Faces Places

We've approached the final countdown to my last day at work. I said my aisatsu to the big M last Friday, and just as he was not here when I started working for him, he will not be here when I finish. I don't know why, but even after being fooled into thinking I was getting paid a decent salary and having my confidence level dramatically reduced, I'm still thankful that for 10 months I could tell everyone I was employed at a "prestigious" business consulting firm. And really, I guess I couldn't have asked for a better in-between Japan and going back to school job.

I appreciate being given the opportunity to experience firsthand what it's like to have to train yourself on the job and be shot down and humiliated for every effort I made to make everything as D.I.Y. and hassle free. I mean, it really helped build character. And hey, what could be better than getting paid to chat with mates when things got a bit slow? I was even able to design a personal website during my free time. Oops! Honestly though, I'm grateful to have had a glimpse of the business world and it wasn't like *all* of my skills were under- utilised.

I'm actually sad to say goodbye to some of the faces I've had the pleasure of getting to know. But that just means that saying goodbye to old faces means saying hello to new ones and in new places. I suppose I'm most thankful for the slow times at work, as it was those excruciatingly painful hours of boredom that a mate introduced a plethora of entertaining faces to me. And here, I should say thank you to all of my friends that kept me company during my long hours of work and especially to Mr. Smart for always encouraging and supporting me.

Mijikai aida deshita ga, taihen osewa ni narimashita!

You Gotta Love This

Ah, so that's what life's all about!

"The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A death. What`s that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you`re too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you`re young enough to enjoy retirement. You drink alcohol, you party, and you get ready for High School. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last 9 months floating... Then you finish off as an orgasm! Amen." ~ George Carlin, Seinfeld