Meeting

Irrelevant Photo from Last Night at this curry place.  So 'ono

Today we were allowed to sit in on a meeting about the welfare of the foreigners living in Ehime.  It was a pretty interesting experience, regardless of the fact that I could understand very little of the conversation.  The other people around me seemed pretty interested...

I think the thing I got out of this meeting that was the most valuable to me is that...it wasn't much different from any meeting in America.  I think I usually have this image in my head of a room full of attentive listeners who have almost a super-human capacity to do things well and pay attention and execute all tasks.  I'm not saying people here don't get the job, but here's what I observed.

There were a number of people just looking around, up at the ceiling, staring blankly at the hand out...twiddling their thumbs.  There was even one guy who I'm pretty sure was sleeping (don't you dare buss out the eye joke, I know the difference between looking down and sleeping, thank you) and that was great.  I felt like meetings in Hawaii were up to par with the prestigious image I had of Japanese meetings.

However, I did notice there was little to no small talk on the side...I think in Hawaii we all suffer from podagee syndrome ah?

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