Last week, Fumio Nanjo (#98), the new director of the Mori Art Museum gave an excellent tour of the current Le Corbusier exhibition. It's a great show. If you are in town (Tokyo, that is) before September 24, don't miss it.
Afterward at a reception I met Pierre, who handles project management for a design and construction company and Michael Whitehead, who runs a cargo air company.
What is NetTokyo? Saturday afternoon, July 7, more than 400 people gathered to network (read, drink) and raise funds for worthy charities. More than 1 million yen was raised. It's a good chance to see old friends and meet some new faces.
# 87 Ed's friend did not have a business card. Ed help me out here. # 88 Lucky 88: Holly Helt, born in Nagoya, visiting from NY. Will she move here or SNG? # 89-91 The 7-Seas (corporate training) crew: Kirsten Adachi, David Jeffries and Sarah Furuya # 92 Masaya Miura (center), works on X-Box at Microsoft and # 93 Tonia David (right), whose company helps market the State of Pennsylvaina to JPN businesses and investors, with Judith Batty. Judith and I re-met at this event last year. It's not prudent to say how long we have know each other... # 94 Jason Altobelli (left) with James Hutchison, both of PBXL. They wanted me to make sure that their CEO, Jim Weisser knew that they were out working the crowd. # 95 James Nyika of the Moneo Company. In case you are wondering, moneo is latin for "I advise."
Though Nancy Wilson popularized the song, Guess Who I Saw Today with her 1960 recording, it is actually from the Broadway Revue "New Faces Of 1952."
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I'll give away the ending. The lyrics of this song tell of a woman who, seeing "two people across the bar who were so in love," suddenly realizes that one of them is her lover. I saw you.
Well, this blog won't have that much drama. But, it will chronicle the people I meet in life and online.
They call me "Swint;" but, my mother wants you to know that my full name is William J. Swinton. "Jacob," is her father's name. I'm the director of International Business Studies @Temple University, Japan Campus