Spending the Golden Week in nothingness

I spent my time home as usual, of course. I only went out once to get my groceries done. Spent one of the days painting, and another day staring at 4 rolls of poorly made homemade kimbap while figuring out how I’m supposed to consume all of this before it expires without getting sick of it.

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Work started again two days ago and I was feeling depressed from it. I had to spend half of the day listening to company explanations and the remaining half to stare at my colleague’s faces on the screen while being irritated at them. Apparently, the whole training was supposed to last until June if it weren’t for the pandemic. Now everything is just cut short; a two-week training shortened to just one.

Back to the situation where I’m irritated at my colleagues. Long story short, we were divided into groups for a project where we had to come up with ideas to improve the company. At one point, I was worried because the members of my group were the types that doesn’t really speak. But two weeks in, I found that the situation had flipped and that I’m the one who doesn’t really speak anymore. I gave up to do so.

In university, I did not really have a problem working with different people. Dealing with different ideas and mindset was a fun thing because everyone was open to discussion. However, the same thing can’t be said when it comes to working with Japanese. I’m pretty sure I’m stereotyping, but they mostly prefer not having disruptions. That means, opinions that are too different aren’t really that welcomed. This and the fact that the way I do things are pretty much the opposite from how typical Japanese do just makes the current groupwork activity feel like hell.

Yesterday, I finally gave up on trying to voice my opinion and only spoke when requested to. At one point, I was tempted to just reply with ‘do you really need my opinion?’ but I decided against it because I don’t want to make a drama. I’d rather endure another week and then cut ties once the training ends because I probably won’t meet them again.

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On another note, my pack of Animal Crossing sanrio amiibo cards finally arrived! And I really got lucky because I got all 6 different types in one go! I immediately invited Etoile to move into my island, replacing Olivia. The Kiki & Lala collaboration items has got to be my favorites. The Hello Kitty one is probably my second favorite.

I also finished playing Taisho x Alice the other day. It was kinda dark and depressing but I’m happy I finally got to finish it. I wanted to get another game but I think that will have to be put on hold for awhile.