This was my
third time going to a manufacturing site to rescue their IT operations there,
first happened in 2016 in Boronia (Melbourne), second in 2017 in Jurong
(Singapore) and then in 2018 in Imaichi (Japan). While these repeated assignments reassured my capability
in ‘fire-fighting’ a troubled site IT operations, they did also incurred additional
stress on top of my existing role in the company. My assignment in Japan had finally ended in
Apr-2019 when they eventually managed to recruit a new manager to the role and I
could go over to transit the knowledge and duties to him. As usual, this final assignment was generally
‘sweet’ as I could at last offload the additional burden on my shoulders and
transfer the responsibilities.
This final
assignment in Japan had a bonus in it too, it coincided with the Japan Sakura
blossom season! This was my second time
watching this blossom, the last one was more than 20 years ago, where there
wasn’t any digital camera yet. The scenery
was simply enchanting and captivating when I went to Ueno Park and Meguro River.
Nature had such amazing phenomena where all the trees would blossom together,
as if agreeing to a timeline.
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| Sakura at Ueno Park |
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| Sakura at Meguro River |
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| Sakura at Hall of Great Vow |
There was
another strange and pleasant encounter in this trip too, snowing in Utsunomiya! So while entering Spring, I was still able to
experience snowing one night after finishing dinner, it was completely
unexpected, nevertheless interesting and nice.
Unfortunately, it also indicated how the earth’s weather had radically changed
due to global warming.
Finally,
apart from work, there were plenty of dinners for farewell or thank you,
allowing me to escape from dining alone, something I did not enjoy.
As I said, I always like the final assignment trip. 😊
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| Dinner with the site leadership team |
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| Lunch with the IT team in Imaichi |
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| Dinner with Miyuki who helped a lot |
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| Dinner with new IT manager, Misawa-san |
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