Ron-sanが日本の映画を見に行っていたNIHON MACHI。
我々駐在員はジャパンタウンと呼び日本領事館を尋ねていくこともありました。
懐かしい。日本料理店や都ホテルもありましたね。
さて、そのRon-san、レイオフされていまいますが。・・・・・・・
Then, one day the boss came to me and said I was laid off! I know the company was not that healthy, and the competition was far superior in just about every way. It was simply living on old customers that the original company founder, Mr. Goss had built up over the years before he died.
So, I was out of a job and started living on unemployment insurance (which was only for six months) and the money I received from the Army Reserves.
For my Army Reserve duties, I had to report to one of their facilities on a weekend (Saturday and Sunday) once a month. Also, every summer, I had to report to a large military base for additional training. In order to visit my mother in Sacramento more regularly, I changed Army Reserve units in San Jose to one in Sacramento. Then, I would go to Sacramento once a month to attend the weekend meetings. On one occasion my mother introduced me to a man who just came back from Japan. He was on a 1-year English teaching assignment and was looking for a replacement, but the job would not be available for six months. That was perfect, as my 6-year term in Army Reserves was to end about at that time. So, there was my chance to get to Japan. I took the assignment and decided to devote all of my time to study Japanese while I was receiving unemployment insurance money.
Being laid off was one of the best things that could have happened to me. I got full unemployment insurance and studied full time. As I was learning for personal growth only, I decided to go to the nearest university with a Japanese class and simply sit in the class. I paid nothing to sit in the class as the school administration didn’t know I existed, and the teachers didn’t care if I sat in the classes.
Ronさんのセミナーいかがですか。苦労の多かったRon-sanの青春時代やキャリア形成の話、特に何故日本に来る決断をしたのか、などを聴いてみたいですね。それとRonさんが楽しみにしている出席者と皆さんとのノミニケーション。年末にはできそうですね。
皆さんがおやりになっている勉強会などに出張し講演させていただきます。
ただし、Ronさんが住んでいる東京都大田区から日帰りできるところとさせてください。
もっとも台湾でも日帰りは可能ですが。
＜新しい仕事が始まり、ストレスたっぷり状態！気分転換に漫画『武蔵野』を読んだ。阿部公房の小説『砂の女』『燃え尽きた地図』の読後感のような不思議な気分。大人の漫画だ＞
我々駐在員はジャパンタウンと呼び日本領事館を尋ねていくこともありました。
懐かしい。日本料理店や都ホテルもありましたね。
さて、そのRon-san、レイオフされていまいますが。・・・・・・・
Then, one day the boss came to me and said I was laid off! I know the company was not that healthy, and the competition was far superior in just about every way. It was simply living on old customers that the original company founder, Mr. Goss had built up over the years before he died.
So, I was out of a job and started living on unemployment insurance (which was only for six months) and the money I received from the Army Reserves.
For my Army Reserve duties, I had to report to one of their facilities on a weekend (Saturday and Sunday) once a month. Also, every summer, I had to report to a large military base for additional training. In order to visit my mother in Sacramento more regularly, I changed Army Reserve units in San Jose to one in Sacramento. Then, I would go to Sacramento once a month to attend the weekend meetings. On one occasion my mother introduced me to a man who just came back from Japan. He was on a 1-year English teaching assignment and was looking for a replacement, but the job would not be available for six months. That was perfect, as my 6-year term in Army Reserves was to end about at that time. So, there was my chance to get to Japan. I took the assignment and decided to devote all of my time to study Japanese while I was receiving unemployment insurance money.
Being laid off was one of the best things that could have happened to me. I got full unemployment insurance and studied full time. As I was learning for personal growth only, I decided to go to the nearest university with a Japanese class and simply sit in the class. I paid nothing to sit in the class as the school administration didn’t know I existed, and the teachers didn’t care if I sat in the classes.
Ronさんのセミナーいかがですか。苦労の多かったRon-sanの青春時代やキャリア形成の話、特に何故日本に来る決断をしたのか、などを聴いてみたいですね。それとRonさんが楽しみにしている出席者と皆さんとのノミニケーション。年末にはできそうですね。
皆さんがおやりになっている勉強会などに出張し講演させていただきます。
ただし、Ronさんが住んでいる東京都大田区から日帰りできるところとさせてください。
もっとも台湾でも日帰りは可能ですが。
＜新しい仕事が始まり、ストレスたっぷり状態！気分転換に漫画『武蔵野』を読んだ。阿部公房の小説『砂の女』『燃え尽きた地図』の読後感のような不思議な気分。大人の漫画だ＞
