Nine-to-fiving
Well, I’m at work. I never made it to the Manhattan Bar; I let the DS beat me at Backgammon over and over again in Easy mode instead…
My Japanese colleagues have given me a very warm welcome: three of them took me with them for sushi donburi - at a place where I had to take my shoes off. At last! After work, they are taking me for “pre-welcome drinks”…
This afternoon my work was interrupted by an earthquake drill. We just went out via the stairs and stood around, like a normal fire drill — but another company all got to wear shiny white helmets.
Rieko, the secretary, has provided me with a list of Live Houses to investigate — but says she couldn’t find any good live bands this weekend. I’ll see what I manage. The whole department got into very animated discussion about where I should go this weekend and how I should get there. I’d better not disappoint them.