trans - Chinese Stocks

Well, it's been totally into economic bubble. (In case of Hong Kong stock market (HSCEI), the index was around 10,000 points at the beginning of the year, but now that is just going beyond 20,000 points. In short, whatever stock you bought at the time doubled at present in this scenario.)

In this situation, I have to calm down and judge the exact figure of this bubble economy. By the way, according to some news sources, the famous investor Warren Buffet already withdrew from Chinese market. So, for defensive investors, now is the time to withdraw from there.

I myself, though I'm definitely not speculator, don't intend to ride the speculative bubble, so it's okay to withdraw from Chinese market at any time. However, generally speaking, bubble is extraordinary apart from the substance, so I'm interested in looking at the booming for a while.


I've decided the clear withdrawal point, so I'll just follow that as a professional investor. Good luck!

trans - The Road to English Master

Umm. I'm thinking to make an effort to be English Master these days, but there's less opportunities to talk in English at work, so I'm seeking how to be the English Master in an effective and efficient way. Umm. Anyway, I'll list up around 10 activities from now, and after that I'll analyze the way to be English Master.

1. Reading English newspaper aloud (more than 30 minutes a day)
2. Reading books about the culture and history of Japan (approx. 1 hour a day)
3. Writing English blog (now translation only) (approx. 30 minutes a day)
4. Watching Friends (continued) (approx. 30 minutes a day)
5. Working at the office using English (email, talking) (approx. 2 hours a day)


Well, up to here, that's what I've been doing recently (note: it's duration between parentheses), and from here, I'm mentioning what I'll add to my activities in order to be English Master.

6. Writing essays regarding the culture of Japan (connecting with business. For the company)
7. Uploading Vlogs to YouTube everyday at any cost (Vlog means Video Log)
8. Making sure to talk with my colleagues in English everyday (even with Indian who can speak Japanese)
9. Making a friend who speaks only English (I guess the blog would be a trigger)
10. Enjoying music and poem in English (especially music would be important)


Furthermore, the following things will be recognized as noted or evolving activities.

- Reading the grammatical book again.
- Giving consideration to the dictation for Friends.
- Keeping up with reading of foreign books.
- Keeping up with listening to CNN with iPod.
- Writing the English blog with a maverick way.
- Resuming the preparation for TOEIC if the result is under 950.
- Trying to think in English as much as possible.
- Setting a no-Japanese-allowed day.
- Training the vocabulary again. (picking up from historical books is the best.)
- Utilizing corporate various intranet sites. (outputting information in English.)


Well, strengthening speaking and writing abilities would be central, but I would have to keep up with unimaginable efforts to be a master, as its name suggests. And a year later, I will come back from the blood, and will shout against the world, as a complete international man, as a complete Japanese man.

Umm. This is an outrageous way I've never seen.

trans - Struggle against Backache #1

I've already mentioned several times in this blog that I've suffered from backache since the end of last year or so. And the pain wasn't mitigated even after a one month rest (this was unanticipated), and then I went to a rock gym today after a one month absence, it turned out that the situation was the same as the former one.

However, I have to admit that there's brightness to recover from this disaster. I mean, there was a doctor of bone-setting at the gym today, who is a frequent climber of the gym, and he taught me various useful information.

- Warm the affected area, not cool off it. (this is case by case.)
- Stretch back's pressure point, which is in the backs of knees.
- If the situation is no different, go to a hospital and get an X-ray.
- If the cause is muscle, come to his orthopedic clinic.


My apartment's bath is separated from the toilet, but I've never taken a bath for a long time (I've just taken a shower), so take a bath first. And warm the affected area with a hot pack or a Hokaron. The new stretch gives me a strong stimulus, which seems clearly effective for my back. I feel again, there's no problem with no solution.

trans - North Alps.Maehodakadake (3,090m)

Throughout last week to this week, I went climb Maehodake Mountain (North Japan Alps; the altitude is 3,090m). There were a number of problems, but I think I can give credit to the achievement in transcending more than 3,000m. Although I thought of various things, climbing mountains is good to climb up and down without any thought we cannot help but think in daily lives. I think I'm going to climb various mountains next year too.


Mountains makes me to be more thinkable on various new ideas.

blog - India Tiger Maneuver

I've already described that I' now working for an Indian IT company, and after struggling, I determined to be an Indian Tiger. The direct cause was reading a book written about my current company, and I found out Indian Toyota and Honda in that book. True IT companies would emerge from India in the 21 century.

I vowed to embark on great contribution, enhancement of international exchange, and institution of world peace. There must be a lot of secrets I don't know and hills I should head for, and great seniors must be waiting for me. I needed to grab them. My right foot was proceeded forward.

1. Concept

Be an Indian Tiger. (Honestly, I'm not sure about the meaning.)


2. Basic Strategy

- Heighten myself to the limit with language, human and technological skills.
- Get into them, understand them, and fight with them.
- Play an important role in bridging between India and Japan.


3. Activities

- Make a success of my own projects.
- Understand India and the company, and make a rapport.
- Show outstanding presence in Japan branch.
- Make a business trip or take a training to India.
- Get to enter Indian Office as an officer candidate.
- Make a lecture about business development in Japan, and Japanese culture.
- Exchange greetings with the respectable Chairman, who is also the second rich man in India.
- Promote interaction, and make a difference for the industry.
- Finally, be an Indian Tiger.


...That's it?

trans - "Siddhartha"

Maybe I read this book when I was at college or at the beginning of starting work, but I started reading "Siddhartha". (Because I'd read almost all his work I guess.) I was feeling that there was something secret in Buddhism which made a big effect on Japan and Japanese.

Those of men who read Hesse's work might know this; Hesse is not so much a highbrow writer but more a writer who writes imperfect, immature work like us. About this book, he also struggle to describe the life of Siddhartha. (Technically, this Siddhartha is not Buddha, but an imaginary character.)

This is also time when I found a new and clear recognition on Time. Young Siddhartha could do just three things: waiting, fasting, and thinking. And he got the actual world, and finally learned from the river. All space and time shape spirally or helically, and we all live here. Live here.


Not need to hurry to be old. I think taking enough time.

trans - "Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind"

I felt something at the time. I felt I needed to read something. That's Nausicca and Buddha. I sent Nausicaa to my little brother as a New Year's gift from Amazon.co.jp at once, and I also bought Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha.

What I felt at the time exactly was kind of transmigration, coexistence with nature, and new conception of time over future and past. At the time, I clearly traveled around the earth three times, and experienced Roman Era and Meiji Restoration. And, all I've been involved ever came up with a certain unified concept.

Honestly, since though I read this at my parent's place with tons of mosquito bites, I cannot deny that I couldn't get into the world of Miyazaki Hayao completely. The behavior of Nausicca and the destiny of Oma (Kyojinhei) and strange living matter, however, really impressed me. At least, I found it.


I've read the book. I've read the Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind.

trans - The New Era Begins

The fateful day, Sunday, September 30th, has passed without any trouble, and my new era has just begun finally. Although it started with a heavy hangover, thanks to fruits, it seems going well. Then, I'd like to announce here the new policies of the new era.

1. Indian Tiger Maneuver
2. The Road to English Master
3. Entrepreneur Projects
4. The Road to Great Investor (Again)
5. The Road to 2nd Grade of Rock-climbing (Again)


I thought there would be just two or three things, but more than expected. See, let's have a closer look on each subject.

1. Indian Tiger Maneuver

I like this naming actually, and I think now is the time to realize my thought that I've felt since last month, which is that I would have to do something big at my current company. The point is that I'd like to spend my time with a vigorous approach, and that policy should be performed here at this company.

Then, I'm thinking I will launch and perform this maneuver extensively. The details would be mentioned in another thread (because this maneuver is a comprehensive and potent maneuver made up one clear concept, three basic strategies, and nine concrete activities), so I just clearly mention here I've already made a clear commitment to this Indian Tiger Maneuver.


2. The Road to English Master

I had taken actions with a clear vision until last Sunday, September 30th. That is, the concept "TOEIC950". And after transcending that one, I will begin striving to achieve my new challenge. That is, the new concept "English Master (Master of English)".

Currently the road of English Master includes about 10 concrete activities in its plan, such as reading English newspaper out loud, sending out Japanese culture, doing Friends dictation, taking my Vlog and so on, and I can expect the current definition of the English Master will be gradually changing with time, but I will be able to see myself with extraordinary progress, especially in speaking area. (The details will be mentioned in another thread.)


3. Entrepreneur Projects

I would promote my activities to make my personal skills top-peak in my mid-thirties. This means, with IT area as an axis, "Linux Implement Project", "The Own Domain Publication Project", and "The New Product Development Project" etc. will start in the near future, although there is no need to name them "Project". :-)

The point is, making skills that I've obtained until now to be integrated and be sublimated, and I'll put myself to the position to be able to start my own company. This is an unpredictable road I guess, but at the moment of completion of learning English to some extent, that should be performed in an expeditious and effective way.


4. The Road to Great Investor (Again)

Actually, I though this was not a big deal, but, this is the way to millionaire though, the recent upturn of Chinese stock market made my ambition awaken again. I felt this yesterday or today. Maybe I can do that, no, no, no, I say no three times, with a strong determination I will make a journey to the millionaire destination.


5. The Road to 2nd Grade of Rock-climbing (Again)

Turning down to a bad topic here, I was really disappointed with the fact that my back didn't recover from the terrible pain, even though I've taken three week rest. However, I'll restart rock-climbing around this week. My back would be examined by a doctor. I would go look for my limit. I would surpass the limit, or the limit would destroy something.


Just three months left this year. I would concentrate more.

blog - The 133rd TOEIC Test: Umm..

I've taken the TOEIC test last Sunday. My expectation is as below:

Listening: 450 - 470
Reading: 470 - 480


Then, in the best scenario, I would be able to get over 950 points. However, I made a serious mistake in the reading section, which was a mistake of not be able to answer against the question regarding an idiom, "name after", so I feel that would be difficult. Hence, I may take the next TOEIC test held at the end of November.

Moving on the further analysis, thanks to hard training on translation Japanese to English, I couldn't find difficult questions in the listening section. But there were several uncertain answers: two in Part 2, three in Part 3, and three in Part4. (In addition to these, there were mistaken answers I couldn't notice.)

In the reading section, I think I was almost perfect on the long passage questions, and except for the "name after" problem, I can expect a good result on the whole. Now I'm reading Japanese history book written in English, and there were the "name after" two times already, so I was frustrated why I didn't read this kind of book in advance of the test, but maybe that is visible because of the mistake. :-)


Then, I'm waiting for the result with a serious manner.

trans - Strong Will - cont. 3/3

- That 2. the output can be measured means, for instance, now I'm trying to translate Japanese TOEIC materials to English, and there's a clear answer, which written in my notebook, and by comparing that with the formal answer, I can measure how my answer is correct or not, and this can be connected to the pleasure of learning. Remember. You can enjoy a quiz show on TV, and the reason is that there is an answer, and this makes the process itself enjoyable.

- That 3. the growth brought by the time is recognizable means exactly the historical chart of "100 squares addition" records, and the history of TOEIC scores, and using words learned yesterday at the office actually, and human beings can enjoy their growth from the bottom of their hearts, which is clear to see playing children (There is no children not enjoying, because all children are growing up), and people can devout the activity directly connected to the growth. People should recognize this fact again.


4. Harnessing the Idea
Since this was mentioned at the Starbucks matter, I won't mention a lot again , but if people devout "it", people can feel that a lot of ideas flourish infinitely. For instance, people are getting better at using the electronic dictionary as they use it, the new usage of iPod, the invention of TOEIC central method, various learning methods at various places, and the combinations and so on, people can recognize these ideas from the bottom of their hearts, and can feel great pleasure of doing something with creative manners.


Conclusion: Will will be created, and it will create will.

trans - Strong Will - cont.

3. Enjoy Learning
- When I say that Clear Objectives is What, Why, and Logistics is When, Where, I can also say that this Enjoy Learning is How. Enjoy Learning is a large part of my learning framework, and I cannot study 10 hours a day without this. Then, how do I enjoy learning? I'm mentioning this here from now.

- I noticed. I noticed that there were some times I could enjoy learning. And, the time had a common characteristic. That is, 1. the time doesn't come with patience, 2. the output can be measured, 3. the growth brought by the time can be recognizable.

- Have you ever done "100 squares addition"? This is a training in Japan for mainly children to practice their mathematics skills. There is one big square on a paper, which consists of 100 squares, like grid with 10 horizontal scales and 10 vertical scales. And on the top side and left side there are 10 numbers each, which ranges from 1 to 10. And the player just add top one and left one 100 times. You can understand something when doing this practice more than two weeks (just one or two times, you cannot understand what I'm saying), and people can recognize their growth by continuing something for a certain period. (I don't need to say this here, but I recorded 48 seconds, which looks like the world record or the approximation.)

- It's difficult to construe the 1. the time doesn't come with patience, but for instance, when you are a beginner for English, it's understandable that it's nonsense to read Times every week using the dictionary for every unknown words. You should do a training where you can feel a slight workload in your brain, I can call this pleasure. If doing that, you can enjoy doing that. In my case, I'm now practicing TOEIC translation from Japanese to English, and this level of difficulty is suitable for me, and if I'm asked to translate newspaper into English, that is difficult for me, or nonsense for me.


To be continued..

blog - TOEIC Comes

Tomorrow is the day of TOEIC test. It's the day I've bet all myself on. For the past months, I've been practicing my English ability for this exam. More than 3 hours a day I've been studied, on average. The time has come.

I need to be concentrate on the exam and the preparation for that. I shouldn't think other than English. I need to get over 950 points on the exam. That's my determination. That's my fate. I think the life is composed by kind of gradually existing components. It means that people should do something one by one, for sure.

After tomorrow, the new life would start. I will begin practicing mainly speaking skills by using more advanced material, not TOEIC material. And I will begin doing some more thing, apart from practicing English. That is, creativity, preparation for the business launch, and making relationship with someone.


Today is one day before one of the most important days in my life.

trans - Strong Will

Lately I was often asked , "How can you study so long?"

Some people might think I have a strong will, but that's completely different from the truth. Because my will is not so strong (I cannot deny that I used to pursue iron will in the past), and there is a kind of knack to pretend to have strong will. Now I mention that.

I've already written that my daily studying time had dramatically increased from 5 hours to 10 hours. I think myself that I can study well lately. The secret consists of the following things, I think: 1. Clear Objectives, 2. Logistics, 3. Enjoy learning, and 4. Harness Ideas. Let's see these.

1. Clear Objectives
- It's important to set specific goals to get the goal, like TOEIC950 or English Master in my case. Well, but, the specific is not required. Just burn up yourself. Just be enthusiastic. Just get out of your bed and sit down at your desk to start studying several times a month or a couple of times a week.

- Also, it's needed to make companies studying with you, or your rivals. For instance, in my case, I bet something on the next TOEIC test with my friends, Yakiniku. If there's such a thing, if you can construct such motivated factors, that will be a huge engine for achieving your goals against human mind, weak one.


2. Logistics
- This is a point. I mean, I think I'm good at this thing, or, I understand I'm not strong (I cannot deny I used to pursue iron will in the past), so I've gotten the ability to organize the environment to be able to study for a long time. Let me explain this.

- For instance, my house has a mechanism that I cannot see any TV program. Of course, I have a TV, but if I turn on the TV, Nippon Television or Fuji Television doesn't come. (I've already mentioned that I can assure that this is consciously intended.) And the TV is connected to DVD player, so naturally my house has numerous English studying software, like Friends or 24.

- There's also a kind of environment where I can use English actually. A good example is that I put myself into the environment where I have to use English with my Indian colleagues by changing my job to an Indian company's one (but this is kind of over), and I've made the environment where I can study on the train by living in Mitaka which is a starting station, and I've also made an environment where I can study at the Starbucks alone by arranging relationship with my colleagues at the office.


To be continued..

trans - How To Handle Idea

Where's ideas come from?

What's the idea? How's that be handled? I thought I should work on there questions. This is also a present for my grandson or granddaughter never seen. Well, I feel there are numerous people who don't know the exact idea, and as a result the economic loss is astronomical figures.

Idea is idea, no matter how small it is. For instance, I got an idea lately. That is, it's really not a big deal, "Go to the nearby Starbucks and study for an hour there weekday nights and holidays", and the reason why this idea is so brilliant to me is that the idea expedite my study and change my feeling. That was really a revolutionary idea for me. The hour of studying a day increased 5 hours to 10 hours.

About how to produce ideas, you can read several books written about this topic, like How to make ideas written by Steve Young (in short, the process is consideration, naturalness, and flourish). What I stress here is that idea is kind of volatile, that is, if you are not careful, that would be gone easily, so take an action as soon as possible, or write down it somewhere. For instance, formally my cell phone was used to communicate with me, rather than communicate with my friends.


Idea is produced, and fostered.

trans - Electronic Dictionary: Ultimate Item

There is no doubt that this is the best. Electronic dictionary. Without this, I cannot study English Without this, human beings has not been able to stock up its knowledge up to now. Electronicity is not necessary, but electronic one is better than other ones definitely. I'm saying the details below.

- Don't hesitate to invest. Extravagance is nonsense, but you should buy the one as good as possible. You would spend very long time with it.
- English-Japanese, Japanese-English, English, Thesaurus, Collocations, and so on. You should take advantage of these various dictionaries. These five dictionaries are especially used well, so learn how to jump to each other surely.
- You will use the Thesaurus and Collocations very well in the near future, so choose the electronic dictionary including these. I thought an antonym dictionary might be desirable for me.
- Oxford for the English dictionary. English-Japanese for Genius. You should choose well-known, acknowledged dictionaries. I think there must be a difference.
- As the stage of learning, the dictionary you use will be different. Having an inquiring mind, try many things.


In case of me, I'm now using my dictionary as the following ways. Since I'm now practicing translation from Japanese to English using TOEIC materials, after translating the question and checking the answer, I make sure to check the phrases that I couldn't translate well, the expressions that I'd like to check, and excellent idioms in the answer, mainly using the English-Japanese dictionary (Genius). (That's why the dictionary has a lot of explanation of grammar, and It's useful by just reading.)

At this time, there are barely unknown words, and I check the grammar, the pattern of the connection with prepositions, and example sentences and idioms. This really works, so this makes my vocabulary fruitful using my brain's network effect.

By the material, how to use the dictionary also varys. For instance, when reading an English newspaper, I mainly use the English dictionary (Oxford Dictionary of English) to check unknown words and to check the pronunciation. I don't look over them deeply, and it's not needed.

Moreover, when traveling abroad or killing my time, I used to use the English Conversation Dictionary well. That was very useful especially when I check how to call someone and how to hang up the phone. (In case of that, I'm usually not in front of the PC.) Well, the Japanese ability is highly developed, but sometimes I used the Japanese Dictionary (Kojien) to check the meaning of Japanese words.


Well, I cannot give up my electronic dictionary at least in a couple of years.

trans - What's Time? #2

I needed to explain about Time more. Generally time has the future and the past, and the present is at the place where that exists. Human beings have been recognizing the future and the past with the highly advanced intelligence, and have perceived that the life and the time are lapped over.

There, great vent, great discontinuity, and great cavity can exist. Against time and being, by the limited ability to identify which human beings have, there, various gaps have been emerged. That's different from simple nerves. That's different from temporary tensions.

I don't say simply, "Seize the day". Even the future, even the past, and even the destiny of transmigration emerged from illusion of continuousness, by the form of including these, I say you live at present. Live the past like live the present. Feel the future like feel the present. The link, the time link, you should include them.


Being and time. What a clear...

trans - Wolf, and Indian Tiger

The major reason I chose my current company when I was changing my job is that I can use English, and the surprising offer figures, and as well as that I'd have liked to belong to a global IT company. Looking back that now, there were some mingled impurities. I didn't love the company.

Although belonging to the current company, I planned to make a big leap to America in two years, and starting my own company which will be done in few years after that was also programmed in my plans already. Naturally, my commitment to my company had faded away, and the feeling of belonging and loyalty had also vanished. I just polish my own abilities, I just experience a lot personally. I was a lonely wolf.

Everything starts with conversation. Last year I determined to start traveling around all the world, and this determination started with a conversation with someone. And this time, this determination also started with a conversation with someone, when I suddenly confessed that I hated them. My direction was fixed, and I had started reading a book written about my company. My narrow-minded sight was getting open, and it seemed like I was ready to embrace what it is.

Reading the book, I can feel that I belong to a really excellent company. Thinking so, various affairs I met before got connected each other smoothly, and became a foothold to think the next steps. The company is an Indian company, and I cannot help but think I'm not in the center, but that is kind of illusion produced by negative and pessimistic mind, and I've begun to feel that I would be a member of that.


Well, I've started living now. I'm a tiger, an Indian tiger.

trans - The Second Week of English Whispering

This is also necessary.

This is so-called English whispering, isn't it. To exceed TOEIC 950 and be an English master, I feel this practice is fairly essential. Although I've been doing this practice for only two weeks and I have not completely learned this method, I feel this would be excellent strongly. Strongly

Even saying 'whispering', this is not sussy, and this means practicing 'thinking in English' actually. If the person's English ability is on a certain level, he can learn from this method. By contraries, if he is not on that level, this method may impair him. He might suffer a setback. He might suffer a decay

Besides, thinking in English perfectly is also not good. It's impossible for English learners, and it means we cannot take advantage of Japanese ability that we have earned in our lives ever. So, we consciously make time to think something in English. Like 30 minutes before using English in work, or 30 minutes before taking vlogs, and so on. It's effective to do that before something using English actually. Eventually, you can do that


I'm convinced that thinking in English is one of the ultimate training methods in the world. So, to do this, you are now working on English. This helps you think gradually, continuously, and happily. You can see the new world in front of yourself. You are whispering.

trans - The second week of The Japan Times

This is pretty good!

Toward exceeding 950 points on the TOEIC test and being an English master, this training is not only useful but also essential. I'm thinking about that. The effect covers a wide range of various learning fields. First, improvement of speaking ability, and enrichment of own vocabulary, and rise of ability to recognize overall English.

The way is easy; Just subscribe English newspaper, and just read it aloud. But what you have to be careful about is to recognize own current ability stage, and properly judge whether or not this method is applicable to current ability. I think you can start this method after you get over 900 points on TOEIC.

If you find unknown words, make sure of checking them with your dictionary. I guess there would be 5 to 15 unknown word per page for the first time. But you would feel something then. This activity to check the dictionary makes your vocabulary increase. And you would feel that your tongue is frequent, as you can speak anything difficult sentences.


I'm feeling my ability is increasing exponentially. That is, the ability can work together effectively.

trans - What's Time?

Reading a thinkable book, I thought. What's Time?

Our thoughts to time caused great suffering and performed great tragedy. Perspective on time, which is one of the most important axes in the world, caused the world pains and performed ever continuous revenge plays.

Well, this is written in the book, but I was convinced that this story had truth. I've suffered with time. Rather, most of people have been suffering from this time. Life and Time means the almost same meaning, but if people can distinguish them...

The exuberance that I experienced throughout last month to this month is, which does not make sure the future completeness and I was able to recognize this, but, as something base, something foundation, and something spiritual foothold, that made a huge impact on my life. I felt that, and that was right.


What's the meaning of exceeding time? How clear is it.

trans - The First Defeat In My Life

It's about stocks.

I did loss cut in my investment. It was my first defeat in my life (Technically it was not the first, the second one, but in this context the detail can be ignorable). So, I thought I should write this thing in my this blog to memorize this as a lesson for my future. I should learn from failures.

To be honest, that was pretty amount, although I can say exact figure in this blog. Well, that was relatively not huge comparing with profits I gained before or profits in my Chinese stocks, but as a man who aim 100 million yen in few years, this failure means huge defeat apparently. I'm not genius in stock, I cannot look at the future, and I'm not calm, wise investor. They become clear.

However, this affair was a good lesson for me. The stock eventually got down by 35 percent, and I wrongly pursued high-return, that is, as speculation, not investment, I failed. Interestingly, I didn't recognize I was like speculator, but considering it from now, the company was in red, did not pay a dividend, and was not investment in which a wise investor invest his money.


Well, that was a great lesson. Everything is constantly changing.

tran - The Fourth Time Friends

Well, now I'm watching Friends again, which is the fourth time in my life, which is American TV drama, namely sitcom. As I wrote in the past, comparing this with the last three times, I can feel I can listen to the English much more than that. Much more, yes, much more.

So, I cannot help but say something in my first book. "Find the work that you can see at least 5 times, and actually see that on a regular basis. Movies and dramas are kind of the side dish. Doing stretching or having dinner, watching them are completely okay. Let's take advantage of them as a fruitful reserve of living expressions."

Although the subject became unclear, what I want to say is that continuing the same things makes you visible to your growth and feel the growth and precious pleasure, definitely. The fifth time of the Friends will be in advance of my journey to America next year, and at the time I will laugh from the bottom of my stomach totally.


Make a toast!

tran - The First Training Session In English

I took my first training session in English last Friday and Saturday, which is about leadership held by my company. I felt the content was not new to me, but in advance I really expected that the session was useful for me to know what the session was proceeded in English, how I was positioned in the session, and how the Indian colleagues are responding the session.

I understood the content because the trainer's English was understandable, but on the speaking side I felt difficutlites to remark some comments in English, not in Japanese. That was not similar to ones in Japanese. Whereas I was very surprised that the Indian people actively talked more than expected. That was a kind of cultural shock to me. Anyway, having this session possibly had dangerous aspects to slow down the progress of my TOEIC, but I think that was really satisfactory for me. That is, I could learn something new again.


I feel indication, vibration, breathing. The day is close.

tran - Suspended Rock-climbing

One thing I have to report to you all is that I'm now under rest of rock-climbing. Maybe that will be suspended until Sunday, September 30th. Needless to say, that's for the 950 points on the TOEIC test, rather, for my back and rist I've hurt seriously through rock-climbing.

Life has upside and downside, and for the people who believe they are controling their lives, by putting them into their timescale properly, they can think they can spend their lives effectively. So, in a year, when I look back at this passage, I will be able to judge whether I was such a person or a person who has something changing. To be honest, I'm loosing my way though.

Depending on how I look at it, I can study English more than 7 hours a day lately (or, depending on how I look at it much more, rather, I can count working hours as studying hours, actually I can, I'm now spending more than 10 hours a day for the next exam), but my sentenses are a little wired I can declare. Oh-uh, this is strange too. In short, I in background think in English.


Let's have a break!

trans - The third year of listening to CNN

No music in my iPod.

Maybe I got my first iPod a couple of years ago, and then I've been listening to CNN news almost every day with the iPod. There is nothing but iPod for English learners to be a great tool. After all, we can get a variety of contents for free and with an easy way.

For people not demanding music, for people intentionally avoiding music to achive their goals, that's really, really a good stuff. There is no music in my iPod. That is a definite fact, that is a definite policy.


Good luck with your iPod!

Giving something

I need to give something to achieve my goal, getting over 950 points. I thought that was the time of rock-climbing. I thought that was the time of dinner with my girlfriends. I thought taht was the time of doing nothing. My heart was already settled. I've started contributing myself to the world.


Umm, I need more sophisticated expressions.

TIger

I'm now reading a book titled "XXXXXXXX Tiger". It's written about my company. I bought this book a couple of months ago, because I thought I was just an employee of the company. Then I let the book piled in my shelf for a long time.

Last week I took an English lesson with my teacher Christie. We talked about my current situation in my work. I said, "I hate them". She said, "How about looking at the good side, not the bad side?" I thought, "That's it!"

I think if people want to like something, people should know that well. Deeper he knows that, deeper he loves it. So, I decided to read the book till the end in order to like my company. In order not to waste my time in the next 2 years. In order to value my work experience. In order to give a certain respect to them. I should regret myself thoroughly!


I'm changing.

Lesson Learnt

I for the first time lost in the stock market in my life. I bought stocks of a Japanese housing company. I expected coming Japanese booming in the housing industry, which comes from Japanese general economical booming up. However, I was not good. I couldn't detect the true of the stock. I'm a loser.

I will learn a lot from this failure. First of all, I should recognize that I'm not a superman. There was a possibility that I thought I was so. That's non-sense. I'm not a superman. I'm not a genius. I'm a normal, just well-thinkable person. So, I need to try to detect the truth of all things in the world from now on too.


Thank you,

I'm running

I'm running on my way.

I've begun working a foreign company. I've begun speaking English at work. I've also begun rock-climbing seriously.

My life probably seems strange. People sometimes laugh me. I was said that I was totally different from normal. But I don't care. Of course, I don't care.

I'd just like to be NOT normal. I'd like to contribute to the world just a little. I don't need the "normal things" for satisfying my desire. Say, I don't need a TV anymore, I don't need a car anymore, and I don't need expensive watches anymore.

I've started practicing English thoroughly. I've started climbing up and down the stairs in my office's building at least three times every day. I've started doing stretching at home every day. My focus has been set to the direction. The direction has had power to boost up my life upward.


Seriously,

I felt today

I felt that I needed to practice writing English on this blog as well today. You know, I've started practicing English using TOEIC materials so that I will get over 950 points on the next TOEIC test. The way of practicing is to traslate Japanese sentence to English sentence writing the sentence on the notebook.

I think that really works. So, I was convinced that I can get the target score on TOEIC. However, through English conversation lessons, I felt I need another way to complete my journey. That is, writing English sentences on this blog. The difference between just practicing translation Japanese to English and writing my thoughts in English is, you know, whether thinking by myself or not.

That's really big difference. On practicing translation, I can write sophisticate sentence because there are prepared, well-defined sentences. But my target is the level of TOEIC950, namely the level of those who returned from abroad. So, I need to speak English fluently, of course, by my own words.


My journey is just beginning.

Tomorrow's events

Let's organize what I will do tomorrow to make it better.

First, I have to confirm about the cell phone matter, which means whether he solved the problem or not. Second, we need to explain the WebSphere demonstration matter to the customer the first morning. After that, we will have a planned session regarding order and order management.

I've read Use Case documents that James and offshore people made in advance regarding LE system. Plus, I've also researched the actual system in Japan as well as in US and in UK. So, if I can get the job done well regarding leading the meeting, it would be okay.

Rather, I have to plan to get the next job. I have to be familiar with DB2 and WebSphere completely. As well as I have to get the knowledge regarding Java and J2EE thoroughly. I'm a project manager and also an system architect. So, I'm now install DB2 to my PC.


The fun time is just beginning.

Today's events

I got up lately today. It was at nearly 11 o'clock! Well, I don't need to go to work in the morning. It's due to the customer's reason. Anyway, I slept a lot and saved energy and I left my home for the battle field.

I have two things to talk to my Indian colleague today. First, I cannot lend my corporate cell phone to him anymore, because of my company's policy. So, I have to arrange that he can borrow a rental cell phone from a rental company. It's a tiresome matter, but since I am a project coordinator, I have to do that.

Second one is that I think we need to clarify how to proceed our project regarding project management matters. This concern consists of there parts: how to manage enhancement requirements, how to manage this project management, and how to proceed daily sessions practically.

Note: Enhancement requirements means requirements that they don't have currently, but they want to have in the future.


Thank you,

PS
It's very important to note my daily events and thoughts on this blog. Of course, as well as I need to practice my English using TOEIC materials.

blog - I think I can do that

I saw Forest Gump today and yesterday. The simple and unaffected life makes me thinkable. What can I do?


That's it.

Let's get started!

Now is the very important time for me. I have to prepare for the coming sessions regarding e-Commerce project. I have to manage the project completely as a professional project manager. I have to manage the meetings perfectly as a billingual consulant. I have to satisfy the customer's needs. I have to be a professional on business side as well as on technical aspects.

I have to make it better. I have to comunicate with the Indian guy efficiently, not violently. I have to be familiar with e-Commerce matters and an apparel industry. I have to focus on my short-term tasks as well as my long-term goals. I have to get up early and quickly to keep my brain sharp. I have to rock-climb at least once a week to make my body strong to make my brain quick.

I feel energetic in myself. I can do that. I can do what I can imagine I can do that. I am a realizer. I am a kind of dreamer. I am a practitioner. I am an engineer, strict engineer. I think I keep using my time in the early phase to be effective on my project. I sometimes will lead my collegue to make my project successful. I need success. I want a great success. I'm eager for that.


Thank you,

blog - Long time no see!

It's been a long time since I wrote something in this blog. It's because I've been stuck in my current job, and I've felt fun to write my Japanese blog.

This two months are awesome! I joined a new company, that's a foreign company, and I struggled in the English environment.

That's was a brilliant memory. I even leaded the internal meetings, and had a argument with Indian people. That's what I never get anywhere else.

And surprisingly, I would be assigned to a new project. That's a project that build the e-Commerce system of a customer. That would use WebSphere Commerce Server.

I was assigned to the project as a project manager. That's a challenging thing. I am really enthusiastic about that. I'm really in the new phase.


Thank you,

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.

translate - Fascinations of rock-climbing 2

- Simply fun

Well, rock-climbing is simply fun. It's because human beings feel that. If we believe Dawin's theory, revolution, human beings used to be monkey, right? And we release 11 monkeys to a rock gym. What's happend then? One would eat a banana, one would write down something, and other 9 monkeys would move from the wall to the wall.


- Can feel a sense of achievement

It's a feeling I felt when I began to rock-climbing, and a sense of achievement that we feel when finishing climbing is rare, right? Anyway, although it was a time I first can climb a route which is 12 or 13 meters, after that, I can feel a sense of achievement when I can climb more difficult route.


- Good exercise

We can exercise feeling fun. Jogging is good too. Weight-trainning is good too. However, there is no sport than rock-climbing that we can train ourselves, sharp our body lines, look new mascles, and let ourselves exercise, right? It makes us to stretch, too.


- Can enhance intelligence of body

This is important actually. To be honest, I wanted to list this topic above all. "Intelligence of body" is probably existing, right? It's on conceptual. Through this sport, we can increase the intelligence of body. Can't you imagine? Rock-climbing is really similar to ballet, actually. That's it.


- Can write it down on your resume

This is extremly personal opinion, so you can ignore this, but I think it's good that people have something unique, which can be the talk. Well, however, in the near future, rather, it might be far future, rock-climbing will be a very famous sport in Japan too, like a golf, so such a circumstance is rare actually, I insist.


- And harmony with nature, and a sense of solidarity

This topic force up this sport to a particular position. That is, this sport is done in nature. And there are risks that people lose their lives. And we usually enjoy this sport with friends, in the concentration and fulfillment, we can spend really solid time, I suppose.


Well, let's enjoy rock-climbing!

blog - The time is coming

I'll start working for the new company on April 16th. Only two weeks is left. The challenge is nearly started. I will have to learn new technologies, new methods, and new circumstances.

My energy is emerging. It's actually thanks to my personal tutor Christie. When talking with her today, I convinced that I can do that. After knowing that fact, I was convinced of something.


I will go to hanami tomorrow. I will say something to her some day.

translate - Fascinations of rock-climbing

I'll organize this below.

- Simply fun
- Can get a sense of achievement
- Good exercise
- Can enhance intelligence of body
- Can write it as a hobby on your resume
- And, harmony with nature, a sense of solidarity


Um, there are a lot than expected. It's the end, although I can write that more and more. Well, let's see each topics.


to be continued...

blog - I'm really tired

I'm really tired. I'm tired of the resignation matter, what I have to master English onto business level, or the marriage thing.

When I'm tired, my thought has been tired. That is really disgusting. My hope is really dwindling. My tasks are really losing focused.

My dream is supposed to be more clear. I would be more valuable person in order to contribute the world. I should be more energetic in order to make me more energetic.

I had even quit drinking. It was to be more efficient for my life. It should make my daily life more effective. I could get more time to study, more money to invest, and more power to climb hardest route.


My dream has gone, haven't it? No. It's impossible. My energy is coming more clearly, thanks.

translate - What I should do in this three months 2

Actually, the next project I'm involved is already decided, and it's known to me secretly that the technologies used on the project will be J2EE, one of the programming languages, and WebSphere, product suites by IBM. It's always hard to learn new technologies and new products, but I think that is really exciting for me. Yeah, it's the time that I can use Java in business.

My English will be naturally brushed up. It's because I use it in the daily life, I study hard for that, and that makes me go to the English conversation school at least once a week. Yeah, it's following my plan. About rock-climbing, my back's hurt is getting better, so I'll try to rock-climb at least two or three times a week, and I think I will be on the next level, 2nd grade.

Finally, I must remember the resolutions I made at the beginning of this year. There was a resolution, I write a book. Hence, I have to prepare for that in the next three months. That means I have to experience, or I actually start to write something. Yeah, I will have to mention this later soon. Plus, the gratitude means I will heartily think the following think when I change my circumstance; People help each other.


And I will say something thankful, "I'm sorry."

translate - What I should do in this three months

I'm writing these.

- The first three months is really important
- Master new and unknown technologies, like J2EE and WebSphere
- Brush up my English skills
- Go to one higher class on rock-climbing
- Prepare for the second half of this year
- Thank everyone I've ever met


That's it?

First, changing the company will be biggest event in the next quarter. A new company, a new working style, new colleagues, new bosses, new clients, and a new level quality. Everything will be dazzling new, and stimulable. Then, those will be aggressively embraced with active mindset, and taken in correctly and precisely. People say the first three months is very important. I grab at high speed, and challenge.


To be continued...


PS
Translating my own sentences is really good!

blog - Good Idea ..

It's a good idea to translate my blog in Japanese into English. It's because I must think from Japanese when speaking English, because I am Japanese. So, when something in Japanese come up to my mind, the best strategy is translating that into English efficiently. So, If I can quickly translate my thoughts in Japanese into English, it means I can speak English very well. It's near almost a native-speaker.


Yeah, let's start?

blog - I really have to ..

About English, I have to do the following things:

- Make speaking ability on business level
- Make vocabulary fruitful
- Make listening ability surely height
- Make me more valuable


I can't but do that.

blog - I hate ...

I hate my company. They are dishonest and dirty. I should have had a clear attitude, firm resolution to quit at the end of March. I was weak, I was coward. I should have showed resolute stance toward the company. I was careless, I was unguarded.

However, I'll forgive anything. I'll embrace everything. This experience makes me strong, really strong, extremly strong. I am a fighter, I am a champion. I knew about all the things, I knew about what's happening. I am a wise, I am a winner.

Everything is over. The next is coming. It's extremly close. Fun has been started. Great has started. It doesn't matter what I lose, the problem was what I believe. I was facing the danger, acute danger. But, the sky is blue, far from here.


Everything is okay, I'm saying.

blog - The time is settled

As I said, I quit my company, and will work for an indian company. I said this tons of times. But, the date I leave the company was not decided actually. There were some arguments between the company and me about the timing of my resignation, rather struggles and psychological warfare.

I was really nervous about that, and I pursued happy resignation. In short my company strongly requested me to postpone my resignation or to rethink about that. So, I'd felt obligation toward my company because of my almost ten years working-term, and I had a negotiation with my new company about the date of joining the company.

That long struggle, however, is over. I quit my job at the middle of April, say, April 13th. And I'll start working for the new company on April 16th. I feel gratitude for the desition of my current company (well, that's somewhat late though). Whatever, my sight in front of me is suddenly all clear. My energy soars again. My passion spurts from my heart and body again and again.


That's it. That's just the beginning.

blog - Latest News

Hey, long time no see. I'm now writing on this blog since last month.

Anyway, there are a lot of things this year on me. This year is becoming the most stimulative year of my life, as I expected. First of all, I got a new job. That job is a systems engineer in an Indian company! I'm working for a foreign-affiliated company using English every day! One of my dreams is realizing.

And surprisingly, that company offered me higher annual salary than expected. The amount is nearly 30 percent higher than current one. (Anyway, this is secret information). I can get expected environment, that I can use English in business, and good salary at the same time. I was really excited.

So, I decided to quit the job and will work for the company. At the end of January, I told my current company about this matter, say, I quit my job and move to the next company. Although this was one of my expectations, my boss was really upset about that. And he said that the company couldn't admit my resignation. Oh, he couldn't do that though.

As of today, I'm quitting my current job at the middle of April, and the next week of that I'll work for the new Indian company. Anyway, my new project on which I am assigned is already decided. The project is a project on which we build up e-commerce sites for a Japanese company. J2EE and WebSphere are used on that project. Those are really exciting for me.


The new era is already beginning!

blog - New Year's Assertion (6) Get married

This is just a joke, of course. To get married, generally, people have to find their girlfriends or boyfriends in advance. It's, however, needless to say.

Though, I am feeling about the future of like getting married. In the near future, I would be married to someone. It's like a definite fact, I guess.

I would marry someone, and I will make her and my family extreme happy. I can say that even now. I'm diligent, honest, and visionary. I can do what I can do.


Hey, I can do.

blog - New Year's Assertion (5) Change the job

Hey,

I'd have liked to change my job, because I wanted a new challenge. I was a dreamer, I was a man who lives by his spirits.

I started searching a new job from last December, and I found several good companies, and I decided my next company among them at the end of January.

I was happy, because the offer was pretty good for me, say, the annual pay is really good. Of course, I'm not living for money. It's completely true. It's for the challenge, or the global environment, rather than money.

I was nervous, because the new job required highly professional skills, and especially highly language skill, both of Japanese and English. I didn't use English on business. I didn't have a confidence of being able to use English appropriately on business.

Generally speaking, the level of business English is much higher than the level of the normal one. Especially, formal expressions are required in both conversation and documentation. I hardly have the experience so far.

I'm a little nervous, but really excited. It's because there will be a lot of opportunities to use English. I had prepared for this situation in advance through studying English thoroughly. The time has come. My challenging time has come. The curtain has been open, for me.


I'm really excited.