an organizer!
Good evening everyone,
Tonight I had a dinner out with my coworkers and bosses. As I am the youngest in my department, I have an important role to organize the dinner with them. Now I'd like to tell you how I organize the dinner tonight.
It was the high time that we should have had a welcome dinner for the woman who had just joined us(*1). I asked coworkers when they were free and fixed the date. Then I made a reservation for Japanese pub and asked if they could offer us a private room. Most Japanese pubs have some private rooms so that customers can enjoy themselves over nice food and some alcohol. I chose one pub which offered the course menu and all-you-can-drink for 2 hours.
After we came in the room in the pub, I asked the head of my department to say 'Cheers' for us. I was expected to take care what they would like to drink. I should have asked colleagues what they would like to drink BEFORE they finished the drink. However, it was not successful; It was too difficult to handle with 12 people of us!
I asked vice head of my division to say something to the end of our dinner. Most Japanese always clap hands just one time to finish this party. He said 'please help me to finish the party and clap hands together! Yo----------Clap!'. We all clapped our hands just for one time with making big sound! Then finally we finished tha party and I felt very relieved that we made this party finished!!!!
I'd like to tell you what we had tonight.
-taro with wasabi and soy sauce, bakon for starter
-green salad with 'goya' (Okinawan cucumber. popular in summer time)
-pumpkin and fish Tempura
-Small chicken grilled with skewer
-Boilled scallop and potato with wasabi-mayonnaise
-Rice with egg and broiled eel
-mango pudding
Also I had plum wine, sake with oolong tea, beer and oolong tea. My boss liked Sake and Japanese liquer called 'Shochu' from potato! I like plum wine so much, which tastes sweet and a bit heavy. (I strongly need to erase it later as it shows how much I could take alcohol! lol)
By the way, my lovely dictionary said 'clap' meant to make sound with hands. Not 'crap'. I did not know that!
Now it is time for me to go to bed. Good night everyone. Hope you had a good day:)
Best wishes,
Yumi
xxx
*1: I'd love to ask you if you use this phrase and what occasions you use. Because it is VERY popular sentence for English exam in Japan. When I was in high school, I saw this sentense so many times but doubted if it is used by native speakers. I am sorry that I asked you so many times.
Hang Le>You can buy Yukata with 4000yen including the belt, bag and slippers. (It is the cheapest. The more expensive, The nicer it would be.) I saw many foreigners buying those Yukatas in some shops. Hope you'll have nice one soon:)
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Hi Yumi, I didn't think I would be able to read your new post before leaving the office. I've just replied to your previous one. I'm not so used to have dinner with my bosses, except for job's reason. I don't like their company very much. Often my colleagues and I organize dinners or lunches, just to relax ourselves and, why not, criticize our bosses. This is a tipical italian attitude :-). I've to admit that I didn't catch if your dinner organization has been successful or not from your point of view. I'm sure that you're a wonderful organizer :D by bye!!
Hello Yumi It looks like you had a good time with your jobmates. It's interesting how you, as the youngest in the office, had to take on charge of the organization of the dinner. In my country we often do that kind of social meetings when someone new come to work with us. But the organization is more democratic, in the sense that everyone is involved. Usually, the new colleague, with his first salary, choose the place and pay the food, and the rest pay for the drinks, that it's suppose to be more expensive, specially if there is a nice atmosphere. Best wishes
Hello Yumi! You had a busy night today, didn´t you? But I think you did well as a dinner organizer ;-). Oh, by the way, the menu sounded great! Tonight I´ll dream of mango pudding, yummy! Have a nice Thursday. Ana Paula.
Hi Yumi-san, I used to be an organizer eider.It was about 20 years ago. I know that It's very difficult to organize people who drink much alcohol. By the way, did you go another place to drink more after the party?
I read this in my English class. I'm very enjoy about it.
Hi Yumi! what a successful dinner organizer you are.. I'm sure all of you had great time at the party. such activities/occasions make coworkers and bosses become close friends and increase job efficiency , don't they? the main course includes "from starter to mango pudding, doesn't it? I have never had mango pudding. could you please recipe it for me or anybody in whom are interested, of course if you know how to prepare it. thanks a lot for sharing about Japanese food and drink culture with us. the more people know each other culture, the more they love and know each other. love sevinç
Dear Yumi, I hope you could manage to post your photos of Yukata at fireworks festival, you have create such an expectation about it. In the area were I live during the summer every little town use to have a two-weeks long festival and the last day of the festival they usaually perform fireworks for their guests. This kind of festival offer the opportunity for each little town to collect money for some of their activities. In the village where I live, all the proceeds of the festival are used to support the local football team. I agree with Alessandro, about the fact that in Italy we usually do not have dinner with our bosses except for a company party which, if any, is usually organized by the owner of the company once a year. By the way, regardless of the fact that things went right or wrong, I think that it is always difficult to satisfy all the single expectations of a group of people. So do not think it over too log. Best wishes, Sandra
I forgot to ask you and Yojiro from Japan a question about -san. I've sow that Yojiro have called you Ymi-san. How does san changes your name? Can you use it both for female and male names? Thank you
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