of accepted the offer as i knew about it already.
next day, current boss came over and we had again talked about this, and it turned out that what the new boss talked about was completely different from what the current boss talked..... before the meetings, those two bosses discussed and discussed over and over. that's what they said. then why contradicition arose, the question remains. so..., as far as the new job in tokyo is concerned, it does not have to be me at all, and there's no reason for me to be working in this company.
the decision i made was..., to leave the company, and i told the current boss about this. he told me to reconsider over the weekend and tell him my final decision on monday.
i had avoided such decision over and over in the past, and tried not to think about it as what i had been doing in this company was somewhat "dream came true" kind of work. but in somewhere in my mind, there's always a concern/fear towards what the future will be with regard to working in this company..... but i did not make any decisions and days and years passed by.
i will tell both bosses tomorrow to leave the company. this is what i decided by myself, and i won't regret this. of course, i told my wife about this. she concerned about leaving the company without having informal appointment from anoher company but she finally accepted. thank you very much, and i really mean it.
to my company, i would like to say thank you so much for letting me to work. i leaned a lot from the company and the current boss. he was the one to hire me years ago. there may be things that i overcome from now on but i will go over, one by one, with my wife.
the night of the day i told my decision to the boss, i played. it was, as always, fun!!
決断をした日の夜、プレイしました。毎度のことですが、楽しかったです!!
imnk-san and all the stuff working at the cafe, i would like to say thank you so much for having me played for the past six years!!
imnkさんやスタッフの皆さん、これまで6年間もプレイさせて頂き、本当にありがとうございました!!
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on saturday, i had lunch with a guy from my company. he had been transferred to tokyo office, and same as me, he is in the turning point of his life now. even though he had informal appointment from another company in tokyo, he is still considering..... it's tough to make a desicion but whatever you decide is the decision you make, and i do hope the decision will make him to have better life!!
there seems to be many local artist in sf. in fact, there are many wall paintings / graffiti on the wall of the buildings, especially those along haight street.
on monday, august 28, i went to find souvenirs for my wife and for myself, that is records!! i first went to "in house records" which miles recommended. the store was supposed to open at 13:00. i waited in front of the store until 13:30; however, no one came to open the store. so, i took a muni bus to go to haight street.
after alamo square, i walked to open mind music which was also close to where we lived. there, i bought some records and then headed for haight street.
on haight, i first tried to find souvenirs for my wife which are of course, earrings. i thought i could find them easily but there were not that many stores selling earring but luckily i could find some for her!!
shops along haight were basically the same as compare to years ago but there were some changes: there were many sneaker shops like the ones you could find in tokyo. sneaker culture is truly expanding to worldwide.
so, i went down some blocks on haight to go to "tweekin' records
." yes, they were open!! it took me a long time but i bought really good stuff, much good stuff i may not be able to get in japan. since i bought a lot of records, store staff gave me many promo cds which includes greenskeepers
album (including bonus mix cd!) that is to be released on october 24 from om records
. thanks a lot!!
at last, i again went to "in house records." this time, they were open. i could get the one sold out at tweekin' so i was happy about that. there, i got some promo cds as well.
i asked miles (miles maeda
) about clubs in sf, and he told me to go to josh
's (iz of iz & diz
) party "bionic" @ pink
on every sunday night. so i went there again
. omg, he played great music, house music i would never listen to in japan!! after his play, i got to talk to joshua and had some drinks together (thanks for the drink!). pink is a really great club, and i would really recommend to go if you get a chance to visit sf.
サンフランのクラブについてマイルス(マイルス・マエダ
)に聞いたら、ピンク
で毎週日曜日に行われているジョッシュ(iz & diz
のiz の方)のパーティーをレコメンドされました。というわけで、再び
ピンクに。彼のプレイは最高で、日本では聴くことのないだろうハウス!! 彼のプレイの後、話す機会がありまして一緒にお酒を飲んだわけです(奢ってもらい、ありがとう!)。ピンクはもう最高のクラブなんで、皆さんもサンフランに行く機会がありましたら是非寄ってみてください。
(from left to right)
nik, joshua and me (in half)
(左から)
ニック、ジョシュア、そして自分(半分だけ)
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it's kinda sad to go back to real life which comes right after getting out of the club.....
i got back home now. the trip was different from the past trips as i had notebook with me. i will post more about san fran later. i go to bed, too tired. gotta go to work tomorrow.....
i got a phone call from japan and told that they worked things out alright. so, i can go home soon but depends on whether or not i can change my flight schedule to tuesday. if it's packed, then i will leave here on wednesday. anyway, it's good to hear that.
before i received the phone call, i went to do the laundries, just in case my stay would be extended.
電話が来る前、万が一滞在が長引いた時のため、洗濯に。
as i wrote, i have been eating junk stuff, so i ordered salad and grabbed superfood at walgreen's. safeway, supermarket store chains, was promoting their own branded cola on the street and i got one. don't like diet though.
after the phone call, i went out to buy some souvenirs. i was gonna buy some coffee beans w/ hazelnut flavor but walgreen's didn't have one. i wish a supermarket, such as safeway, is near my hotel..... but i found marshall's and ross right across the street. they might have it, so i will check out tomorrow.