Saturday morning Chie and I went to Tokorozawa after a long sleep-in. The ride there was uneventful.
As usual we had tea and some Japanese sweets when we arrived in Tokorozawa. Before dinner I had a long walk with Coco. 25 degrees and a light breeze. It was really nice. Like a warm Swedish summer night.
After the walk Coco was so tired he just slept in Chie’s lap the rest of the evening.
We had invited Andreas and Martin for dinner at home tonight. Martin could not make it since he had a meeting until 8:30 pm. But Andreas could make it and we had shabu-shabu. We ate and talked until well past 11 pm.
Once the last grappa glass was empty Andreas went home. Chie went to bed. And I went to work… Well, not work work but I went to work cleaning up after the dinner. It is kind of my duty since Chie usually, like today, do most of the preparation of the dinners 😛
Today we had an All-hands meeting where the top managers of the company present ongoing initiatives, budget, directives etc. Usually this is carried out by the local top managers.
Today, however, we had two prominent visitors. The old president Komiyama-san and the new president Bert Nordberg. While Komiyama-san reflected over the past (natural when you are resigning perhaps) Bert Nordberg was reflecting over the future with some messages about why and how we are moving forward. The best All-hands meeting I attended so far.
At around 2 pm Chie and I started to get ready for the party at Oliver’s. BBQ starting at around 5 pm in Sanno. We spent some time in Ebisu picking up wines and some cheese to bring with us.
Once we arrived at the house Oliver was no awake to great us, nor was his dad. Only his mother Jean was awake to great us. I think Oliver and his dad had a good excuse to take a nap. Oliver is 9 months old and his dad got back from a business trip to Sweden the same day.
But once Oliver woke up the party could start. Though at first he looked quite surprised finding all the people there. At his home.
Chie was dancing with him almost the whole night long. While the few times I had a chance to play with him we played Superman. He seemed to like dancing with Chie more… So would I 🙂
Researcher in Sweden and Italy has for the past 10 years worked on a prosthetic hand that “can feel”.