Being surrounded by a lot of people who’ve never worked for a Japanese company, I find myself in a weird situation when people around me start raising negative stereotypes about them. It’s true that compared to American companies, Japanese companies may appear rather undesirable. They’re known to have relatively low pay, relatively small desks, and…
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Five Years Ago
Five years ago, I was 25, working at Epson in Kagoshima. Hang out mostly with my Japanese friends… Filipino friends in Kagoshima… and Epson office mates… And just to answer all the other questions in the questionnaire that’s going around Friendster, I was semi-bald, had no glasses, no tattoos, no piercings, no car, never been…
October 30, 2000
I was in Nagano Epson Dorm Room 206. Stephen was in Room 202 while Marlon was in Room 203. My photo archives are my treasure.
Silence
Over lunch, a friend asked me which company was more fun. Silence… Epson.
Ego Center
Interests Technology User Interfaces, Device Drivers, Web Applications, Database Systems Creativity Digital Photography, WebPage Design, Karaoke, Piano, Creative Writing Sports Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Badminton, Swimming, Bowling, Cycling, Playstation Languages Programming I’ve done a lot of C/C++, Software Design, Windows Programming and Device Driver Programming but I also have experience in C#, Database Management and…
Farewell, Kuya R
After at least three months with Kuya R, the time has come for him to leave Epson, go the Philippines, get married, move to the States, and start a new life. It is quite unfortunate that he had to go especially now that I’ve just moved to Kagoshima. His departure to the Philippines means that…
My Japanese Welcome Party
My initial idea about Japanese parties is that they are filled with beer, beer, raw fish and more beer. To a point, I’m right but after my welcome party here at ESD Kagoshima, I discovered that there is more to Japanese parties than beer, raw fish and more beer. For my Welcome Party, we went…
My First Week in Kagoshima
This is it… Hello, Kagoshima! Before going to Kagoshima, my friends would tease me that during the winter, I would “lava ski” instead of “snow ski.” That could very well be true because Sakurajima, an active volcano, is just to the right of the city across Kinko Bay. And what better way to welcome a…
Seiko-Epson General Orientation
On Wednesday this week, we took part in this orientation offered by Seiko-Epson Corporation to all of its foreign employees and trainees. We, being foreign trainees, automatically qualify for this orientation. The orientation started out with the usual blah blahs and actually, it was quite boring. We were given a brief history of the Seiko-Epson…
Our First Japanese Party
Unlike the previous weeks, there were several important things that happened this week. For one thing, we received our allowance for the month of October last Friday. For another thing, we had our final exam in C++ last Wednesday. But the most important thing that happened this week is that we’ve attended out first Japanese…
On Internet and Emails
This week is like a continuation of the Windows programming lessons we had last week but I’m not going to talk about that. I’ve already done that last week. Rather, I’m going to talk about Internet-ing and Email-ing. Being the Internet fanatic that we are, most of us can’t help but surf the net whenever…
From Japan with Love
As in the previous week, there really is nothing very special about this week. It’s just like any other week of technical training here at the Murai office of Epson Software Development, Inc. Lectures, reports and quizzes in the morning and assignments in the afternoon. At night, we study for our exams the following day…
Enrico in Tokyo 