Below are the 4 most recent journal entries recorded in クMAコUジ's LiveJournal:

Thursday, January 1st, 2015
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
12:21 am	無０３ Meeting Necessity I never gave up graphic design in pursuit of more money. I gave it up because my creative drive is wholly incompatible with the nature of working to satisfy needs -- The former being spontaneous and sporadic, the latter being regular and constant. I'd like to work as a translator but my Japanese isn't of a high enough standard. My only other option was to look elsewhere and see what was available to me. I'm convinced I'll find most work to be drudge, so why not take on an occupation that's going to earn me a nice amount of money? Sales it was, and is. I intend to spend a few hours each weekday improving my Japanese. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 12th, 2008
2:57 pm	無０２ Blackbird A young girl came in for work experience at our office. She was very quiet for the most part. She spoke little, occasionally telling us about herself. She plays in a band and wants to be an architect. On the last friday of her work experience, she brought in her acoustic guitar. She sat in the corner of our office, gently plucking the strings to tune it whilst we carried on with our work. Near the end of the day before she left we asked her to perform. She played the Beatles' folk song 'Blackbird'. It was a slightly hesitant and shy performance, nevertheless it was moving. After she'd finished her performance she packed up her things and left. We all got back to work. I don't think I've felt as alienated by my job as I did that day. (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
1:01 am	無０１ Adapting to a new job It's the second month of my job in the corporate world of sales. My first week there was hard. Being faced with the potential prospect of years of office work filled me with apprehension. I was standing in the rain after work. "This is it". My heart sank. Two months on and I'm more settled and accepting of the situation. The hardest thing for me to adapt to was the hierarchy. Working in an office is much more machiavellian than I expected. My boss pays my wages; an imbalance of power that inevitably leads to the employee being unable to fully express his opinions and qualms for fear that contradicting or antagonising the boss could endanger his livelihood. Office politics. Our tiny office compounds the situation at times. (2 Comments |Comment on this)