Biz trip to Europe – part 3
The day after we arrived in London, Charlie, the head of the UK office, picked us up in the hotel lobby and drove to the office. We spent the morning […]
Impermanence
Noah and I met up to see a show at the Blue Note sometime in December. It was the last time we’d see each other before he flew to the […]
End of Noah
I didn’t hear from Noah for a long time after that drunken night. When I emailed him, he would reply but never asked me to see him. After a time, […]
Animal in me
Another significant whatever-ship had ended around the same time. Noah had two friends, Jamie and Ned. Jamie was a tall, blond, and blue-eyed investment banker, but his appearance was far […]
Biz trip to Europe – part 2
I had arranged to meet with Jon, the investor, on the first evening of our arrival in London. He came to the hotel in his BMW convertible. He took me […]
Biz trip to Europe – part 1
They said I couldn’t go to Europe alone because I was a junior and sent Mr. Nomura with me. He only joined the company several months back from a trading […]
Encounter to Mr. N
Mr. Saito was also taken, but not in the way my bad bosses lost their positions. One of the apostles saw his brilliance and plucked him out of our department. […]
Mr. Tada’s bloody fate
Mr. Tada had kept his profile low by hiding behind the apostles, but as we lost them one by one to their martyrdom, he became exposed to the radioactive eyes […]
Disgraced apostles
A few people fell under the spell of the Founder the Great and cited his maxims as if they were the revelation from the above. The men of the management […]
The founder’s great museum
The acquisition of a fitness gym franchise damaged the company’s star reputation in the stock market, but I still observed it as a better investment than purchasing a sports team. […]