I have been living in the US for long but still feel awkward to work on Jan 2nd and 3rd which are still holidays back home. I have really thought about working on Christmas and taking day offs on Jan 2 & 3rd instead. But my boss knows how slow things are over Christmas - most of our clients are Europeans. I suppose he won't buy it.
Things have been quite slow. I have let one guy at reservations go home early, who worked over post Christmas weekend. This morning, I chatted with a friend who just came back from China as part of his MBA program. After his hard study works while dealing with all sorts of stress such as a language barrier, I am glad that he has been enjoying his time in Vegas. He well deserves it. And also chatted with my friend in Cedar City this afternoon quite a bit. I know... it was in the middle of work hours but I did what I was supposed to do for work and I did the fun chats between so all is justifiable, I think. I have been having a bad headache all day. All alcohol and sugar I have consumed over the holidays finally decided to flow in the blood stream, I suppose. Or am I allergic for créme de marrons - if you have never had it, it is worth trying it. It is like Nutella without chocolate kick. One of guilty pleasures I do once in a while (more often than I should). I am 37, not in 20's anymore... I really need to watch for what I am putting in my mouth but as a guy who loves to eat and cook, it is the hardest thing to do. I got 5 more cookbooks - there are so many more I would like to try.
Over this holiday season, one of the biggest news was that my friend in LA who is in the same industry was getting married. I only have a handful of Japanese friends here. Among them, I consider him as my closest Japanese friend. He is a year older than I am - somewhat I feel like I am close to him than to my real brother. We have met through one of tourism trade shows years back. Sweet man with a good heart. We used to travel togther once a year to get away from work, b*tch about works & colleagues etc. Being able to speak Japanese all day when we travel - it is such a luxurious thing to do for me. Anyway, but I didn't know about his marriage until last week. It sounded like this thing has been going on for over a year! We both had dropped off the face of the planet or what. I was feeling that there was something going on but I didn't expect it to be a marriage. What a great surprise. I don't want to be too nosy so there is no details not asked yet but I get as excited as he is when I think about it. When the wedding will be, what he wants for a gift, where they are going for honeymoon (this is sort of occupantional concern lol). So Rocky (his nickname, that is) - we all your friends are looking forward to receiving more details really soon. Otherwise, all sort of rumors will be around - not good for your future wife if she is in the same industry. Be prepared! :).
