Seattle!?

Seattle!?
Originally uploaded by shoko.

I planed to visit my friend at Seattle taking a few-day-off, but unfortunately, at the last moment, I missed the flight. Who could imagine how I was disappointed,,,, then, what am I doing in this weekend? I went to the nearest Home Depot to check out our power products (lawn mower, power cultivator, generator, and so on) on exhibit. It was already fully decorated in X'mas style which excites my heavy heart a little. Anyway, I'm disgusted with what a workaholic girl I became - even the work made me late for flight, still I go to research local market - who is the last person I wanted to be. On the one hand, it seems natural to try to get to know the business I'm in, especially when I just started working, while there's constant fear that I may become a boring person who put working above anything else. The balance is the most difficult for me now.

* to you in seattle*
Sorry about the unrealized visit ;( As for your situation, I think no one in my friend was so confident about his or her choice of the future, so be relax. At least in Japan, there is nothing legally wrong with declination of job offer even after you write "letter of acceptance". It is not so late to rethink your vocation after returning paperwork to the company. Don't narrow your scope, consider as much as available option. Good luck!

MARS

MARS
Originally uploaded by shoko.

Whether you believe or not, I took Mars blinking over the sky. As you know, Mars is one of the nearest planet among the solar system, but in the fall of 2005, it approaches closest to the Earth. In Japan, it is seen in the middle of the sphere in late night, late night when I usually come home after working. (Because of recent increasing interest for information security, all photo I can take in daily life is limited only on my way to work.)
Mysterious neighborhood which has clouds and the seas. As a little astro-geek, I gotta check out the latest studies about the planet.