New Office

Today at work I got to enjoy a much anticipated day, office relocation day. Since I began working over here there has been this air of possibility that my desk would move again. When I first started working over here I knew that my desk was temporary and it seemed like almost everyday someone was asking when my desk would free up or if I was supposed to be there. Kind of the bummer of the limited number of spaces here. So for the last few weeks one fo the rooms has been in the remodeling phase and after the final inspection yesterday we got the all clear to move our stuff.

Now  I am happy to have a place that I can set my stuff down and claim as my own. As of now there are no new moves in the future. The space is nicely located around other people I frequently work with making the job a little easier too.

So though not the biggest work achievement of the day, but probably one of the most enjoyable one. I ended up finishing it up with an afterwork coffee at Starbucks and a very nice sunset.

Long Awaited Post

It has been a little over a week since I have posted anything online and though I could go through the longer explanation I will share the shorter less painfully reminding one; work has been busy.

Well at least the first part of this week was super busy, now followed by a nice, relaxing end to the week. I did get to go out and enjoy some Okonomiyaki with a coworker and one of the supervisors of the shop whom I work with. 

The dinner was rather fun and it was another reminder of why I love this country so much. 

Saturday was another adventure. I spent the major part of the day going up to Tokyo with one of the guys from the shop to wander a round and see some of all that is up there. The most of the time we spend wandering around the side streets of the major stops. Going to places like the Adidas store, Starbucks, and a few other major name brand kind of places. They guy who I was with is really into soccer and so it became kind of a game to see how many different sports stores we could find in Tokyo. I was looking for the Apple store, but was unsuccessful. I think I will need to get some better directions and see if I can find it another time. 

The day kind of wore me out and so by the time we made the hour or so train ride home I was ready for bed. Dinner was light and quick.

Thank you to everyone for the love and support. I will hopefully be a little more up to date this week with postings. Assuming that work doesn't get the better of me.

Windy Rainy Weekend Indoors

This last week has been fairly full at work. People coming in for some new work, audit people leaving, training going on, etc. But the end of the week surprise is the reason I am indoors today, a typhoon. So Thursday we had a good idea it was coming close to the coast here, the whole base started geting ready for its arrival. I started getting ready too. Went to the grocery to get some food that would last over the weekend and didn't need to be cooked to eat just incase power went out. I left work after only a few hours of overtime worked Friday just to make sure I wasn't caught in any heavy rain or anything like that.

Today as a precaution I am remaining close to home and mostly indoors. As of 05:00 this morning all we had was some gusting wind and rain. The shops across from my hotel are staying buttoned up but I can hear some of the city still moving around. From the online tracking the main part of the storm has not hit yet and will probably only be up to tropical storm strength by then. But by tomorrow morning most of it will have passed.

It is kind of nice to have a reason though to keep indoors and enjoy the peace and quiet. No work distractions, no sight seeing to rush off to, just the comfort of a room, some tea and a good book. I have just finished reading The Lost World and have a few that I am debating on reading...

For those who will check this before the storm passes you can follow along: http://www.jma.go.jp/en/typh/101424d.html