It’s been a year since I came to work in Japan. To be honest, I don’t know what to write and where to start with. There are just so many things going on during this one year. I wanted to do this before I forget though. I’ll just gonna write whatever comes to my mind then.
I’m sitting here in my room drinking Iced Chocolate. There is a water bill on my table. I have dishes in the sink waiting for me to wash. Tomorrow I will go hiking in the mountain for the 4th time in Japan. It’s Autumn now and It’s getting cold again.
I have been moved to 3 different teams in the company now. I started in a development team, then went on the training for 2 months. After that, I was assigned to infrastructure team and now I’m in research team doing machine learning.
When I meet someone for the first time, they would say my Japanese is amazing. But if they know me a bit, they will know how terrible I am at learning Japanese.
I start my work everyday by taking out the trash and do office cleaning as it’s a role for new employee. I love to talk to foreigners in the company, there are just so many countries to learn about. I feel relax when I can speak English, not my broken Japanese.
I ride a bike to work and I love it. I take the train on rainy days. Sometimes I feel like Japanese people on the train during rush hour are as crazy as drivers in Bangkok.
I love cooking during weekend but now I’m running out of the menu. I hate doing grocery shopping every week. I just don’t know what I want to cook in the future.
I like to go to tech events. The innovation and design here in Japan are perfect match. The community are amazing. Everything you found on Stack Overflow you can find its Japanese version in Qiita.
I feel that I change a lot even I don’t know how. I try to do things I’ve never done. I pushed myself to the place I’ve never go. I enjoy simple thing and I learn to be patient.
Sometimes I blame culture for things I don’t like, but now I’m realized that I was wrong. Everybody is different. Even they are in the same country same nationality, they have come from so many different backgrounds. Blaming on culture itself is just too negative and narrow minded.
Working in a big company, there are a lot of inertia. I complain a lot and I figure out that it’s useless unless you do something about it. It’s also the first time for me to work full-time in a company. I often forget how immature I am.
Japan is a unique country. It’s a mix of technology, old tradition and nature. Many people chase their dream to come here while many people living here want to go abroad. For me, it’s too early to tell but I believe there are still more for me to explore.
