01-07-2013, 02:38 AM | #35251 |
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Hi, all. Yes, I am still alive and kicking. I'm not even going to attempt to catch up, just jump back in.
All is well here - I graduated college - Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management (Magna Cum Laude). How's everyone? |
01-07-2013, 02:43 AM | #35252 |
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Hi Shel!! Nice to have you back and congratulations on your degree.
My sis in law works in HR.... get ready for some fun times. How is the grandbaby? Chris? Your daughter? I bet the baby has really grown. |
01-07-2013, 02:52 AM | #35253 | |
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Chris is fine - he is also finally done with school, the tally turned out to be one Bachelor's in Computer Information Systems, one Master's in Information Systems Management and an MBA. The kids are all good - daughter and sil are both working now, and a friend watches Miss Toryn. |
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01-07-2013, 03:09 AM | #35254 |
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That's one you really have to frame for the wall. You should be proud that all that hard work paid off and you finished Magna Cum Laude.
Oh wow! I can't believe that Toryn has grown so much. She looks like she is a happy little girl. I'm happy to hear that everyone is doing well. Tell Chris congratulations too. So what are you going to do now that school is finally over? |
01-07-2013, 03:14 AM | #35255 |
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Well, the job market being what it is (or to be more exact, isn't), plans sort of hinge on which of us finds a job in their field first. Chris is having better luck than I am in finding things for which to apply. I am still enjoying the utter bliss of having no school deadlines on weekends and days off.
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01-07-2013, 04:46 AM | #35256 |
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Karma for your new degree, Shel, and congratulations too!
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01-07-2013, 05:54 AM | #35257 |
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Congrats! It is nice when school is done.
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01-07-2013, 06:08 AM | #35258 |
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01-07-2013, 06:10 AM | #35259 |
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Many congratulations. Having recently gone back to studing for a Psychology "A" Level, I know just how hard getting back into the discipline of education and learning can be in, ahem, later stages of life .
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01-07-2013, 07:10 AM | #35260 |
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01-07-2013, 08:56 AM | #35261 |
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I just got word that my niece-in-law is setting up an arranged marriage.
In Asia, some things just never change... Stitchawl |
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The fact that two people, on their own, unassisted, can be in a relation for years that ends up going nowhere, or be in a relationship for months that ends up happily ever after, makes me wonder how two people with no say in the matter at all can make it work. |
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01-07-2013, 09:22 AM | #35264 | |
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To advance in the workplace, a man MUST be married and have a family. And few Japanese women want to have 'careers.' They want the freedom that being a wife and mother bring. Once the kids enter school, Mom has from 8am until about 7pm (or later) to do anything she wants... tennis lessons, golf lessons, flower arranging, meeting her girlfriends and going shopping or or just sitting in Starbucks chatting. She's only limited by her imagination, so long as she's home to make dinner for the kids. And actually, once the kids are in junior high (age 12 and up) they are going to 'juku' (after school and evening tutoring) so they can pass the entrance exams for high school and college. They don't get home again until 11pm. She's got plenty of money and plenty of time. All that's required of her is to make breakfast for husband and kids and get them out of the house, and make dinner for the kids. Most husbands don't get home until after 9 or 10, take a long bath and go to sleep. Japan is a very different culture... It's a rare marriage that is about love. In Japan it's more about respect. Stitchawl |
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01-07-2013, 09:26 AM | #35265 | |
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There is the 'first meeting,' usually a dinner together, then a second. Then there is 'a dinner with the parents.' One for each set. Then the couple will go away for a few days on a 'trial honeymoon.' If all that works, they get married. And while there are divorces in Japan, the numbers are much lower than in the West, where more than 50% of marriages now end in divorce. It's really not so different from 'dating services,' just faster. Stitchawl |
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