In the beginning was the Word

"Each one of us stands with great potential. 

If there was something on our way, 

it must be our laziness, or

lack of creativity, courage and effort. 

We should live up our own lives,

and fully embrace the 'edge', 

that is unique to individual."   

- Daisuke Iwase

"Apollo reached to the moon because it meant to be.

It didn't get there by improving airplanes." 

- Hiroshi Mikitani

 " I am not a genius.

Because,

I can explain how I hit it and get on the base."  

- Ichiro Suzuki

"May 'Hard' be 'Easy'.  

'Easy' be 'Deep'.

'Deep' be 'Funny'.

'Funny' be 'Serious'.

'Serious' be 'Humorous'.

And 'Humorous' be extremely humorous."

- Hisashi Inoue 

Work-Life Balance in Japan

Working in Japan is often referred as mere a attraction, besides its economical stability.

People work longer hours than any other countries on this planet, and

they work for incredibly detailed "quality" (let us call it). 

Although it depends on industries and firms of which you work for, 

people work generally 10-12 hours or more. It tends to evaluate the someone's work

by the length of hours worked instead of the content itself.

Cultural background (of self-sacrifice) has something to do with it, maybe.

However, when you look at the data, Japan is not so much of "the hard-working" country.

This article explains how intense the work situation is in South-Korea.

And it seems to have very similar characteristics of "old" Japanese work-environment.

I used to think, that Japan's work environment is bad. Yet given the statistics,
it may not be true. Of course, it does not make it easy by any means. 

I have seen so many westerners who work harder than Japanese.

As Sheryl Sandberg's article suggested (she leaves the office at 5:30), 

it is not easy for people to walk out of office early anywhere anyhow 

(you have to make up for it, if you want to stay or go up).

One thing that I can ask for Japan's work environment is that to open up doors to young workers.

In Japan, where society is well-structured and seniority is the main factor to determine the position in any organization,

it is very rare to get a responsible position (e.g. manager, director etc) in 20's or even 30's.

In a traditional organization, most of C-level slots are filled with50 to 60 year old veterans. And those traditional firms are often the first runner in the industry.

Perhaps this is a good way of managing a matured organization, but leaves a very little space for younger generations. 

Overall, I would like to summarize that 
work-life balance in Japan is not solely bad; it is stable and there are options.
However, it is extremely hard for young generation to find a space where
he/she can fully explore the potential to become a leader. 


The risk of becoming a leader in Japan will be described in upcoming entry.


Cheers!

My Commitment to Drive Change

As a business person, I am constantly feeling the pressure of making an impact.

An impact that benefits my organization and hopefully, contributes to make the world a better place.

At any level, or any kind of the impact-making activity requires a change.

A change that most of us refuse to make, sometimes. 

Because sometimes we find ourselves being very busy and skeptical to perform the change. 

It is often ironic that change most likely to happen in where it is least required, vice versa. 

While we praise a change, we, at the bottom of our heart, hate change. 

We want to stay, make things same forever and ever. 

Driving change is tough. 

Given the fact that people tend to hate the change, 

change-drivers often face "chicken or egg" problem.

If change-driver says, "folks, let's make this change happen before it's too late", 

people asks "by when shall we make this change, and...do we REALLY NEED THIS CHANGE? Can we not

wait until the situation gets more clearer?".

People finds a thousand reasons not to do it, while find zero reason to execute it immediately. 

Why? - why not?

There may be billion reasons for people to behave in such manner yet the truth is, 

"this is something that great leaders in history have had and will have in future".

No matter what, the leadership is an essential element when executing the change.

Whether it is big or small, I am committed to drive change.

Because I promised myself to be a leader. 

Because I promised myself not to be an outsider. 

Because I promised myself to make a difference. 

I feel alive when leading a team.
However, does it have to be me?
Do I have to be a leader?
If so, why me?


There are three imperatives to become a leader.


The very first imperative is, a will.
A leader must have something that he/she wants or has to do.
You can't just be a leader not doing anything.


Second, a leader must be able to perform the change.
This means that a leader should gather whatever it is needed to make the change.
If you need people, find and make them do it.
If you need an equipment, find someone/something to procure it.
Leader must be a do-er.


Finally, a leader must be a realist.
What it means, is that a leader must understands well of the risks and expectation
as well as communicating effectively to colleagues while operating the change.
You can't be a dreamer if you want to be a leader.


This entry is my commencement letter.
I am committed to drive change.  

2012 Resolution

A bit late but never too late,,,

Here are my resolutions for 2012.

Resolution 1. Get in Shape

I need to lose weight...haha, it may sound silly but it is true. 

After a series of over work-work and school-work, my weight grows as ever. 

I can not remember the last time I attended my weekend routine sports activity with my friends.

Resolution 2. Get Into Programming

I no longer wish to lie to myself. 

Programming is becoming more important as ever, both in my work-work and school-work.

I studied math late last year, which allowed me to get used to terminology and expertises in technology.

Programming is hard, especially when creating something out of scratch or when given a certain set of source code

to analyze the bug. 

働きながら、社会を変える。

金融機関に勤める著者は、週末や平日の夜などを利用して
貧困をなくすために立ち上がる。
業務で活かした金融やビジネスの専門スキルを活かし、カンボジアの貧しい村へ
小口融資を行ったり、児童介護施設を改善するために活動する。

彼を突き動かしたのは、"2.4%"という数字と、
ネットなどによるコミュニケーションの（以前と比べて）圧倒的な利便さ、
そして、誰よりも熱いパッションだった。

"2.4%"という数字
経済学者によると、

「極度の貧困を持続可能な形で終わらせるために必要な年間支出は、
先進国の人々の所得2.4%」

だという。これが小さいようで大きな数字だ。
例えば年収一千万円の人が、年間24万円も寄付をするだろうか？
年収500万円の人は12万円寄付する？
この記事（http://jp.blogs.com/2010/03/tax.html）によると
一般的なサラリーマンは、年収に対して約12％の税を納めている
わけだけど、（個人の善意にもよるが）2.4%って、
小さいようで大きい額だ。また、国家の単位になると、
個人で賄うには到底及ばない。
孫さんが100億寄付したとかで話題になったが、
日本の全員の所得の2.4%は流石に1人で負担することは出来ないだろう。
だが、多くの人に賛同してもらえれば、何とかなるかもしれない。
そんな希望を抱くのには十分な数字だといえる。

ネットの利便性
Eメールも、電話も、24時間タダで使えるし、電話会議をする為の
ウェブアプリケーションなどもあるから、実際に一箇所に集まらなくても
打合せ、個人作業は出来るようになった昨今。
こうした利点をフルに活用し、若くて優秀な著者やその仲間たちのような
ビジネスパーソンは、本業の傍ら活動していた。
生産的に、且つ、本業の専門知識を活かして、効率よく
プロのクオリティのものを。
メンバーも、金融、IT,　コンサルタント、など様々。
まるで、一つの会社のよう。
こうして「バーチャル・カンパニー」ともいえるNPOが生まれたのだった。

誰よりも熱いパッション
「もし誰も手伝ってくれなくても自分ひとりでやる」
本書の最後に書かれていたが、激務で知られる外資系金融機関に勤める傍ら
こうした社会貢献をするのには、誰よりも熱いパッションがあるからだ。
在日韓国人である著者。高校卒業するとき、家庭の事情で
大学へ進学できない友人の姿を見て、自分が人一倍頑張ろう
と決意したと書いてあった。思わず、胸が熱くなってしまった。
ニートをしていた時期もあったという。

自分を照らし合わせてみた。同じ思いは、ある。
でも、僕に何ができるだろう？
最後に、貧困という問題が、日本という先進国でも身近にあるということ、
そして、更に深い問題があるのだと考えさせられた言葉を引用する。


「だれからも必要とされず、だれからも愛されていないという心の貧しさ。
物質的な貧しさに比べ、心の貧しさは深刻です。
心の貧しさこそ、一切れのパンの飢えよりも、もっともっと貧しいことだと思います。」
マザー・テレサ

Act Like U Want It

Recently I have been busy mentally.

By mentally, I mean literally the mind of my own, but it is not like

I have been in sick or something. Just, my mind is busy. 

With school-work, work-work, and some other stuff. 

My master program will approaching to the term-end although my dissertation thesis 

has not been developed sufficiently. 

"Topic is tough. I have no time. "

Everyday, the thought comes upon my mind. 

Then I recite this statement like mantra to fight back.

"for all the problems that human being has created, there must be a humanistic solution!"

I have more than one challenge to attend this graduate program.

First of all, I have full-time job at a very fast-changing manufacturing company. 

I work at an HDD manufacturing company. And this is a very fast-changing industry.

Second of all, the research theme I chose (or given?), is totally out of my academic background.

I gained BA (Bachelor of Arts) with Philosophy major. Now I am researching about

Lithium Ion Battery and Statistics. Give me a break...

I need to try much harder to get the things straight. 

I can't do this. I simply can't. This is crazy. This is not going to anywhere. 

Will I be extending my graduation? No, not a single chance. 

For many reasons, I have to graduate in this spring. It's a must.

Some has asked me why I would do this kind of challenges. 

I have no logical answer. Most people goes to school to get somewhere. 

But I am already here and going to school. 

What will I do? 

Where will I be?

What is it that I have learned? 

Resolves the time. 

One of the greatest things in schooling is that I have more options on above-mentioned 

questions, which you ask for yourself all the time. They are lifetime questions. 

It's an option o do what you really want to do.

It's strength that you can. 

It becomes special as years roll on. 

What to do with your life?

With our limited and equally given life-time?

Authenticity

I found out today that the scariest thing for me in the world is not having authenticity.

I can easily get this trap of self-satisfactory happy fool person that I think I am doing it right

when I am totally wrong. I mean, desperately wrong.

For the worse, when no one is really telling me what the problem is, and I could live it up, 

and continue to be a stranger in this real world. This is really scary. 

I happen to listen to Sheryl Sandberg speech on leadership. 

Sheryl is, without a single doubt, a woman of authenticity. 

Her career track record can be more than perfect and the powerful speech 

really made me think of what the "real" person is.

She even emphasized in the speech on how important true means of communication are.

Meaningful communication, that is all we really need and want except one lives in no one land.

Until today, for past few weeks, I had been living in a sort of "empty" days.

Not enough get up and go. 

Try to motivate myself but not sure which direction I should be headed.

Now, I got this real feeling and I need to accomplish a particular, very specific thing.

It is DIE-HARD. 

But better than nothing, for me. 

Because I stop thinking in terms of "A or B". 

If I do A, I cannot do B. 

It is different now, it's "A and B".

I do A, "and" I do B. 

Isn't it much productive?

I wanna be authentic "and" productive. 

Doing many things does not mean less devotion. 

I pay 100% effort to every single one of them.

Because that is what I chose to do, and I believe authentic people would do the same. 

Mind Map

I have been using mind map on iPad this few months. 

Here is glimpse of my mindmap.

Define Your Own Success

Whatever I do, I need to first define the success. 

In below, I have broken down into three major categories of my own health, time, and money.

Each of them must neatly balance each other, 

I think, and must be enjoyable at any given moment (as much as possible!)

Now, looking at them, I do not have them balanced 

as I have been undergoing extra-activity outside of my own work;graduate diploma.

But look, I am not losing any opportunity of them (so far, yet I do not have "gained" many though).

These days, I have been focusing on a specific goal of success criteria; professional success.

I consider it very highly, and I do hope that I will accomplish many of things in coming decades. 

Yet, I'm still not certain of what kind of things I will be performing best. 

Define my success. That is one thing that I should keep in my mind for next few years.

Delivering Results

How can I deliver results?

What are the "results"? From my past experience, I am not so sure. 

Because I have not gotten any "winning" experience in collaborative environment. 

How can I become a leader?

What are the leadership competencies?

I cannot answer those questions since I have not gotten any. 

Life in a Restaurant

学生時代、随分と長い時間を飲食業で働く事に費やした。

独特の「空間」と「時間」が心地良かったのだと思う。

もっと割の良いバイトはあったし、もっと勉強しておけば良かったと

今になって後悔することもある。

周りでは、NPOをやっている友達はとても成績が良くて、
性格も良い人たちが多く、

ベンチャーなどに関わっている人は、コネがある人が多かった。

天の邪鬼だからかもしれないが、どこか、人と違うことをしなければ、

と意識していたのかもしれない。

散々、お客さんのオーダーを取ったり、
お客さんの食べたいものを作ったりしてきた

自分なのに、いざ、自分の人生で欲しいものとなると、今ひとつ分からずにいた。

分からないなりに努力はした。本を読んだり、人に聞いたり、学校に行ったり。

でも、どんな本を読んでも、どんな偉い人に聞いても、どんな良い学校に行っても、

答えは無いということが分かった。

例えば、良い本を読めば、ある限定された世界における一つの真実が書いてある。

それは前提が変われば真実ではなくなってしまうし、自分のいる環境に常に適用出来るものではない。

偉い人に話を聞けば、その人がどうやって今の地位まで辿り付いたかを知る事は出来る。

だけど、自分がどうやったらそこへ行けるかはまでは教えてくれない。

良い学校に行けば、沢山の良い本や、偉い人に会う事が出来るし、

自分の欲しいものを手に入れるチャンスはグンと高くなる。

だけど、欲しいものが分かっていなかったら、それは手に入れる事は出来ない。

自分は今も、人生という定食屋にいる。

日々、もっと美味しいメニューは無いか探し続けているし、

そのプロセスを楽しもうと心がけている。

きっと、この「楽しむ」という心がけが、欲しいものを手に入れる確率を高める

一番の秘訣なのでは、と考えている。

10 years and 6 month

10 years ago, I was 17 then, and made my first step on the land of liberty.

Never could imagined, I would go through the tragedy after tragedy; from fear of terror to 

country at the state of war. Chain of evil never stop. I cried, and learned, that the world is much bigger than

I thought it was, and there are far more diverse people living in, together at the same time, regardless of

what one might believe in. 

It was tough time. I couldn't speak a word of English back then, and all the news on radio, TV, news papers, streets,

they somehow suggested that it was an urgent state. There wasn't no turning back for that incident. 

Time goes by, and we take granted for the fact that 911 did happen and changed the landscape of our beginning of 21st century.

Back then, I was up all night gathering all the information that I could, trying to understand what was going on. 

Fast forward the clock. It is 2011. And I am in Japan. 

The world is trying to recover from disastrous economical state, one of which caused by Japan's earthquake. 

All of sudden, within few hours, the vast region of northern Japanese properties were significantly damaged, 

and the entire nation was at the state of fear. Some nuclear plants reportedly "leaked" radiation which may have affected

the region. It was dreadful. But heroic activities by government officials, engineers, and professionals have literally 

rescued the nation from the wider and more severe damage by nuclear radiation. 

Sometimes I feel powerless.

Then I start to think, that this is right, I shall remain powerless, but 

let me be the one who "design a system" which could handle/tolerate such power. 

Because after all, it is us human who should be in charge of this huge "system of complexity".
Pray for all, and let us stand strong! Peace!

Random Innovation

Is innovation random? 

WE all tend to think that innovation is written on napkin paper at

coffee shop or bar at the corner. Just as randomly and casually as we wake up every morning.
WE assume those "innovators" are just as innovative as we think they should be.

Well, I guess innovation is too good a word that everyone can not stop thinking
but one thing, miracle. We want to be overwhelmed, aspired, and be fulfilled by 
innovative products, just as much as some miraculous events.

How do we create and operate innovation, then?

There is no formula for this. But the famous PDCA cycle is always
the key to improve the possibilities of innovation.

Think about it. If an innovation is a home-run,
how would you best find a way to gain your possibilities?
























Focusing on Strength

By the time you grow old, or even before that, you are likely to realize that
you are not mighty, moreover, if you are good at one thing, that is just enough to make you happy.

You can be good at only few things.
So don't just be good, be super good. So that others will find you and admire you.

When you become super good at something, then you'll be ready for something
untouchably good, that is,  in other words, something innovative.

Exhausted.

TGIF!

So much work to do this week and so much left for next week still.

I am exhausted but not feeling down.

Muy bien amigo!

She's Thunderstorms

Stretch out. 

Try as much as you can, more than you can imagine. 

Until you find yourself growing, suffering, challenging and pushing the boundaries of 

your understanding. 

Beyond your comprehension. 

Don't assume everything you see is true. 

Don't think that the way you feel is always right. 

Exposing potential to the world, 

is a series of relentless processes of questioning. 

On how you can best serve the deed of this one little crazy world. 

It is a journey to both physical and mental frontiers. 

Choose well of what you accompany with. 

Find the right woman, and love her the best you can. 

Love her, more than that you love yourself. 

After all, that is the man's worth. 

How much you can make her happy. 

Rain or shine, she's thunderstorms. 

All Elementary

Finally, today, I (or the team, or more precisely my colleagues) have finished up

our 2-year project of corporate transformation project.

It wasn't easy at all. I never experienced such a long project. 

I started going to a graduate school at the middle and became extremely busy.

I finally had to give up some of my parts that I have been engaging in, to somebody else, 

in order to concentrate my studies. 

It wasn't all happy at all. You bet. 

Sorry to be so dramatic. But it is all true. 

Sometimes, life is just too hard and you are so busy dealing with stuffs that are no much of any use. 

I learned that it is all about managing oneself and other. 

You can be the best writer in the world, but you still miss the deadline or failed to communicate with 

your editor, your work will never be out in public.

I am just thinking out loud, all these stuff are just elementary.

Do your job on time, communicate with team members, maintain your health physically and mentally. 

I have been doing for a long long time since I was 1st grade (or maybe a bit later, haha).

Back to basics. 

Basics are the bests. 

Self-destructive?

Recently I watched a film where I encountered the term "self-destructive"...

The word kind of lingered on me for a while since I have a tendency to, I guess.

One of my all-time favorite musician is Nirvana, a band which had a vocalist/songwriter committed 

suicide after drug overdose. 

Although I do not admire negative side of the band (committing suicide, doing drugs etc), 

I must admit that I was deeply influenced and even started my little band in my teen age years. 

Or, the friends I hanged around with. For better or worse, kids with similar interests tend to 

become friends. Being a fan of Nirvana and such, I had been and I guess I still am interested in 

"edgy" "cool" people, who do not seem to obey the authority. They are like astronauts. 

The heaviness of gravity doesn't apply to them. The days were like bubbles. 

I always like the term "liberty" and the idea has pushed me to follow the path that I am walking. 

And no matter what, I won't feel any better as I sit in office writing my dissertation on Friday night. 

Some people say "self-destructive". 

But I see myself in a different view. 

"There is a whole lot of opportunity that lies in the outside world. 

If you have a ticket, why not jump into the field and find the goldmine?"

If you depend on somebody for something, you are likely to be bounded by such things, 

regardless of what you are getting. 

Life is a trade-off. I do not criticize them. 

But I am not self-destructive. 

I am, just like anybody, trading-off the chances and risks for my living.

Runnin'

What I neglect the most is to run.
To run, I mean that to try, to push harder, and to
extend my boundaries.
Most likely I end up staying at my comfort zone.

Life is short.
You can only engage in few things.
As a matter of fact, if you can be good at in one thing
-only even one-
you are most likely to be happy and satisfied in life.
You may choose the job that is the one.
You may choose else.
It is ok as long as you know what you are doing and
know where you are at.

I am not trying to preach or anything here.
Just expressing my thoughts.
I have not done anything in life...
But that even excites me.
So that I can keep lookin'
and keep runnin'.

I guess the key take away is that,
I need to step further, a step away,
from my comfort zone.
That usually keeps for long long time.
Keep it movin'


and runnin'

大聖堂を建てる

「何百年に一度の事態」
百年に一度の金融危機、そして何百年に一度の大震災。
日本は文字通り、未曾有の危機にさらされている。
更には、「失われた10年」と呼ばれる、
経済的に先行き不透明な時代。
昨今の就職難にあって、多くの若者が、
心落ち着かぬ日々を過ごしている。そして、、


私はといえば、幸いにして、
会社に務めながら、大学院にて学びを修めるという
幸運な状況を与えられている。


お金を貯めて、いつか起業ができればいい、そんな風に
考えていた。しかし、このような事態に直面し、
自分の中で何かが変わり始めている。
期単位の売上目標などを追いかけるだけではなく、
自分にとって本当に価値のあると思えるような、
でっかい仕事がしたい。そんな風に考えるようになった。


「大聖堂を立てる仕事」
さて、ここで、私が、「大聖堂」と呼ぶものは何だろうか。


それは、スペインはバルセロナに未だ建設中である
サグラダファミリアのようなものだ。
それは、作り始めてから、100年以上経ってもまだ作り続けている、
そんな壮大な建造物だ。
それは、作り始めた本人が完成形を
目にする事が出来ないかもしれないような壮大な仕事だ。


青臭いと言われても構わない。
自分が関わっている仕事に、それだけの価値が
あると感じれたら、どれだけ人生が豊かになるだろう。


「Life is about connecting the dots」
スティーブ・ジョブズは、こう話している。


" Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."


(水口の勝手な意訳:
人生の点と点は、前もって線でつなげられるものではない。
振り返ってみて初めて繋ぐ事ができる。
だから、この点が未来に繋がるものだと信じるしかない。
人は何かしら信じるものだ。
根性論、運命論、輪廻転生、それが何であれ。
このアプローチに私は騙された事はない。
この方法で私は違いを生み出してきた。)


自分は大きな大聖堂を立てたい。
その設計図は、今から準備して書いておく事が出来る。
ただ、完成形は設計図を超えた所にあるかもしれない。
何が起こるかわからないのが人生であり、
僕に出来るのは一瞬一瞬が未来に繋がっているのを信じることだ。
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復興

震災直後

震災から２ヶ月。この間に自分に起こったことについて後学の為に

少し整理しておきたい。

震災が起きてからしばらくは頭がぼーっとしていた。

地震の次の日に、研究の中間発表が予定されていて、その発表資料の為に

連日夜なべしてせっせと頑張っていたから、
正直、（地震により延期が発表されて）

「あーこれで、やっと寝れる！」なんて不謹慎にも思っていた。

幸運にも、自分の親しい友人や家族には被災者はいなかったが、

すぐに、自分が何か出来ることはないか、
インターネットを通じて探してみた。

実際に現地に行くことは難しい。
募金にも個人で、そして私のような若者が出来る額はたかがしれている。

物資に関しても、一体何を送れば喜んでもらえるのかすらわからない。

「ほんと俺って役立たずなのなー」なんて考えていたのだが、

「日本語で発信される情報を現地で（英語やスペイン語に）翻訳する」という

ボランティアが募集されていることを知り、実際にやってみた。

指定されたメールアドレスに連絡すると、翻訳グループのメーリングリストに

登録されたとのこと。

それから毎朝「この文を翻訳してくださる人いらっしっしゃいませんか〜」

との呼びかけがメールボックスに届いた。

仕事と学業の二足のわらじをはく自分も、

何か人の役にたてることがあると思うと、

寝る間も惜しんでせっせと翻訳をしたりした。

復興もすこし落ち着いてきたとのこともあり、

五月に入る前に、このボランティア翻訳グループの活動は停止となったが、

自分が頑張って翻訳した文章が、
少しでも多くのひとの役に立ったら嬉しいなと思う。

WSJの記事によれば、日本の震災復興費用は２０兆円に昇るといわれている。

様々な場面（国内外問わず）で、

政府の、特に内閣府としての対応が悪かったとの声もきく。

国会での討論はねじれ、復旧と復興にむけ、
必要なアクションがとられなくなることが心配だ。
過ぎ去ったことを蒸し返していてはいけない。

復旧と復興

丁度１０年前に起きた９１１と今回の震災で

感じたことは似ている。

アナロジー（相似性）は大きく３つ。

一つは、「人間の命なんて儚いものだ」という感覚。

明日東京に大地震が来たって何も可笑しくない。

だからといって、何も起こらない可能性だって十分にある。

明日で終わりかもしれない感覚と、

明日が何十年も続いていくかもしれない感覚。

人の命の不確実性に儚さを感じた。

もう一つは、自分の本当にやりたいことの再確認。

このような危機的感覚を、９１１以来改めて実感することによって、

自分にまだまだやりたいことがあるということを再認識できた。

そして自分にはまだやれるだけの体力と気力がある事も大きい。

最後に、家族や友人など
人と人とのつながりを痛感したということ。

普段の生活では意識せずにいることなのだろうが、

やはりこうした有事に、人との関わりで学ぶことは多いなあ、と感じた。

９１１のときはアメリカ留学中で、
変化のダイナミズムを肌で感じることが出来た。
しかし、まだ高校生だったこともあってか、
表層的な部分でしか世界を見ることが出来ていなかったように思う。

これから復旧と復興に向けて、しっかりと目を凝らして
自分の出来ることをしっかりとやっていきたいと思っている。

what it takes

I have been trying. 

Trying to get things right. Move things ahead.

Recollect them when they scattered. 

I did it for you. for nothing, but it does not seem to concern 

much of the busy-ness. 

So much of fussing and fighting. 

Well, I thought, it got nothing to worth it, so I stepped back, and

detoured a little. Now it is hard to see, who is doing what for whom. 

But I say this, I will take, whatever it takes. I'll leave nothing out.

So true in feeling. 

Because people say this or that by their meaning.

The definition can be just just interpretation at times. 

I feel that storms are coming. 

Storms in your heart, are blowing against my mind. 

I truly believe that this is rubbish, but heck there it is. 

For everything I have done and I will, 

I take whatever it takes. 

And I know it is coming soon.  

Be noble, young man

So much fuss just to get the record straight.
Now I become one step closer to what I wished to be,
Still remaining shadows and the highest of mountains suffer me.

Get me a glass of beer and I shall calm down.
A fresh week has just started!

No time to be wasted!!!