Things are starting to move now...

I took (and finished) one of my classes, which was a three day long management simulation. It was very interesting and I learned a lot about business and also about the very different styles of management that exist worldwide. When I realized that my American focus on making money for our shareholders was considered completely unimportant by our Japanese group member, it really threw me for a loop.

I've been listening to more music than I normally do. As you know from an earlier post, Bruce has been prominent in the mix. As usual I have also been listening to a lot of Weezer. Rivers Cuomo, their lead singer, was known for dating only Asian women before he found and married a Japanese woman. A lot of their songs reflect his obsession, most notably El Scorcho which leads off:

God-damn you half-Japanese girls, you do it to me every time.

Spending some time in Japan, it's not hard to see his point. The women here are very attractive, very petite, very thin. The only weak spot I've seen so far is the apparant British disregard for dental hygiene which pops up from time to time. I find it very strange that in Japan, a place where they have worked out the details of everything, someone forgot to flourinate the water.

So at least there are pretty women to look. Which is nice.