Company Visit
The company I work for in the US has many locations in the
world. Today I visited one of the sites located in Japan. I can’t go into much
detail here, but I’m very appreciative that they would take the time out of
their day to show me the facility. It gives me a new layer of understanding for
our business. Something that was cool that I can share is that I rode on an
industrial elevator. It was basically a huge room that we rode to the next
floor. It was a little surprising to see and unnerving at first but definitely
cool to ride.
“Career Woman” Shoes
= spending about $18 on some hideous crocs
And of course, in Japan, I know that they dress up for work,
so I came prepared. I was gonna try to do the “Career Woman” thing which
entails wearing heels. What I should’ve done was wear my walking shoes and then
put on my heels when I arrived. I just thought, I see all these ladies doing
it, I’ll try it. What?? Are you crazy, Andrea! That’s right, I stupidly walked
from my hostel to the subway and then to school (I was late that morning) and
then to the subway again to visit my company. All in all, it was probably 40min
of walking. I was completely miserable by the time I got to my company. It
required my utmost attention just to stay focused on what they were saying,
while I was battling the heat and my feet. After it was over, I went to eat
sushi with Joe, and on the way, we stopped at the closest place and got me some
uber ugly black crocs. He probably has a photo of this, just ask.
I really don’t know how they do it. Next time I come back, I’ll
have to survey women wearing heels.
I will say that I
have observed that most of the “career woman” shoes are low heels and they let
the heel slip giving that cobble sound. Someone said this was for air ventilation,
but I believe its for comfort.
Off to Yokosuka!
Weekend with family.
I’ve been in Japan a week, and I can’t believe that I haven’t
seen my family yet! So now, after putting on some better shoes, its off to
Yokosuka (1hr 30min by subway). Unfortunately, my brother is out to sea, but I
do get to spend time with my lovely sister-n-law, Teresa. It is also nice to
get away from the dorm room life for the weekend! We take the subway and then
ride in a friend’s car which was really cool. We have dinner at a place that
reminds me of Waffle House inside. They bring your order out on a super hot
plate that cooks your meat. I was so hungry that I forgot to take a picture. We
hit a few more spots and then its off to bed for this exhausted girl!
Quirky advertisements for the day
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