Author: n-mizuno

カシス・ソーダ

いつもより早めに出社。朝から資料づくりに追われる。夕方、新入社員が2名配属される。いずれも緊張した面持ち。何とはなしに、自分が急に歳を取った気がしてくる。夜、一時帰国中の中東駐在員を囲んで、会社近くのイタリアンレストランで恒例の飲み会。ビールを飲むと悪酔いしがちなので、カシス・ソーダにしておく。日付が変わる頃帰宅。

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Poor English

I’m sorry but I couldn’t spare enough time to write English article. Frankly speaking, it is quite difficult to think and express in English for me, however, I know I cannot quit.
Today, I would like to introduce a funny story on which I read in the paper, regarding a Japanese guy with poor English:
He is a government official who has been appointed as a staff of the United Nations. But, he is not confident at all about his English skills, and he decided to apply a rule: in order to deliver his opinion in the meetings, say simply “Yes” or “No”.
He kept this rule strictly to carry off the difficult discussions, and 3 years passed by: it is time to back to Tokyo.
He was very happy to escape English, but his boss in UN called him to say:
“It is for the first time to meet a Japanese person who express his own opinion very clearly, which is most appreciated in our organization. Now, it would be grateful if you could extend your post 3 years more…”
He smiled at his boss, but his answer was very clear and simple, as usual,
“No.”

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錦糸町

朝9時過ぎに起きる。昼過ぎに錦糸町へ。バスだと遠回りになるので、水天宮前まで自転車に乗って半蔵門線で向かうことにする。昨年行った「亀戸餃子」の支店で昼食。本当に餃子しか出ない本店と違い、ご飯ものも出るのでチャーハンを妻とシェアーする。その後、デパートを見て回り、駅からやや離れたところにある「北斎茶房」で休憩。地下鉄で水天宮前に戻り、クリーニング屋で洋服を引き取ってから帰宅。

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