807 Hoodie

From The Sartorialist

In the utmost coldest weather in this winter, I realized the most important role of hood is to protect our head and face from cold. Hoodie is amazing tool because it can be also stylish, and can hide our face to create a separate world in which we feel somewhat really cozy, only by this very simple structure of a garment just covering our head. It is unlike cap or hat, it feels closer. It limits your scope of your sight and partially turn off the many sound surrounding you. It's odd to say but I feel I can better concentrate to myself when I'm wearing a hoodie. Wouldn't it be fun if companies start to allow us to wear hoodie in our business suits in our business hours?

806 Maison Hermes

Every time I see the statue on the roof top of Maison Hermes, in the morning or in the night, every time I feel uplifting excitement. There they have a statue of a pyrotechnist holding the iconic Hermes scarves in both hands, not a knight on the horse holding two flags as it is often seen. But it does look like flags to celebrate the light path and the person looks like a knight or messenger sent on a fast horse. It actually looks like telling something. It looks always inspiring and mysterious. I wonder the reason of the excitement when I see the flags flapping and whipping  the wind. 

805 I Smile to Your Smile

Before even recognizing it I had decided to be a person who enjoy conversation with other people. Originally I was not outgoing nor sociable type of person. I was a bit shy with strangers. But somehow I learned in the course of growing up that I might be able to own other side. I stopped avoiding talking with new people and learned usually people (not always, though) are ready to be open if I am ready to be. The person may not be my best friend, not be a person whom I can share my view, perspective, vision, sense of value or sense of humor, but it makes sense if the communication is made. I smile when the person are having fun or telling funny stories that is totally amusing to the person, even if I find it not that funny. I smile not because the person or his/her story is funny enough, but because I'm happy about seeing the person is enjoying and having a good time. 

804 Hashtag

I think whatever I think of about digital technology might most likely be already realized in somewhere, but this is not about technology. This is about business tools. We must see a lot of, tons of emails every day. How about, all the emails in our business lives should be labeled with one or more hashtags before being sent to the recipient? It's nothing tricky. All we have to do is to put some hashtags on the email we are about to send, such as "project silver" tag and "not so urgent" or "you mush reply" or "it's a good news". etc. Your Gmail or Outlook will show the subject, date, sender, attached file, or size, but before everything the hashtags (in a very lean and smart way I'd like to imagine) so that you will be certainly able and comfortable to prioritize every single email you get. I'm sure it's not technology but protocol. 

803 The Last Jedi

Usually I don't write about movie that I don't like much, but this time this is different. Star Wars The Last Jedi received so mixed reputation. As one of the true fans of the saga, I don't think I like it. The reason is simple, this is not the Star Wars universe we adored and believed. I would welcome bold challenges but destruction of the myth and legend in this movie is not justified in the way it is trying to push the boundaries. I will not strongly dislike this work, but feel strongly this is my official farewell to the new generation of Star Wars. This just doesn't feel like the universe of long time ago in the galaxy far far away, which was full of imagination, humor, spirit, sensitivity and creativity like these.

802 When They Were Young

My parents were both working in 1960's. They worked at PR agency and music publisher. Now I get older than the age of their days in 60's and just wonder how they looked like and lived as professionals. I wonder how it is like to work with them when they were young. I don't mean I want to see them in younger age, but rather I want to know how they acted, spoke and communicated as business person. I used to see them in the sole role I know - my parents - but I had their own different role in society and their own world independent from their family lives, the life as wife and husband with kids. Can I make friends with them if I meet them in 60's?  
   　　

801 Happy Flight

On New Year's Day we call, send text or post message on social media, to family and friends. In any style, it would be own way of celebrating the start of new year. I usually don't join the countdown party and go to sleep long before the midnight. Instead of sharing the delight of the very moment, I prefer (when it's possible) getting up really early in the morning of January 1st and take the early flight to catch the first sunlight in the airport or in the sky. To me nothing is more exciting to welcome the new year in the dawn light, in the airplane about to take off into the bright sky.