blog - What I have to do during GW

I would have to do the following things:

- Get familiar with Indian accents
- Get familiar with business English, especially telephone conversation and business email
- Get familiar with various technologies, like Java, J2EE, WebSphere, UNIX, Linux, and DB2
- Write tons of sentences in English through this blog and email with my colleagues and friends


Let's get started!

blog - English Study Group

I got together with my friends to have a session of English Study Group. It's a gathering to improve our English skills through having conversation in English. As we have had several gathering already, it really works.

Today we talked about IT matters, like Web 2.0 or web applications. Before the gathering started, we planned to use a textbook written about business matters, but one of my friends suggested that we discussed IT matters through free discussion style. He seemed to have some questions on this subject.

He has been reading "The Long Tail" written by a famous writer, and we posed the question, "What's the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0? What's the advanced point of Web 2.0 application on the technical aspect?" Yeah, those were good questions for us IT professionals.

Yeah, today's session was excellent, so we would continue having this study group, adapting this kind of theme, it means IT matters. Yeah, have a nice golden week!

blog - I Got An Idea. Yeah, Let's talk on BLOG

I got an idea just few minutes ago. It's that I will talk with somebody on my this blog. It means that just writing sentences concerning my own matters is sometimes useful, but it's one-sided, say, particular topics or particular expressions are written. So, how about writing some conversation with particular persons, as talking with someone actually.

It would make my expression better. It definitely makes my vocabulary fruitful. It's because, of course, I can find something like that I can't find usually. So, let's start right now!


Idea, imagination, innovation, and inspiration. There are very precious and I have to treasure those.

blog - Three ways to improve speaking ability

There are three kinds of lesson of speaking English. First, having lessons with teachers. Lessons at English conversation school and with a personal tutor fall into this category. Second, speaking in actual situations. This category consists of having conversation with native friends(if you have), and being involved with various business activities, such as meetings or telephone conversation. Finally, this is what I want to say most though, taking English study groups with your Japanese friends or non-native speakers. This is so important that this enable you improve your language skills through the original effects. It means this is useful because of these things: being able to check each other through eyes as the same nationality, and speaking English on the same level.


So, I'm eager to look for my comrades.

blog - My Oath

My knowledge and skills are continually expanding in around a half year from now on, so my value is also increasing exponentially forever. That's my plan, that's my oath.


Just shape my brain.

blog - Like Musashi, Like Ryouma

I've been thinking that I would like to be like Musashi Miyamoto and Ryouma Sakamoto. The former guy is, you know, a kind of legend samurai living in Edo Era. He strictly discipline himself and develop the art of samurai. He also authored "Gorinsho", which is extremely famous among Japanese, and mentioned the importance of self-discipline.

The latter guy is also a very famous man in Japan, living in Edo Era. He led the Meiji Restoration as a generous leader. He had a vision of the future of Japan, the future of human beings. He also had a kind of attraction which typical leaders have. He was a leader by birth. He was courageous and generous. And he also had self-discipline and integrity.

The type of these two guys is different, but I cannot help pursuing those characteristics or quality. As a leader, as an ascetic, or as a truth seeker. And I thought suddenly on the commute train today: Now is the time that I have to realize these qualities in myself, now is the time that I try various things to be close to those heroes, and now is the time that I can try new things because of the new environment.


I thought now is the time.

blog - I Need To

I need to think about the RFP things in advance to the hand-over session with my bosses. It's crucially important because the session will be held in English. So, for being familiar with various technical terms and intricated expression, I'll have to write down everything on my blog or my private file, and draw up the RFP document in English just in case.

I'm serious to be an excellent business person. I'll even do everything to do that. It's my destiny. It's my curse.

Take a note.

blog - Your TIme Has Come

You can do it. I'm sure of that. You will be able to realize your dream little by little, and day after day. You are closing to true yourself. It's really exciting. You know, whatever you decided to do is possible. Well, "Impossible Is Nothing" is Adidas's catch copy, but it's surely ture. Of course, working around moon and obtainning infinite lives are impossible, but what you can think possible is possible.

Your time has come. Just fun the time!

blog - Go!

I decided to write down my daily activities on the Excel file. There are there sections now. First, working reaport section, where daily working reports are written to report to my supervisor. Second, today's actions and objectives section, which is a system for objective manegement. Third, challenge and long-term plans section, which is for my future.


Writing on something is always important. Never forget that there should be short-term and long-term ones.

Regards,

blog - Most Important Thing in English Area

I thing the most important thing in the English Area is to write and write sentences in English. As I've written in this blog, at this stage what I need most is the trainning of writing actual English sentenses. I clearly understand that. More I write, better my English skills are. It's surely clear.

Even same sentenses or same contents, writing something makes my English skills better. It's through being familiar with English itself, and being aware of the new way of using English. It's very useful, it goes without saying though. Plus, I have to remember that I completely master prasal verbs through reading the textbook given by my English conversation school. That book seems good.

So, the time has come. The time I have to complete my English area has. Has come.

blog - To Mitake

We are planning to go to Mitake, the mecca of bouldering, in May. To do that, I will have to buy a bouldering mat, which costs more than 30,000 yen. However, as I have a plenty of money, I should buy it.

Bouldering outside is really important to level up the climbing ability, because the experience enrich their image of climbing and that makes their bodies sharp. Unless people know the outside, climbing at the high level is closed to impossible. It's self-evident.

And what I have to say here is that we seriously consider how many people will go there together. It means too much people is somewhat troublesome, and too less people is not useful, which means we can't rock-climb outside alone.


So, I have to decide how many peole will go.

blog - Why People Win

We can win in stock market, because of:

Lack of knowledge or skills
Lack of sensibility
Lack of encourage
Lack of vision
Lack of honesty


of people.

blog - Chances to realize my dream

There are chances to go abroad to work abroad at my company. It means that the website has a recruit system that introduces various jobs, including American ones.

So, some day I will try to apply that one. I mean I will work in America in some years through my current company's job site, or something else. My destiny has settled firmly.


Thank you.

blog - Love Song

I love someone now. The love is extremely firmer than rocks, extremely surer than the God. I should be happy that this English blog is not read by anyone, because I can write truth freely on this blog. Yes, I'm loving it.

Let me see, the road have been long ever. I got troubled once, I got threatened before. I had not been a good man, I had not been an admirable person. Once I, however, really persued the thing, that I really love someone, that I am devoured with someone.

My this feeling have been continued. And it would continue from now on. What I can say surely is that I love singing a love song. Singing the love song to someone makes me strong, makes me enthusiastic, makes me more valuable. I would devote myself to that thing. I would sacrifice my life for her.


Anyway, this is my song.

blog - Nhl Things

I also have to mention Nhl things. That is a client name which I'm now working for, and is masked other alphabets for confidential matters too.

Nhl is a global company. It's in logistic industry. It's one of the most famous distribution company in the world. And, the system is very complicated and advanced. It bothered me at first, but I think I could catch up the knowledge and skills.

There are many documents written of course in English. And they are highly quality and strong. There was even a project charter document. I've only seen that on books before. That made me extensively excited. I thought I was in the real world, not fake world.

From now on, I continue working for the company as an IT consultant authorizing the RFP, say Request For Proposal. It's for the next system of the whole delivery and warehouse system for the certain client. This really makes me excited.


The time has come!

blog - Npro Thing

Npro is my new company name. Of course that is a fake name. I have to do that because publishing the real name on the Internet is said to be a incorrect manner. So, I mask the name with other alphabets :-)

Npro is a great company. It has more than 60,000 employees worldwide, and its revenue is over 2 billion dollars, as well as the level of software engineering is admirable. The last thing means that the company is qualified with CMMI Level 5, ISO, and so forth.

I've been working there since the day when I entered the company, well, there are several important findings from my perspective. First, I've known the truth of a global company for the first time. Second, I've known that working as a consultant is really wonderful for me for the first time too.

Of course, there are many other things that I found around the company and my job, even so, although that will be mentioned some day to record the precious matters, I have to stress that the experience at Npro was really great and will be really great.


I'm thinking I finish this writing any more today. It'll be of course continued.

movie - Death Note

That's boring! Several people recommended me to watch this movie, but my conclusion to this movie is this. What a boring, daunting movie this is!

Of course, as I said before, I like the story of Death Note. I read the all volume of the comic at the beginning of this year, and I was surprised at the perfection. However, how terrible the movie is.

Despite the disappointment, I can say that the main actor, Tatsuya Fujiwara, acting Light, is brilliant. He is one of the best actors in Japan, even I think. He perfectly play this difficult character in this movie, and this made me surprised.

The most disappointed thing is that the quality of this work was really low. It means that the shooting and the script were really dreadful. This means that, although I have to say, the director is not competent to direct this movie.

As I bring the other drawbacks of this film, that is that the father's actor was also terrible, and L was kind of good, but L should not have eaten chocolates during playing this role. I know of course the character in the comics does that, but it doesn't fit the movie.


The points for this movie are 2. (out of 10).

blog - I have to do in the English Area

The English Area is an area that I have to do to improve my English ability. You know, I've divided my whole tasks of my life into respective areas, such as Physical Area or Family Area. So, now let's mention something about the area.

I strongly feel that I have to facilitate business meetings in English in the really near future. I have to be supposed to have my English ability set on a business level. It means that I have to be able to speak and write English on business, not just use English.

So, I have to facilitate a meeting with my clients and my colleagues in English effectively, not just participating. To do that, it is clear that I have to speak English more fluently and more accurately as well as more formally. Plus, I have to encourage my people through effective communication, which is like I can do that in Japanese.


I am a bilingual IT consultant, so I have to be able to do that properly. That's surely right.

blog - Being As A Consultant (3rd Day)

I've been an IT consultant since yesterday. I am involved with my client as an IT consultant. I couldn't imagine that being as a consultant is such an exciting thing. More I act as a consultant, more I feel energy. It means that I really like high value. The job that a consultant do has high value.

At the client's office I now research the client's system and project. It's a kind of BPR project and the quarity is really high, which is too high to imagine before. I think "real consultants" were involved with the project and they created effective strategies on the warehouse management system.

I stayed at the office until 9 o'clock and thoroughly looked up the documents such as a project charter or a cost analysis document. It was really exciting time for me. I forgot that the time passed. It liked the time was stopping. In three weeks I will be a real consultant surely.


Thank you for the company.

blog - What I have to do on English world

Let's write down what I have to do to enhance my English abilities to the business level.

1. I have to be good at speech, which is, of course, Englsh speech on business.
2. I have to utilize English at any cases in business, from arranging business affairs through making appointments with clients through negotiating with colleagues in India.
3. Be familiar with phrasal verbs completey, because I am a professional.
4. Write and write on this blog and emails and business documents. And check and check my electronic dictionary until it's broken.
5. Speak a lot. I have to speak a lot deliberately, because I am quiet and modest and decent. However, I am a professional IT consultant so I have to do that.
6. Get over 950 points on the next TOEIC test, to prove my English skill.
7. Read and read English books, especially technical materials to enhance my English skills as well as my IT skills. Concurrently doing is one of good quarity of gread business person.
8. Today that's it.


That's it.

blog - Important word: ensure, enable.

I thought ensure and enable are very important words in business. It means these word appear many times and have powerful impact. So, let me use these words below.

I have to execute to ensure I am a professional. Um, not enough.

It enables me to do the job done more faster. Um, good.

It ensure that we communicate each other. Um, good?

I'll execute these strategies to ensure that my dream will be realized. Yeah, not bad.


That's it.

blog - Toward the next day

I will have two meeting with the client tomorrow. First one is with the client's team and second one is with the project manager about the agenda of the Request For Proposal.

The leader of my company side said that he would send template files of this RFP of my company until today, but the files don't arrive at me. It's too bad that it means that I can't prepare for tomorrow meeting in advance.

So, I will have to translate the template files to Japanese, because the client wants the RFP in Japanese. I'm not a traslator, but I will be a good translator tomorrow. It's my challenge, it's my a hope.

What I don't have to forget is that I am familiar with logistic matters. It means at the current situation I am a professional consultant for the logistic company. It also means, of course, I have to have a high skills on not only the business knowledge but also the system knowledge.

So, now I am looking up various web site related to the subjects, logistics and warehouse management system, and read those at loud to be familiar with those terms. Of course, it's for the tomorrow meeting with my client, because tomorrow maybe I have to speak about the next system in English to my client, although it's expected that it will be held in Japanese.

Anyway, what I have to do now is to sleep early and have good rest and make it tomorrow as a professional IT consultant. Yeah, it's my task, it's my challenge, it's my wish.


Thank you for all!

blog - Regarding Rock-Climbing

I have teached my ex-colleagues how to rock-climbing. The other day too I went to the T-Wall in Edogawabashi with them. They were 7 people all.

Two women had come. And they were really good at rock-climbing. It made me surprised, because prior to that women I took out to a rock gym were not good (I'm sorry!). So, I am expecting that they are really interested in rock-climbing and will be good rock-climber.




Every times diversity is good for the world, I think.

blog - The 2nd Day

The 2nd day at the new company was over. There were several surprised matters today. First, I had a meeting with the client suddenly, which means no preparation for the meeting, like an explanation to me.

Second, the Indian colleagues trusted me completely, so I will handle all matters with this client by myself from now on. It's welcome, but I was just surprised at that. The fact that the delay in obtaininig my company email address and business cards is becoming crucial.

Anyway, I'm still highly excited about the new environment. I mean I have a great opportunity to use English at the office and to do my job at the high level on business. Yeah, I'm an IT consultant completely. I can communicate with "real" business persons and draw up "real" business documents.


My 2nd day is over. And my 3rd day starts. It's really exciting.

blog - About the new company

I went to my new company today. It's located in Yokohama. It takes around half and an hour from my home to the office. The company is an Indian company. It's a global company, which has over 60,000 employees. Its sales is over 2 billion dollars a year. It's the seventh largest company of the world.

I'm proud to be a member of this company. The language which is spoken at meetings is, of course, English, so I'm really excited. I'm really excited about the opportunities to use English and to work in global environment. There are many kind of people and many culture. The level of the system is really high. The security code is really restrictive.

Tomorrow, I'm goint to a client in Shinagawa. The company is a logistics company in Japan. It's famous as 3PL worldwide. This assignment was really sudden, but I got really excited. It's because I prefer dynamism to peace. I want whatever makes me grow. Thank you for all. Thank you for this opportunity.


Thank you.

blog - I Went To Rock-climbing Today

Hey, I went to T-WALL in Edogawabashi with my friends, colleagues of my current company. They did rock-climbing for the first time, so I coached them carefully. I was not sure they had interests in rock-climbing, but the result was not bad.

We did bouldering, not route climbing. Bouldering doesn't require wearing rope and isn't dangerous relatively. I was thinking one of them was really talented on rock-climbing because of his physical ability I could observe.

As I expected, he did rock-climbing really well. He finally cleared the blue four. It's new record as a new comer. The other guys really fun this sport too. It made me enjoy that time. And it looked like that they decided to continue this sport from now on. So there will be some chances that we go rock-climbing together.


Yeah, rock-climbing is brilliant sport, as I said, you know.

blog - I Got A Key

Yeah, I got a key to be good at. I wrote an email to myself the other day. That said, "I believe I'll be extremly good at speaking English. And, I'll revolutionize software. This is definitely clear. Just recall myself."

As I'm gettiing better of speaking English, the computer world is closing to me. That is, the time is coming that I have to be familiar with various technologies and methods. It must look like I can figure out the points I have to recognize. For instance, I would like to get a sence of J2EE, or WebShphere.


I got a key. The key is exciting.

blog - Some things I have to

The following things are what I have to do in some days:

1. Organize speeches in English, one for my current company, one for the next company
2. Learn phrasal verbs. It's because I'm not good at phrasal verbs at all. I should recover.
3. Learn J2EE and WebSphere. It's really important for me now.
4. Learn to write business emails, reading a book written about business emails.
5. See an Indian movie in order to be familiar with Indian English. This is really important, too.
6. Make a declaration of love to that girl. This is really secret. The time of destiny has come.
7. Practice speaking English, using a trainning book written for speaking English.


That's it?

blog - Be Strong

Be strong, otherwise you will lose to yourself. If you are not apt to be strong, it's impossible that you can be strong. You should put up with whatever you face. There would be tough, sad, unconvinced things. But, you can do it.

Be strong, and you would be strong. You will be able to get it done easily. The more you struggle, the more you can do. You should believe your own ability, your own genius, your own sensibility. You live your own life, and you can be satisfied.


Be strong, no matter what there is.

blog - The Time Has Come

Hey everybody:

I'm going to organize my thoughts about next three months from now. In this three months I have to do the following things:

1. Boost up my language skills extremely
2. Cultivate my IT skills across various technologies
3. Level up my bouldering ability to the next grade
4. Keep searching an opportunity to know somebody else
5. Depict my ground plan that covers my whole life in this 100 years


Let's see each topic below:

1. Boost up my language skills extremely

I have to use English in my daily life. That is, at my new company I would communicate with my colleagues in English. I would write system specifications like database layouts in English. And I would email to Indian people living in India to inform some changes on the system.

For that, I have to do the following things: read some books, of course in English, do a textbook to speak English fluently, keep writing blogs in English, take lessons with Christie and at the English conversation school, do dictation of the drama "Friends", and, that's it.


2. Cultivate my IT skills across various technologies

As I've mentioned above, I have to read some books: 1. The World Is Flat, 2. Beginning J2EE 1.4, and 3. What's WebSphere. I'm thinking that in order to play an active part at the new company I have to finish reading these three books without fail. Especially J2EE is an essential technology when living in this industry. So, I should do that.


3. Level up my bouldering ability to the next grade

Yeah, this is important too in my life. This covers my physical area. This improves my other areas, like intelligent area or business area. And the next grade means 2nd grade in bouldering. 2nd grade is in advanced area, which means that only are advanced climbers in this grade. So, this is very tough.

However, I already decided to master rock-climbing, so I must go. And I'm thinking this challenge is not impossible, because I already get 3rd grade and my ability is improving little by little, day after day. Without my back's pain, everything is fine. (still after building up my back, this pain looks relieved.)


4. Keep searching an opportunity to know somebody else

Yeah, I'm already 32 years old. So, I have to find a chance to be involved in something. Um, I can't mention about this topic on this blog anymore.


5. Depict my ground plan that covers my whole life in this 100 years

This is very important. I should remember this. I mean, people should manage their short term goals or purposes, but at the same time people should manange long term dreams or tasks. So, I will never forget this very important principle, and I will keep depicting my long term vision in my life. I will want to keep this in my mind firmly.


The future is beginning.