Well, it is an asian organisation afterall. It comes with no surprise, isn't it? However, i just felt it was a little too much. Come on, gotta move on with times right? Perhaps its due to my background education or experience? I felt that respect NEEDS to be EARNED and not automatically credited by the numbers of years you are in a company or by your age. That is to say, in a typical asian culture, we are suppose to give them DUE RESPECT & not EARNED respect. Of coz, the basic respect must be there but it doesn't mean whatever you do is right and whatever i do is wrong. Because in that case, i don't see why i should respect someone with lousy character or performance or worse still, say remarks that are seriously subjective and hurtful. And guess what...? All these are just ways of pulling ranks and showing so-called power and authority. And what's making it worse is that, juniors don't have the right or power to clear the misjudge. All you can do is to apologise for a mistake which you think you have done nothing wrong and smile. Well, you can argue back and stand up for your own right. But that would make your senior colleagues unhappy. That's what one told me. I was like..inside my heart.."What!?!?" I guess that's just what life is about. Meeting many kinds of people and knowing how to deal with them. For sure, i met some very very very nice senior colleagues who deserves very much my respect. Well, as long as i understand what is wrong and what is right....i think i'm a much better person and above those people who belong to the old school of thoughts. Oops..these are just some of my thoughts as i was chatting to one of the crew on that flight.
And so...off i went to LA and spent a bomb....added a little boost to their economy. hahaha...but its fun to shop over there. The Holister was sooooooooooooooo nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't go sight seeing coz i've already been to Universal Studio and disney land.... i think i should do more research on where to go in LA next time. So that i can curb my spendings there!!! Was busy shopping so i didn't take any pictures. Hahhahaa..too bad!
And then it was Tokyo! My first time! One of the colleague and his local friend, Kae, brought us to the Fish Market near the Tsukiji metro station. It was indeed an eye opener. There all kinds of fish, big, small, weird looking fishes and sea creatures. hahhahah! It was fun! We ate somewhere near there too...where they usually serve FRESH seafood and fish like salmon, tuna and Sashimi. Eh..i seldom take fish...but i have no other choice coz they do not have chicken, mutton or anything meat there. And so they reccommended this grilled or baked Saba fish. I hesitated a while before decided to try. Amazingly...i like it!! It was SOOOO fresh and sweet and delicious!!!!!!!
I went to the Meiji shrine as well. It was pretty much similar to the shrine i went in Narita.
Oh ya...been to Ueno and helped my majesty to look for Arai helmets. It was pretty cheap there!! I think he will ask me to bring back some next time when i go there. Sheeesh!
The next stop i went was to Shinjuku. The shopping area!!!!! As i stepped out of the subway, i was completely lost! Coz the place is big and confusing!!! So many entrances and exits to the main station....each bringing you to a whole new location. Each time i make a turn, i forgot where i was. It was overwhleming. But it was fun exploring alone! Oh yes...and i finally get to eat Ramen in tokyo! I didn't buy much in Japan...mainly coz i felt i had over-spent in LA. Hahahaa...besides, the prices in Japan are in thousands in Yen....and it kinda make me feel "expensive" psychologically. As compared to US, it was like $15USD....$30USD......it looks cheaper...but in fact it is expensive once you convert it. Hahahahaa..
Towards the end of the flight, i really kinda miss home and wish to come back soon.
Now, i'm happy to be back in my safe haven. :P
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