desert-raven wrote:

And watch J-Dramas

That's a given.

the housing market seems to be picking up here and the site i'm on is looking prosperous. good news for me.

^ kenjilina sighting...!!!

Okaeri nasai...!

Tomorrow is the last day before Christmas break.

I really enjoy the two weeks off, since I get paid for them.
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Wynter wrote:

Tomorrow is the last day before Christmas break. I really enjoy the two weeks off, since I get paid for them.

Hopefully we'll see you here more often, ne?

bmwracer wrote:

Hopefully we'll see you here more often, ne?

Eh? But I've been showing up every day!
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Wanna trade? My Drama List (UPDATED: July, 2013)

Wynter wrote:

Eh? But I've been showing up every day!

I know.

I said more often.

Just got back from putting rain blankets on the old horses out in the field. Took awhile to find them in the dark. Its raining and the temp has dropped quite a bit.
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Knucklehead boss finally went home: she's been coughing up a lung for the past week.

She's all stressed out about people coming to work sick and spreading their germs, yet she keeps coming in everyday.

Must be those blue-blood germs that only the upper class can get.

Work basically is called work because it's work! We all wish we could have a job where we can just chill, don't see that happening anytime soon though!

^ Stop spamming ads in your signature... Unless you want to get banned.

God one day at work and I am ready for retirement.
I learned today we have a team offsite day tomorrow to decide on our team strategy.

So far so okay you�Ld say BUT it�Ls already the third one in 4 month because of senior management changes. Everytime there�Ls a new department head, team head etc we have to go through the same process. It became in fact just a tool for directors to profile themselves.

Then there will be GAMES - I am too old and too educated to buy this stupid motivational games.

EstherM wrote:

Then there will be GAMES

Twister?

bmwracer wrote:

Twister?

I wish!

All I know is that it involves blindfolds because I have to bring in some scarves. At first I thought: great - naughty games!

But then I realised it�Ls probably some kind of game where the message is trust.

Trust is a word that is used very much in my company especially since redundancy rounds have started.

EstherM wrote:

I wish! All I know is that it involves blindfolds because I have to bring in some scarves. At first I thought: great - naughty games!

Yep - that's our Esther-chan

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But then I realised it�Ls probably some kind of game where the message is trust. Trust is a word that is used very much in my company especially since redundancy rounds have started.

Damn, that sucks. I thought all those motivational games were a thing of the past?

EstherM wrote:

Toyoda is coming to Brussels this week to meet his employees at Toyata Motor Europe and the press. All my friends working at Toyota are very much under pressure to clean their offices and hide all working mess, they also got instructions on how to behave

Kind of reminds me of when I was in the Navy and some admiral or high-powered politician was coming on board. We'd clean everything madly and they'd tell us "If he talks to you just say 'Yes sir or No sir' don't start a conversation, just look dumb and act stupid."

Luckily for me, that was my forte.

gaijinmark wrote:

Luckily for me, that was my forte.

mine too, mine too, oh and blonde hair and being a female helps too!

EstherM wrote:

mine too, mine too, oh and blonde hair and being a female helps too!

So you can pull off "dumb blonde"? If only they knew the truth ;-)

Ahhhhh another school year done.

This particular end-of-year was surprisingly sad. All the students that I had in my first grade 9 class have graduated. All the kids that I had bonded with and taught numerous times in various courses have all left. I've never received so many gifts before.

Although I'm glad the year is over and that my kids are entering the world, I can't help but miss them already. My job will be quite quiet next year without them and all the drama they bought to my life.



On a brighter note, almost all the gifts were asian related! Japanese stationary, kawaii mugs and stuffed animals, random Korean goodness, tea set... and a portrait my prized student painted of me wearing a kimono!
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Wynter wrote:

and a portrait my prized student painted of me wearing a kimono!

I wanna see! I wanna see!