1st day at the office

My first day at the office was a little different. Toshi picked me up in the lobby and we walked to work. I pray that I remember my way in the morning because I am on my own. The walk to the office was interesting, I observed the cars driving on the wrong side of the road. Street signs of houses, trees, and very little English. The streets are clean, not trash, no overflowing trash cans, no cigarette butts on the ground, it was strange to be in such a big city with out seeing such things. Many people were walking the streets, riding bikes in business suits. We arrive to the office, I walk in and everyone turns and smiles. Several nods. They show me my desk and I suddenly realize how hot I am, Not hot as good looking, but hot as in a heat wave, personal summer, hot flash what ever you like to call it. I am not sure if it is from the walk, nerves, or just that the Tokyo office follows the same Temp restrictions as the Ada office but it was a billion degrees in there.


As I am setting up my computer, I begin to notice how quiet it is in the office. I start to get nervous again, because as we all know, I am not a quiet person. I laugh loud, I talk loud, I walk loud, I am loud...I commented to Emily about it and she said that it was cause they are nervous about me being there. She took me to lunch, we had Chinese. Let me just say that Chinese in Japan, is not like Chinese in the US. I was a little discouraged after lunch and was starving again. Note to self, get up early to go to hotel breakfast.... I am very grateful that I have someone going with me to lunch. I can not talk to the servers, I can not read the menus, I would be in a world of hurt. Emily, is so nice and I feel very comfortable with her. She doesn't fully understand me, but she tries. She has a lot of mannerism as Kristine Barr. ( I think my family will only get that Description, it is a girl I went to high school with) It is a combination of her smile and her walk.

Height observations. I can not cross my legs at the desk, I think that I hit my legs trying to do so about 6 times today. I wonder how many times it will take tomorrow. My other goal is to take pictures of the sink in the bathroom, I am not kidding the counter reaches my knees. Seriously, I get a back ache going to the washing hands. Although, the trade off is a heated seat and a bum washer. Hehe it makes me giggle saying that.

Training started out well, will start the One on One training tomorrow. Towards the end of the day, one of the new guys comes up to me and starts to ask. "Do you mind if I open a Window?" I practically cut him off by saying," NO I don't mind at all." After the blessed man opens the window, he comes back over and says to me, If you get cold we can shut it, I assured him that I probably won't. He was my favorite person at the moment, if only I could pronounce his name. Ume, I believe that is what he told me to call him.