{mosimage}My mother arrived in Bangkok's International Airport this afternoon.

Max (General Manager of SPS Thailand) and I went to the airport to pick her up. This is her first visit to Bangkok this year.

I have been unable to update this blog for over the last one and a half months. I was quite hectic with my business. But at last, I could have some time to post a new article.

Many friends were worrying about me. "What's happend to you!?" I received such messages from my friends by email or chat. I can say, at least, "I am surviving".

On the New Year's Eve, as most Japane do, I wanted to spend time watching the famous TV program named "Red and White Singing Contest", where all Japanese superstars sing their hit tunes. However, the upshot was, I was very busy serving my customers and could watch the show for only 20 minutes.

I was also unable to see the New Year's countdown (in Japanese time). I was tackling with the fax machine for my customers (removing jamming paper!).

However, when the New Year came in Thailand (two hours behind the Japanese time), I could watch the countdown on Thai local TV, enjoying beer with my guesthouse guests.

Here in Thailand, the New Year on the Christian calendar is celebrated a bit more simply and dryly than Japan. The national holidays are only December 31 and January 1 (we have four consecurive holidays in Japan). The guesthouse is open 24x7x365, so I could not really enjoy the new year's holidays.

As this is the first article of year 2008, so I want to write about my resolution for this year. This year may become a turning point for me.