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Working Late

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from Kyklops on Mon, Oct 19 2009

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28 May 08 visit Working Late in Tokyo  »  YouTube videoUp in Askasaka Twin Towers, some of the salarymen are burning the midnight oil - well....maybe not midnight, but 11pm-ish.
06 Mar 09 visit ferdinand  »  Adventures In Japan On the last day of February, after days and days of rain, the sun finally came out. Satoshi had a slight cold from working too many late nights and not getting enough sleep, but he followed me to Suigetsu Park to check out the ume/momo (apricot/peach)...
26 Oct 07 visit Friday Flash...The Rabbit Bites The Dust  »  Porcelain Monkey "As a manager my heart is torn by grief about the fact that everyones salaries have been delayed and you are all working right up to the edge of this situation".(Text from one of the faxes from the former CEO Nova Group).So I wake up late this morning...
22 Oct 08 visit Partners in crime  »  Adventures of a Salaryman For one of our ongoing projects we are working together with another company since our products go hand in hand, so we have a common interest in working together. That is all fine and well and something that most people working in a corporate environment...
24 Feb 08 visit Top techie programs change  »  Japan Times
When Kayoko Sugahara started working as a systems engineer 25 years ago, she sometimes stayed in her office late into the night running performance tests on computers, and often went there on weekends to use the computers there. Read the full story . . .
14 Jul 08 visit Rape, robbery and violence  »  Adventures of a Salaryman Sometimes Ms. Sunshine heads over to my lair pretty late at night since her company sometimes makes her work pretty late. Since the area I live in can be pretty dodgy late at night ,and you have to pass through the drinking area among other things, she...

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