Back in the country

I have been back since Thursday and it is my third day back at the office. I am slowly getting rid of my jet lag and getting back into my new old job! So happy to see my friends. It is in the middle of monsoon right now, and it has been consistently raining. Humid and sticky but nice to sleep to the sound of rain at night. Just letting you know that I am fine in haste.

Leaving NYC Tomorrow

My three months and a bit in NYC is coming to an end. It was so quick. I am working a full day tomorrow and leaving on a very late flight.

I am 80% packed and most of items on the to do list have been crossed out, such as hair-cut, pedicure, Japanese food grocery shopping, under-wear, espresso maker, toiletry, cosmetics etc etc.

There's a lot that I want to write but I am tired. I am going to bed early as I have to get up early to do one final laundry (unfortunately not at a laundromat anymore, since I moved to a nice building with all the facilities. )

Let's see what adventure will await for me back in the country. In the meantime, I hope I have a nice last day at work.

Photo: Brooklyn bridge

ラストスパート

先週末に、留守中のお友達のアパートに引っ越し。仕事も大詰めで、持って帰る荷物のことや、はたまた違う仕事の面接（プラス３時間の筆記試験お〜の〜）が入ったりして、今週は疲労している。

まだまだ帰る前に、あと一つコンサートに行き、髪も切りたいし、人と会う約束もあるし、借りている村上春樹の長編も読み切らないといけないし、お買い物もしなきゃで目が回っている。

早く飛行機に乗って寝たい！と正直思ってしまう。

今晩は、大好物の飲茶（夕ご飯になんて邪道だけど、NYはさすがに一日中やっている店があるのさ）と更に大好きな海鮮固焼きそばを食べ、違うお店で豆腐デザートまで食した。明日はお寿司。食べ過ぎか？　

Racing with time

I have been working crazy crazy day& night and weekends to finish up my main "deliverable" (such a development term isn't it?). Believe it or not, I do enjoy writing this document with my very poor English writing skills. This particular component of work is quite interesting. This is what I did not get to do at all with my past job with the other UN agency in the field. I enjoy reading about different issues, researching and writing. I could hear my dying brain cells moving and wrinkles expand and shrink (this may be a Japanese expression). I feel like I am back in school writing a thesis, but it is nice to think about theoretical stuff , such as what women's empowerment means and how to measure it!

To be honest, I am a bit scared of getting feedback from another section of the agency whether this is to their satisfaction and if I will make the deadline, which is my flight. However, when this is done, it is going to be printed and distributed to many countries in the world, and this is such a honor to work on things like this. I need all your fingers crossed for this, so that I don't get a bad reputation leaving an incomplete product.

備忘録

More movies that I watched recently:

Midnight in Paris

Blue Valentine

Somewhere

Rabbit Hole

Tony Taketani

Inside Job

Cote d'Azur

The Other Woman

Science of sleep

Tree of Life

Play

Normal Heart

２ドルのヨロコビ

シュークリーム大好き。職場の行き帰りに毎日通るシュークリーム屋さん。日本人のパテシエの人が作っていてカスタードがすごく美味☆