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Aug. 4th, 2005 04:42 pm...or at least back in the 'Robe, which has yet to entirely stop feeling like a vacation. Yahoo BB is giving me the usual runaround with service (yes, I moved to a new location. Yes, I kept the modem. Yes, I have a new phone line. No, I do not own it. Yes, the bill should come to me and not the man who owns the line. No, I do not have any contact information for him (he moved about 11 years ago, apparently), No, I cannot get that information as I am currently in Tokyo 400 km away from my home, etc. etc.), and I'm not sure when I'll be able to do anything fun like posting pictures, but Tokyo was a blast. The B group rocks karaoke - literally. We had people dancing on tables and bouncing off of walls within the first hour.
I'd purchased omiyage for my section my first day in town. Unfortunately, we've an unusual number of people in the division and so it's impossible to avoid buying extras. I went with the bare minimum on the above occassion. My immediate boss then handpicked whom in the city hall she gave the extras to, but not everyone got one.
This time I bought enough for my entire floor. Unfortunately, my boss left early this morning for Korea, and so I couldn't ask her how to distribute them correctly. I went through two other people and the section chief before I managed. Apparently, one doesn't buy omiyage for the entire floor, because he handed three out to each person in the division (including me), before distributing the remainder to a few selected people on the floor (ah, the best laid plans...), and I was roundly praised and jokingly reprimanded for buying so much.
This occurred around noonish. It is a mark of how utterly exhausted I am that I have spent the five hours since then on the verge of tears, and I'm not even upset or embarrassed about mucking the omiyage up. (After all, I'm a total n00b, and I'm just proud of myself for bothering). But jeez, my hormones are a mess right now.
My division then busted out a video of me greeting the mayor and giving a speech to the citizens of the 'Robe. As I'd originally been told I needn't give a speech to the mayor, I'd only planned one for the cable show. Of course, they then sprung a 'please say a few words to the mayor' on me at that ceremony. As all of this was being filmed and broadcast live, I quickly adapted my address to the citizenry at large to the mayor, only to be told immediately following it to give a speech to the citizenry, which I then improvised off of the top of my head. I think it went okay; they obviously liked it enough to have someone tape the live broadcast to show to me again. On a side note, damn do I look fly in suits.
That will be all.
I'd purchased omiyage for my section my first day in town. Unfortunately, we've an unusual number of people in the division and so it's impossible to avoid buying extras. I went with the bare minimum on the above occassion. My immediate boss then handpicked whom in the city hall she gave the extras to, but not everyone got one.
This time I bought enough for my entire floor. Unfortunately, my boss left early this morning for Korea, and so I couldn't ask her how to distribute them correctly. I went through two other people and the section chief before I managed. Apparently, one doesn't buy omiyage for the entire floor, because he handed three out to each person in the division (including me), before distributing the remainder to a few selected people on the floor (ah, the best laid plans...), and I was roundly praised and jokingly reprimanded for buying so much.
This occurred around noonish. It is a mark of how utterly exhausted I am that I have spent the five hours since then on the verge of tears, and I'm not even upset or embarrassed about mucking the omiyage up. (After all, I'm a total n00b, and I'm just proud of myself for bothering). But jeez, my hormones are a mess right now.
My division then busted out a video of me greeting the mayor and giving a speech to the citizens of the 'Robe. As I'd originally been told I needn't give a speech to the mayor, I'd only planned one for the cable show. Of course, they then sprung a 'please say a few words to the mayor' on me at that ceremony. As all of this was being filmed and broadcast live, I quickly adapted my address to the citizenry at large to the mayor, only to be told immediately following it to give a speech to the citizenry, which I then improvised off of the top of my head. I think it went okay; they obviously liked it enough to have someone tape the live broadcast to show to me again. On a side note, damn do I look fly in suits.
That will be all.