A former teammate dropped by to say hi and mentioned that it was his last day as a regular employee because he had reached the official retirement age in Japan, which is sixty. However, he isn’t retiring yet—he will remain with the company under a different employment status through the reemployment programs designed for people…
Tag: retirement
My Boring Summer Vacation
As a company policy, we are required to take summer leaves before the end of September. I scheduled mine this week though I didn’t really make travel plans because my wife had to work and it was only me on vacation. So for one week, I got to experience life without work … all by…
Joanna of Vienna
We Filipinos are very good in recognizing other Filipinos wherever we are in the world. We know it immediately even without saying or hearing a word. We can tell by the way we smile, or the way we make eye contact. We just know. And once we make a positive identification, a simple “kumusta po?”…
Rich Rico, Poor Rico
I was having this discussion with a friend on who is more likely to succeed – an employee or an entrepreneur. To get more insight, I tried to look for people I actually know and see who are successful and try learn from their example. Among people at work, the most successful are the employees…
Oldie Tennis
Yesterday I attended a tennis class, where the participants were mostly old people in their retirement years. I guess this is the target market for noontime weekday classes. Even the coaches were older than usual. They would always refer to me as the young one… which in this particular situation makes sense even if I…
Enrico in Tokyo 