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Bid-rigging

Yesterday, I attended a dinner meeting of an association of Japanese travel agencies in Los Angeles. We discussed how to increase the nu...
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May 22nd 2013 20:58
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How to Scold a Subordinate

I’m not good at scolding my subordinates. I tend to get emotional during scolding them. I found an article about how to scold subordin...
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May 21st 2013 22:05
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Hairdresser

I had my hair cut yesterday. I went to a different hairsalon from the usual salon for no particular reason. There are two hairsalons ne...
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May 20th 2013 20:26
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Cabbage White

Yesterday, my son brought back home an egg of butterfly on a leaf from school. He studied the life of a butterfly at school. His teache...
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May 19th 2013 20:57
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Organization

A company’s management plan should be connected to the division’s management plan. And employees’ target should be made being based on t...
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May 18th 2013 20:41
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Deadline

Yesterday, I asked my subordinate about progress situation of the job which I had assigned to her one month ago. The due date is today. ...
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May 17th 2013 22:32
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Comfort Women

Yesterday, I knew that Osaka Mayor, Mr. Hashimoto said that Japanese military’s barbarism which forced Asian women to prostitute for them...
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May 16th 2013 20:05
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Non-Perishable Boiled Egg

My wife bought a pack of hard boiled eggs at Costco. The package says that its expiration date is two month ahead. It is not a vacuumed...
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May 16th 2013 09:49
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Petersen Automotive Museum

Last Saturday, our family went to the Petersen automotive museum. Before visiting, I checked a discount coupon on the web and found the ...
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May 14th 2013 20:57
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Carnival Plant

Our family went to the page museum which we visited one month ago. When we visited the museum last time, my older son wanted to buy a ca...
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May 13th 2013 20:01
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I Failed The Exam

Yesterday, I took an exam for Certified Meeting Planner which I had studied for more than one year. After the 4 hour online exam at a te...
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May 12th 2013 19:29
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Baby Shower

Yesterday, we held a small party at the office for our colleague who will take maternity leave since next week. We celebrated her childb...
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May 12th 2013 10:43
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Translation Service

I ordered a company which I had found in the internet to translate a Japanese document of my company into English. I’m too busy in this ...
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May 10th 2013 21:54
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American Breakfast

My colleague in my office asked me to book a hotel in Paris for his friend, because I used to work in Paris branch. I called an ex-colle...
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May 09th 2013 20:57
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Night Flight

My wife and I talked about summer vacation of her and our sons. They will go back to Japan at the end of next month and spent one month ...
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May 08th 2013 22:12
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Japanese-English word

Yesterday, I learned that “ramune” which is a carbonated soft drink in Japan is originated from lemonade in the US. In Japanese, lemonad...
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May 07th 2013 20:25
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Englishman in New York

Yesterday, I went to a coffee shop to study for an exam on next Saturday. I had not been able to concentrate on the study at home becaus...
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May 06th 2013 22:21
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I like crab, but I don’t want to be served crab like this.

I found an interesting picture on the web. The title is “I like crab, but I don’t want to be served crab like this.” Me,too. From the ...
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May 05th 2013 22:28
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Ship My Pants

Commercial of Kmart causes a controversial. Kmart offers to ship their products for free. The cast repeats to say "ship my pants. ...
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May 04th 2013 19:33
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Strange Habit

Every day, I face the screen of the computer for a long time. It makes my eyes tired. I often squeeze my eyes tightly to stretch the mu...
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May 03rd 2013 20:28
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