danieru in tokyo: Extension exschmension

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Extension exschmension

Crossroads at work. For some reason, probably because he's a good guy, Carl has gone out of his way to ensure my idle butt gets it's contract renewed. He's lost headcount, so effectively I'm fired. Whatever, heard it before, blah blah blah. Really - I dont care. Work just seems to be getting in the way of my life these days. But it's a blessing in disguise. I get to chose which team I want to work for - EMS, DBA, SA Infrastructure Support, or SA Fixed Income. I fancy the latter, because:

1. It seems to be the busiest role, and I need to get motivated.
2. It would mean moving to Akasaka.
3. I'd be working for Edson, and he is in favour of the move. Despite meeting me.
4. It is easily the best thing to have on my CV.
5. I'm going to try and swing a month of unpaid leave from work, and this might be the best way.

Heard a rumour that an American software company are paying ludicrous money for contractors in the UK to come out to Japan. Sounded too good to be true. Spent all day calling their office, only to get stonewalled by the receptionist. Bah.

Left work, swallowed a bag of peanuts, and ran 5km. The gym was interesting. They wouldn't let me use the shoes I had swanned in wearing on the machines, so I had to hire a pair for 300 Yen, leaving me only 100 Yen for dinner. 100 Yen might get you dinner in Sao Paolo, but this is Tokyo. I came home hungry. And, of course, I never wore the shoes I hired, as they looked a bit manky.

- posted by Daniel @ Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Comments:

ok - as far as the gymn thing went you made the wrong decision. You should have not gone to the gymn and had a slap up meal instead.

# posted by

Dominic : 8:29 PM

gymn doesn't have an 'n', unless it's silent like in rythmn. Oh, actually, I guess if it's silent it doesn't matter. Is is silent?

# posted by

Al : 5:50 PM

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