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Well can't say I've really kept up with this and I'll give my excuses here and there, moving from Tokyo to Texas, traveling, job hunting etc. Well excuses are excuses and don't really amount to much, follow thru however amounts to alot. That being said I'll probably use the current excuse of looking for good employment for now. I want to stress good employment because that's kinda what I want to talk about right now.

In my previous blog I whined about experience meaning nothing and not getting a job and so forth, well at least I'm man enough to admit that I was whining. I've gained a little prospective on this through the interviews I've been doing recently, particularly one I did today. The interviewer first asked about my management experience with HEB Grocery, as any good interviewee would, I rattled of a list of notable achievements to highlight my versatility and ability to succeed. He then asked me about Japan, he didn't ask about the work I did or my sales, training, or instructing experience, he asked, "how was Japan?". Now don't get me wrong friends and family have asked this Q several times since my wife and I have returned, and the response has generally always been the same, "unbelievable". It really was, and talking with this successful Investment Banker, company owner, and entrepreneur, and hearing about his own "unbelieveable" experience living and working in Sweden and England made it really it home for me. He felt the same way as me, living and working overseas is just not like anything you can really explain, you just have to do it, have your own "unbelievable" experience. For all those recent college grad's out there you have the greatest opportunity, check out a site like Dave's Esl cafe (http://www.eslcafe.com/)or something. Career's don't have to start right out of college, what's the point of life if your not living it? Money will come. I said experience-shemerience but after my interview today I realize that I loved my Tokyo/ Japan experience and I wouldn't trade it, or blowing things up with a tank, hiking the mountains of Korea, sitting under the stars in Kuwait desert, seeing the sunrise from top of Fuji-san or any of the other experiences I've had for any job now. I like working hard, I enjoy solving problems, and for me, few things beat the feeling of exceeding goals and expectations. I'm going to continue doing all that and a job, hopefully a career, will come... It's just not going to stop me from continuing to live life.