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31日まである月の月末は、サーティーワンの日です。冷凍庫にサーティーワンという特別感を求めて、ダブルが31%割引になるこの日を狙ってます。
帰りに大人買いするぞと心に決めて、出勤。が、残業の日常に慣れてしまうと、意外と仕事が片付かない。22:00閉店なんて余裕で間に合うと思っていたら大違い。駅まで走って閉店5分前に滑り込みました。バタバタで、電車の中で決めていたフレーバーも半分くらい忘れてしまいましたが、それでも「大人買い」達成！！
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会社に台湾からゲストがやってきました。2名だからと、気を抜いて準備していたら、当日、上役も入れて3名で登場。受け入れ側は皆、一瞬動揺でしたが、もはや勢いに乗るしかありません。ありとあらゆる風呂敷を広げて乗り切りました。
偶然にもその前日に、台湾は最もフレンドリーな国という記事を見つけました。結果、来日された方々も、記事の通り、とっても優しく素敵な方々でした。反省すべき点としては、英語での説明に疲れてきた際に、文法としてオカシイと頭脳は言っているのに、それを発することを抑制できず意味不明な音を並べていただろうこと。まぁ、そんな状況でも話し続けることができるようになったという点では、大分図太く成長したとも言えますが.. 🙂
My vacation is over now. So quick! Getting my ticket for this trip was trouble, I had accidentally reserved my ticket under hubby’s name and as those discount tickets were usually not refundable, we freaked out and kept calling the airline help-desk at two in a morning. Luckily I could cancel the flight as the ticket had not been issued yet, but I could not get the same ticket as it was the last one. My way to come back last night was full of troubles too. After I left my hubby at the downtown station, I got off at the wrong station, tried to carry my bag into the plane forgetting that I have two liquid soap bottles, and lined up for the flight gate going to Chengdu, China. LoL! Once I thought of giving up to fly to Bangkok, but I am now so glad that I didn’t give it up. Even with those troubles and the fact that I worked 1/3 of my stay, I am revived now by the heat, good foods, and catching up with my cousin and hubby. Once I go back to office, I will make sure to add my next visit to Bangkok in my calendar as I learned that three days in Bangkok (surely the longer the better, though) would be an excellent way to refresh. I am heading to my home now acompanied by a luxury bag which I fell in love at the airport;)
We woke up at 6:00 since my hubby needed to leave early. The hotel has a pool on the roof-top which sounds nice but actually is too hot during day-time. So I figured early morning would be a good time to try it. As there was no Sunshine yet, it wasn’t hot at all, water was cold. But it was a luxury time using a pool alone with no one else, looking down the whole city. Since I hadn’t go out for sight-seeing much, I decided to visit a temple called the Golden Buddha Temple. The temple was 10 minutes away from the nearest station which is considered as quite close usually. However, in 35 digrees weather when even a monk needs a break to take a nap, it was far enough to get soaked with sweat. I paid my respect to buddha, but the golden buddha was a bit too shiny for me to believe it’s covered by real gold. And a foreign couple who asked me if it’s real, agreed with my opinion. After prayed to buddha, I went to my final shopping for souvenirs. Now I am all packed and recharging myself for the flight. Yummy:)
My day started with a great news in Japan. It was a bit shame that I am away from the team while they were busy with providing follow-ups. But, I am sure I deserve this vacation. I went back to the massage salon today to try their foot-exfoliation which I truly loved. Now my feet are smooth as baby skin. Their shoulder and back massage was not bad at all either. I mormaly don’t choose the shoulder massage because it gives me a headache, but I was fine this time. With feeling lightness of my body, my next stop was a movie theater to watch 3D Beauty and the Beast. Since this was the first movie video which my parents bought for me to study English, I knew the whole story and even songs, I could simply relax and enjoy each scene, still couldn’t stop crying at the end;). We went to Si Lom, Japanese business town for our dinner today. Our first choice was wrong (Sorry hubby, no offense.) as the place was dominated by Japanese business men. Somtum Dir was much better as we can still feel that we are in Bangkok by listening Thai language. My last dinner was a fiesta as you can tell from the pictures. I’d never gotten tired of Thai cuisine.
こればかりはでは英語では言い尽くせなそうなので母国語で。45ヶ月を要したITプロジェクトが漸く人の目に触れるところまで来ました。もはや長すぎて、その時々の出来事を細かく表現出来ませんが、富士山を3回程度登った気がします。何よりキツかったのは、人を動かすこと。期待と違う「報連相」にスケジュール・予算の調整に四苦八苦する中、励ます、怒るを繰り返し、何とか頑張ってくれ、と念じた回数は数え切れません。自分の役割に苦痛も疑問も沢山感じて来ましたが、何とか節目に到達できました。社会に貢献するという偉業を達成したと自負して、まずは今日を記念したいと思います。ふ〜っ。
Though it is well known that physical work-out is good for our health, its priority easily goes down in our crazy daily life. To regain my lost muscles, I spent a half hour at the gym this morning. Too short? Trust me, I could not come back to my room if I spent an another half hour. My lunch today was Somtam again at the local restaurant where my cousin and I planned to eat but was closed last Sunday. After my lunch, it supposed to be my shopping time. However, I could not just ignore some of office emails which was a huge matter to me. So shortening my shopping time, I came back and worked a little. Dinner today was another Thai cuisine and two large bottles of Chang including another Somtam with hubby followed by an ice-cream bought at supermarket. We found the restaurant named Sendai-an in front of the supermarket, but nothing in menu was related to Sendai.. It was a day like taking just a half-day off, but being able to have a dinner with hubby everyday is one of the worth points of being here. 
So, the email which I longed to receive finally came, but the content was not what I expected, and I barked again. After three hours from that, the project has over finally. My two-hours massage physically made my body light though getting massage wondering my work wasn’t my plan. As for dinner tonight, we went to Taling Pling meaning Star Fruits with my hubby’s colleague. It was a fancy Thai cuisine restaurant which was a different from the street stands and street restaurants. One of the beauty of SEA and I guess it’s our advantage of being there as Japanese is that we can experience the variety of the lives there. My day was closed with a sweet yellow mango and a grass of chilled white wine.
One more email to receive to switch off my connection with work. Though my plan is going to get massage with a burden-free mind once I receive the email. However that email doesn’t come.. It’s like an oasis which looked so close, actually is far from me. After walking in a couple of stores checking my email every five minutes, I ended up sitting down at a cafe until the email comes. Give me a break soon, people!
So, as I denied to use the term “all set”, I still have a duty to drive my work no matter where I am. Making my team to complete their tasks by harsh words and chasing them until the date changes to keep the schedule, I feel like a sheep dog now. Still, a lot better than being in Tokyo. After having a good breakfast at hotel looking over a city, my hubby and I worked all morning in our room. Then, as he left to visit the partner’s office, I closed my PC and came outside to fill my stomach. Street stand last night gave me braveness to try a variety of local food. So I decided to have my lunch at one of the popular noodle shop for locals. My lunch was Kuai tiao, rice noodle soup with pork liver and fish balls. Though I am not a big fan of liver, theirs was not so stinky and easy to eat. 80 bahts including fresh orange juice satisfied my stomach well.
