"Yuji San! Are you happy?" asks Frank. (San is the Japanese equivalent of Mr.). Yuji looks at the space in front in a meditative mood (as if he is trying to work out whether he is happy or not). Then he draws a typical big Japanese smile on his face that reflects extreme happiness and shake head heavily, "Yes, Yes"(the second yes to confirm the first yes). This would set all five of us into a roaring laughter. This was the second time I met with Frank. He is 67 and a manager of a European auto giant. He works till 2 O'clock in the night (!) and gets up at 6 in the morning. In spite of that I have never seen him dozing off on a ride as long as four hours. I also have never heard him raising his voice to express dissatisfaction. His silence was enough to set all of us into motion to correct what ever mistake made or occurred. However his voice shakes everything around when he is happy, when he laughs. Yuji is an engineer. As it happens with almost all Japanese, Yu...
Life was
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You stand,
You wait.
Recollect.
Life wasn't so fast then.
60 seconds seemed like 60.
The gray stays or fades away,
Leaving a shine reflecting the midday sun.
A sun long past, but still there,
Within.
my black is amost gone.
I see two old men walking up the hill.
Back then life was slow-
Today it's just a big show
Now, when time stands still,
Everything goes downhill.