She asked me to pick 2 “elements” to improve – after our management have sent most of the managers to attend this “Character First” workshop… (of course it doesn’t mean that my boss gave me the 49 characters ask me to pick 2 of them, it’s another list that she defines, or pulled from somewhere else)
I cannot remember the first one I chose (oops!)
But after browsing through the list, I couldn’t pick more… so, I picked an unfamiliar term “Kaizen”…
Then… my boss asked me if I know the meaning… I told her that I don’t…
She laughed at me and said, it’s funny why I choose something that I don’t know…
I explained to her, that’s the reason I chose it, as I don’t know what it’s about and therefore I need to learn… so, she later explained to me, what the word defines…
From dictionary.com:
Main Entry: kaizen
Part of Speech: n
Definition: Japanese for continuous and incremental improvement, a business philosophy about working practices and efficiency; improvement in productivity or performance
Etymology: Japanese 'change for the better'
In a way, I was happy that, I… “naturally” was drawn to something that’s so close to me… ie. “ha~ japan!!”
Haha!!
And all I want to say is… yes, ever since I started watching Japanese Dorama since 1997-8, it’s deeply rooted in me…
(again, let me emphasize on the fact that, it doesn’t mean, I’d want to live in this country… to go there as tourist and enjoy the lifestyle is different as to live there… as an OL… eh!! “stressful” is the name!!)
Compared to all other types of drama that I’ve watched (excluding the CBS, Fox and etc., but Taiwanese Chinese drama, HK Chinese drama, China mainland drama and KOREAN drama) I really can’t pick up the rest, and there’s ONLY ONE type that I’ll fall for…
Taiwanese drama – sometimes, for the sake of watching somebody that I like, for eg. Barbie Xu, I’ll watch, cos, I like her
HK Chinese drama – well, for pure entertainment and no brainer purpose, sometimes, I’ll watch them too….
China mainland drama – frankly… while I was in shanghai, while the apartment that we stayed was just opened and the satellite was not fixed and all that we can get wer all the CCTV1-n numbers, Jiangsu, Su Zhou, and etc. TV… after watching for nearly 1 month, I thought I got stupider…
Korean drama – I tried to pick it up (since almost all my friends told me how nice they were) but I can’t… personally, I have no patience to follow the pace in the show, maybe I picked a wrong one, but… whatever…
Come to my favourite Japanese Drama…
Putting aside the classic love dorama like “long vacation”, or “love generation”
They used to produced very ‘authentic’ and different type of drama, mainly based on manga…
For eg. “Eiji” (感應少年)…
For eg. “saimin” (催眠)
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The list is too long for me to mention…
But most importantly is…
Why I like them so much…
Cos, they’ve many many varieties in their story
Life’s not just about love – like those in Korean drama
Life’s not just about family feud – like those in HK drama (TVB’s hot selling products, as I just finished watching “溏心風暴“ – The Heart of Greed)
Cos, love don’t happen over a period of time like in the drama
Or family does not always have feud or a lot of wealth for you to fight for…
Life can be simple and normal, or lightly and funny, just like those in Japanese dramas ^_^
Sometimes, the main characters, they don’t just fall in love, for the sake of falling in love… I appreciate that…
And family… not all families have THAT MUCH money for anybody to fight for, but rather…
They talk about human nature, human behaviour, like what I’ve posted here (http://choongc.multiply.com/journal/item/273 )
They talk about how to deal with difficulties in life and how to move forward... and how to appreciate what you have…
Anyway… that’s the beauty of it, cos, they’re simple dramas…
For the last 2 seasons, something I strongly recommend…
“Bara nai no Hanaya” (沒有薔薇的花店)
“Last friend” (最後的朋友)
^_^
Of course for me, the other “perks” of watching these dorama are all the cute Japanese guys… (drool!!)
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