I've been feeling like trapped in certain karma.....good and bad mixed...and sure it's somewhat exciting.......
Last Monday night, I had nice food at a reception. But during the midnight, I gradually began to feel sick, and finally threw up really hard (sorry!!) After waking up on Tuesday morning, I still felt not well and decided to take a leave.
I completely lost appetite and almost had fast for the past few days. I got ok enough to go to work finally today.
Two to three cups of coffee are usually my day's starter. But today I would rather have hot green tea. So, I went to the ground floor and tried to buy a can of tea. When I put a 100 yen coin, the vending machine didn't respond. So, I inserted another 100 yen coin, which showed a "100" figure sign. As the tea was 120 yen, I put a 50 yen coin, and pushed the button. A can of tea came, but only 30 yen change.
"Gosh....." It's a bit less than one dollar, but I was uncomfortable with the fact that the machine sort of stole the first 100 yen. I called Coca Cola Japan's office, and explained about this. Soon a person who is in charge of this particular vending machine called me back.
"We're sorry, but we come to your building only on Tuesdays. I'll bring you 100 yen next Tuesday -- would that be ok with you?"
What if I say no.......well, I said, "OK." Then I gave him directions to my office and said, "See you on Tuesday."
As I got back to work, I tried to print out some materials. But the printer didn't function at all. I asked my colleague at the computer office to fix the problem. She always does a great job. And you know what, as soon as she came and moved the printer only a little bit, it began to work....
Last Monday night, I had nice food at a reception. But during the midnight, I gradually began to feel sick, and finally threw up really hard (sorry!!) After waking up on Tuesday morning, I still felt not well and decided to take a leave.
I completely lost appetite and almost had fast for the past few days. I got ok enough to go to work finally today.
Two to three cups of coffee are usually my day's starter. But today I would rather have hot green tea. So, I went to the ground floor and tried to buy a can of tea. When I put a 100 yen coin, the vending machine didn't respond. So, I inserted another 100 yen coin, which showed a "100" figure sign. As the tea was 120 yen, I put a 50 yen coin, and pushed the button. A can of tea came, but only 30 yen change.
"Gosh....." It's a bit less than one dollar, but I was uncomfortable with the fact that the machine sort of stole the first 100 yen. I called Coca Cola Japan's office, and explained about this. Soon a person who is in charge of this particular vending machine called me back.
"We're sorry, but we come to your building only on Tuesdays. I'll bring you 100 yen next Tuesday -- would that be ok with you?"
What if I say no.......well, I said, "OK." Then I gave him directions to my office and said, "See you on Tuesday."
As I got back to work, I tried to print out some materials. But the printer didn't function at all. I asked my colleague at the computer office to fix the problem. She always does a great job. And you know what, as soon as she came and moved the printer only a little bit, it began to work....
Well, meanwhile, good karma was going on as well. Somehow I remembered my old friend from college, who is a publishing agent and helped my book to be translated into Chinese and published in Taiwan, sent me the premium but not the Chinese version itself.
I suddenly wanted to see the book....so, I sent her an email, but it bounced back. Then I wrote to a fellow Fulbrighter in Taiwan and asked him to buy a copy and send it to me. He wrote back so quickly -- from China, surprisingly. He is a financial manager for the largest tea company in China. Wow. He is a very bright Wharton School grad, so no wonder having such a hot job! Anyhow, his friend in Taiwan will take care of this, thank God!
And then just tonight, another old friend from college who lost in touch for the past few years suddenly wrote to me, saying "Kei-chan (my nickname among college buddies) -- is this email of yours still functioning?" God, she is so funny....she doesn't even say "How are you?"
Well......it seems like that something exciting in many levels is being conveyed to my world, under this unpredictable weather of early spring.
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