Work Little Trophy Moments Had a small but super rewarding moment last week. A set of docs and course links I’d put together for a customer got shared by someone in a different department. No one asked them to—just saw value and passed it on. I actually paused and took note of
Work Thanks to a Colleague, I`m Rethinking My Mornings While scheduling a meeting with a colleague in the U.S., I noticed his first hour to hour and a half was consistently blocked off. Curious, I checked his calendar and found a simple but powerful note: “Hi, this is my focus hour where I get much work done. Please
Japan Business Card Exchange in Japan Have you ever watched one of those video guides on how to properly exchange business cards in Japan? Not exactly beginner-friendly, right? Even after five years of working in Japan, I still sometimes wonder if I’ve done everything right when handing over my card. (There was a time I
Work Featured Emotional Labor is the Work The moment I saw the internal email—with a subject line that hinted at bad news—I felt that familiar knot in my stomach. “Oh no… the customer’s not going to be happy about this.” It was something they had requested multiple times. We had agreed to make the
Work Featured Whiplash, and Searching for Flow State "WHIPLASH" Amazing movie. So today was the second time, and was elated to know that TOHO cinemas brought this movie back on. First time I watched was 10 years ago back in Korea, don't remember who I watched it with(my dear wife sometimes reads my
Work I am glad I did not send that angry email I am happy that I did not send that angry email. It was past 10 pm in the office. Something I did in good will turned against me, and I thought this person was being deeply malicious with me. I felt so wronged when I first knew. Poured down the
Work A rookie’s advantage at work When I just joined my second company, I had an opportunity to do an implementation of a software customization on customer’s back-office server. I had never done anything close to it. It was only a month or two since I joined the company. Naturally many people raised concerns about
Japan Realization: Time left with parents only 50 or so trips left As I live abroad in Japan, meeting my parents is not as easy as it used to be. Since I have relocated to Japan in 2020 Feb I only had 2 to 3 chances to go back each year. More closer to two taking into account that I haven'
Work Pause before sending an angry email, give it some time I received a rather angry email from an internal stakeholder. Apparently what I have requested did not make sense at all. However, going through the content I could see that there are some misunderstandings behind the emotional response. Also, it seemed like multiple people made similar requests to the person
Korea Job hunting in Japan was fun (compared to South Korea) here is why Looking back, job hunting for me was lots of fun. I would even say one of the most exciting periods of my life. Why? Isn’t job hunting usually quite a stressful period? This is very interesting in that it wasn’t that getting the job part was the only
Korea I am Korean, but I hate raw kimchi I am Korean,(from South Korea, this should be the assumption if you wander in to a blog of a Korean person next time since I don't think many North Koreans have internet) but I hate raw kimchi. Now, what I mean 'raw' here is quite
joy of hosting Joy of serving seasonal fruits for friends As a foreigner in 20s living in Tokyo, fruits are quite hard to come by. Some of it is due to price, and more often it is just too much work to wait for the right timing (until it is just ripe), wash, peel, cut and clean up. However, it
Art of having a joyful weekend As I have deligently recorded my mood over the past 12-13 years, having a good, joyful day seems more like a technique rather than a lucky draw. Especially on a weekend when I have more control over how I spend time. What Brings Joy Although it would be quite ambitious
Mental health Born to compete, looking back on South Korean education South Korea, Aug 2010 I was in my 3rd year of middle school. More than half the kids in the same class were in prep school mode. We all wanted to get into the so-called 외고(Wego), a foreign language high school. Not particularly that we wanted to study a
Relationship Present that was hard to send My cousin just gave birth to a lovely baby boy. Our family history is quite complex. The most memorable thing is that her dad(my uncle) was the only one who really slapped me hard on the face when I was something like 5 or 6. I literally flew for
Work The joy of being trusted for what you do First year on the job at a totally different industry to where I used to work, I was to take care of a handful of customers handed over from someone who has close to 3 decades of experience in the company. Can you imagine? I was anxious yes, but I
Work Work can wait Your work can wait. Don‘t let other people tell you otherwise. Also, don’t become emotional about it and rash your anger out to the next person who asks you to do something when you are at your limits. Don‘t respond right away. Take a deep breath. Smile
KR 외노자 도쿄 부동산 구입 팁과 후기 - 2024년 들어가기 전 부동산 구입을 준비하며 궁금했던 점들에 대해서, 같은 걸 궁금해 하는 친구 지인이 많기에 글로 정리했다. 왜 구입? * 10년-15년 길게 봤을 때 도쿄 중심부 부동산 가격 상승을 기대했다. * 자녀 계획이 있고, 현재 거주 중인 집은 작았기에 마침 이사를 검토 하는 시점이었다. 부동산의 조건 처음에는 전혀 감이 없다가 부동산 물건
Mental health This shall pass as well, shaking off anxiety by looking back I was so anxious about closing that deal. The result was supposed to come in on Monday, but no news. I recieved the message today(Tuesday) that it has been successfully closed with wonderful reviews of how well I did. All the anxiousness were quite unnecessary. A wise friend mentioned
Relationship Featured Lessons learned after 101 couple meetings Today my wife and I had our 101st Couple’s Meeting. (Yay!) Preface We sometimes mention the fact that we have regular couple meetings every week during dinner parties, and night outs to friends and other couples. The reaction is a variety, but can be somewhat summarized into two types.
Work can wait Your work can wait. Don‘t let other people tell you otherwise. Also, don’t become emotional about it and rash your anger out to the next person who asks you to do something when you are at your limits. Don‘t respond right away. Take a deep breath. Smile
They didn't invite me I have that strong desire to be the person to be always invited. I have even taken dark pleasures in noticing when there were times I was invited and someone else was not to a party. Tonight I was on the other end. I was not invited to dinner/drinks
KR 온라인으로 일본 고도 인재 비자 변경 신청하기 필요 서류와 구하는 방법 정리 아래 구글 시트에 다 정리했습니다. 다운 받으셔서 트랙킹하면서 하시면 됩니다. 통합 구글 시트 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ev1-CP2MFSB_FRAya7MIlwawUxFzKW2CixfyFU1bXf0/edit?usp=sharing 제출 서류 취합 파일 샘플 제출한 서류 취합본입니다. 구글 독에서 편집한 뒤 PDF로 export해서 제출하시면 됩니다. https://docs.google.com/document/
일본생활 Lessons learned during my 2 years of work at Amazon Warehouse in Kyoto I came to Japan mainly to be with my now wife, then girlfriend in 2020 March. Since it was about time for me to stop bothering my parents at age of 25, I job hunted for half a year during my last year at uni In 2019 and landed on
Why the hell are we so interested about how much other people make? Preface If you're not interested at all about how much other people make a year, good for you. I on the other hand, have been intrigued about this very much. I have spent quite some time talking about how much Japanese working class earn in general with my
