Thursday, February 01, 2007

Dinner With A Long-Time Mentor


I saw an ex-boss, a long-time mentor, and an alumnus Mr. Hashimoto, for the first time in the past.....15 or 16 years. Meanwhile, we stayed in touch through New Year cards, and he is actually a kind frequent visitor of this blog. Hashimoto-san will retire next month, so it was sort of an early "otsukare-sama" party, though it was totally on him...:)

In part because he was a Spanish major of our university, we went to a Spanish restaurant. It was so good, so was the conversation. I was particularly moved by the story that his wife miracrally recovered from a 1.5 years of unconciousness, now back to completely normal, by trying Eastern medicine such as kiko and hari. On the career wise, he has held senior management positions in the international business world, so it was so intriguing to listen to so colorful, juicy stories.

In fact, this morning I had totally lost motivation for work from a damn bullshit (sorry!) Tonight I genuinely felt the charm of working in the real world. Thank you so much, Hashimoto-san.

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