
"Shiori, how was the meeting last night." In the morning Okaa-san(Mother) asked me. I eagerly picked up the omelets, fish and miso soup he made for me. Staying with Mom means a healthy and delicious breakfast.
"Hmm can't expect Mama." I used to call Okaa-san Mama from childhood.
"He ran away before dinner was over. I just introduced myself as I was."
The patient mother looked at me with a sad look. I embrace.
"Mama, it's okay. Don't sad. Maybe I'll find her later anyway I'm happy here, my job is fine."
"Maybe Richard is still waiting for you Shiori."
"This mom's been over seven years. Why is he waiting for me. He's got a life of his own." When I decided to leave NY, I had a boyfriend. I thought maybe we weren't partners, because I had to go back to Tokyo. I have long tried to forget it.
"Are you sure? Have you ever called her?"
"Mama, it's far behind. There's no point thinking about that anymore. Family is no guarantee of happiness. I've decided here. Don't listen to what anyone else says."
We've been through this. It's not a problem for me to be single if I don't meet the right people, I don't think marriage is everything.
"I'm going Mama. Thank you for breakfast."
Dad goes jogging every morning. He's a disciplined person for this one, so every morning I just say goodbye to Mama.
"alright. Go home when your business is done, don't go home too late." Mama doesn't like me coming home late, even though it's a commendable habit of workers here.
Fortunately the boss who leads us now also has the same opinion, there is no point in depressed and exhausted workers coming to the office. Finish your job quickly, right, and make sure you've completed your responsibilities, rest and join your family, come back tomorrow with a clear mind. Employees of other corporate offices in our building are sometimes jealous of the freedom of home hours we have.
Like my old place, they force their employees to take 15 days off every year. They make sure their employees get enough vacation after working hard. Mr. Akada, our chief director, used to work at Goldman's Sach like me so he applied the same managerial style to us.
"Mr Derrick is ready for Shiori-san's meeting." Ayaka told me to go to the meeting room.
Mr. Derrick Tan, he has a much higher position than anyone here, according to Mr. Akada My First Director, he is one of the eight confidants of Mr. Philip. Regional director, technical terms. I think it's a very big responsibility.
And he's like me, half Japanese, his father's Japanese. But he traveled all over the world. But what's even stranger is that he looks to be in his 30s despite his actual age of almost 50. I was a little surprised by who I was dealing with, obviously he has the genes of youth.
"Mr Tan, I'm Shiori Tanaka, nice to meet you."
"Shiori-san, Mr. Akada said you are handling the investment filing."
"Yes their initial proposal we received a few days ago, we will brief the initial results for a while."
The meeting discussed financial ratios, project viability, investment return, political stability and security and other aspects later. This is a major submission of funding for the construction of a port network in Vietnam. There are many things we need to consider.
"We're going to meet them, I can't give you a recommendation from just a few meetings like her." The long talk is far from being concluded, we just talked about the risks that might occur.
"Yes I understand, we do need to be careful. Until the meeting with the government side later we will see where their commitment is, I am here to help Shiori-san, not our client."
"I'm very grateful for Mr. Tan's assistance. You are more in control of the socio-political and security aspects, I have never been in contact with the Southeast Asian region at all."
"Sure, I've been hanging around there for a long time, that's why I'm here."
"Wandering ..." I laugh at my choices, he said.
"I think Shiori-san is also wandering around in other countries. Your dialect is quite foreign. You're vocal enough for the Japanese."
"My father was a diplomat, I roamed Europe and the US, only when I was almost 30 did I return to Japan again."
"That answers everything."