Okinawa 1st day

Since today, I took personal holiday, and comming to Okinawa to take a
license for scuber diving.

First day, I practice some knowledge and technics about scuber diving.
Then train in the pool.

I had a little bit afraid to breath in the water, but soon I came to
be used to it.

I'm really looking forward to dive in the sea.

The picture below is a dinner of the traditional food in Okinawa.

Wedding

Today, I had a wedding party, there one of my coleague in hp have
married.

He seems to be so happy, also his words are filled with many happiness.

I've had given some of their happiness.

PADI

I'm going to go to Okinawa this week end, and a scuber diving lisence there.

Actually, this is the first time for me to experience scuber diving. Anyway, anyone who experienced it says that it is quite good to dive.

Today, I studied the manner and the modules to use with scuber diving, it is preparation for this course.

Now I'm really looking forward to do scuber diving. I've heard that you will change your view and the way of thinking when you experience the world under the sea. I'm now imaging the world with fishes, barrier leafs, and many things in the blue ocean.

Arrange

Today, I arranged a song named Owarinaki-Tabi, composed by Kazutoshi
Sakurai.

This is one of my favorite songs played by Mr Children. There are too
many scale changes that it was so difficult to make the change
naturally, but I finally complete the arrange.

I hope the one who listen to this song is moved with this arrange.

Competency

I had lectured about competency today. I have heard about the word "Competency", but I have never heard about the meaning.

The coach was whom teaching at some university, and also he is working as a consultant at the Watson Wyatt.

Simply saying, the meaning of the word competency is "the process to compete or finish something.

The competency seems to be same as the ability to do something, but it is quite different thing, because the competency is based on the results. Actually, the ability can be evaluated without results.

I realized that I should be careful about the results and the process to compete that.

Routine

I don't like something which is based on some template or forms, like routine. Actually, I don't negrect common sense, but to represent originality is one of the most important things, I think.

"Stepping put of Square"

This is one of the phrase usually used in my company, and one of my favorite phrases.

Lunch

Today I had a committee in the morning, also I had a meeting on the lunch time. So I couldn't manage a time for it.

Actually, the lunch time is one of my favorite time, so I felt today as very long day to stay.

Just a small happiness makes people happy, I realized this simple thing today.

Dinner

Today I cooked a dinner.

Especially, I made pickles today.

It looks colorful and quite delicious!

Practice

Usually, I practice the bass every night, but today, I had no
appointment in the morning, so I practiced in the morning.

Unfortunately, it is rainy, so it is more humidy than usual. Actually,
less humidity makes sound nice.

I hope tomorrow becomes fine day.

Arrange

Today, I was told to arrange a tune played with Japanese pops band. It is for a farewell party for one of my best friends.

Actully, I haven't arrange these half year, these days I just composed as I imagined.

So i'm really looking forward to this, and image many many phrases for that.

Arranging is difficult because there are many thoughts of the composer, also I have to make it to my own music. But it is quite interesting because the spice of arranging enlarges the world of the tune and it changes the color of the tune.

Stepping out of square

I had a training about the mission, the strategy and the core value of my company these 4 days.

"Stepping out of square" is one of the phrases that I learnt this week. It implies that think big and without common sense makes the imagination free from general values, and come to be an innovation.

I like this phrase.

Try it now

If you want to something, you must try it right now.

There is no time to waste.

Change

If you want to change, you must be able to dream the scene in color image, not a sketch.

As the image is clear, you can make it.

If you can dream it, you can try to do everything to make it true.

Training

Today, I had a training. We trainee are lectured by the CEO and the President.

Their words sounded so important and also filled with inocation in Japan's insurance. I was so excited to hear that and influenced with it.

Tomorrow, I'm going to have another lectures from many executive officers.

I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's sessions.

Live at Meguro

Today I had a gig with my own band named Musicaholics.

We also had a gig at Yokohama jazz promenade last week, so we could play almost all the tunes relaxed.

But one thing which annoyed me was that I had to do MC between each tune.

I shorteded the MC this time because I was told that my MC is too long to hear from some of my friends.

Finally, we could have the best play in this gig. Also the MC was short enough to hear, my friend told to me.

This time, the audience was the largest in these five gigs, also many of them liked my original tunes, it made us so happy.

I'm looking forward to the next gig!

Vegan

Today I went to the vegan festival at Yoyogi park. There we can eat
many kinds of food made with vegitable only. Even the ingredients are
vegitable only, they taste quite good!

Belgian beer

Today, I went to drink belgian beer with my coleague. There I can drink various kind of beer such as Chimay or Hoegaarden.

Belgian beer is one of my favorite beer in the world, so I drunk so many that I forgot to eat.

I'd like to come this bar again.

Only thing that prevent me to come everyday is that almost all the menu is expensive...

English conversation

I have a English lunch on every Thursday. There I talk with English teacher with some of my coleague, and study conversation.
Today I explained about my previous job, but I couldn't explain correctly because of luck of vocabulary for that.
Actually, vocabulary is the most important essence for conversation, I think.
So I'd like to catch up more and more words for fluent conversation.

communication

Today, we had a committee. And there we had presented a topic which we are working with other team. But there, we couldn't communicate each other enough, so the committee wasn't go well as we had expected.
I know that it is so difficult to remove misunderstanding, but we couldn't.
I should learn more about communication.

cold?

I'm having a runny nose today.

I hope it is not cold but hey fever,

because I have a gig on this weekend.

It may be better if I can catch a cold and absent from office.

book

Yesterday, I rent a novel from one of my friends. The novel is a kind of suspense, but drawing the emortion of women so directly.

I was so concentrated to reading it, and I finished reading it in one day.

It was interesting, but I haven't read novels some monthes, so the effect from the people in the novel moved me.

I'm now thinking of starting some other novels.

Yokohama

Today, I had a gig at Yokohama, Queen's Park. It was part of Yokohama Jazz Promenade.

I have played at this event for 2 times, but it is the first time for me to play with my band.

Actually, titanic tyhoon came this week and rained many times, but fortunately, today is sunny day, with clear blue sky and comfotable breeze.

Also, the wind was not as tough as I had imagined, so we could concentrate to palying.

The audiences seems to be interested and enjoyed our music, and some of the audiences told me that they want to hear our music again.

iPhone

Today, I changed my cell phone to iPhone.

I have heard about iPhone, but I haven't think of changing to iPhone. The reason was many, such as costs. But This time, I changed because the interface seems to be so interesting.

When I started using it, the usage was not good, because there were no instruction for iPhone, but as I'm used to use it, it turns to be really comfortable for me.

I'd like to install many applications to this, and make full use with it.

stew

Today, I went to a reataurant "Stew Kettle Rebirth".

There we can eat not only meat but various vegitables. And As the name of this restaurant implys, you can also eat various kinds of stews.

Today, I ate a beef stew with red wine sause. It was delicious. I'd like to come here again.

more and more

Today, I wanted to go home earlier than usual, because I'm going to have an exam tomorrow.

Instead of it, I couldn't because I had to analyze a data, and prepare for a committee coming next Wednesday.

I was flustrated with that task, because it took long time to analyze and the discussion to make a direction took long time also.

Finally it was over, and now I'm comming home now.

I hope there shouldn't be any interuption with studying.

don't know why

I don't know why I didn't have enough time to finish my tasks.

Actually, I'm ordered many tasks these days, and some of my boss says that I am useful because I finish many tasks in short time.

I was happy to hear that, but afraid one thing that I cannot do wha I want to do because of others' interuption.

assessment

About 2 months ago, I had an human assessment, in which I've assessed the skills especially for being manager.

The contents of the assessment was not difficult, but the team members in the discussion members were so aggressive that I was just a member of the discussion instead of the leader.

Because of this, the analysis of myself was "calm observer, needs more aggressiveness and leadership"

Actualy I myself is not what the analysis said, I think. But it doesn't mean a thing if I couldn't show that.

In one word, I must train and learn more and more as far as possible.

speed

I put the highest priority to the speed to finish tasks.

Instead of it, I think of the preciseness to be low priority.

My way of working is try and error, it means to finalize the task in short time as far as I can, then check it and correct it for many times.

I think the count of our misstook which we can find on the work in one time is limited. So I try to increase the times of checking.

Are you ready?

Today I had a rehearsal of my big band. We are going to have a gig next week, in a jazz festival, also we are going to have anual concert the week after next week.

In the last rehearsal, we couldn't play in good sound, but today, the sound and the harmony was so nice that I thought we are ready to the concert.

I'm really looking forward to next week!

volunteer

Today is the Global Volunteer Day of POJ. This is the first time for me to do volunteer work belonging to some organisation.

Unfortunately, today is rainy. Inspite of this, we did the volunteer, cleaning the city from Ichigaya to Akasaka-Mitsuke, where my office is.

Although it was tough to pick up, gather trash in the rain, i felt nice, clear feelings when I finished it.

I'd like to join another event like this.

committee

Today I had a monthly committee. There I'm the office of the committee, so I have to prepare, manage the procedure.

But the most important task is to make a minute afterwards.

It is difficult to understand what the speakers means, and what they want. It requires not only the knowledge about insurance but accounting, investment and even operations.

I don't have enough knowledge even I'm working on this job for half a month, but I will continue studying.

phone call

I do not like talking on the phone, not only in English, but also even in Japanese.

When I'm talking on the phone, I cannot see a face and feelings on the face of whom I'm talking. So I should guess, imagine what he is thinking and feeling. It annoys me because I'm so nervous that I don't want to be miss-understood.

You might say that it is same with email, but they are quite diffent. There can be enough intervals between each conversations. It allows me to think and find appropriate and optimum answer. But also, the intervals derives speed from the communication.

Time and preciousness are trade off.

Anyway, I must take a phone when someone gives me a phone call.