Yesterday I was messaging my ex-co-worker Mr. N who lives nearby and still works at the Embassy which is right behind the building I'm working in. When I was still in the embassy, we used to work with just the two of us in the team, so we are pretty close. I like him and feel comfortable talking to him about anything. He's about to go back to Japan, and this month will be his last month here. I messaged him asking if he has any free time before he goes back to Japan so we can hang out for his farewell party. So we went for some drinks (well he drinks, ... I drink water) and cheap, local sushi at Urban Kitchen yesterday. It's always a fun time chatting with him, we laugh a lot, we discuss work stuff too, and he always have good insights for me on how to be a better employee in my company and how to do good business. When I get bored I used to text him just to annoy him and ask him to go out for an ice cream on his busiest day, lol. I'm going to miss him :/

He gave me this book he bought in Japan last month, he said he remembered that I mentioned to him I had difficulties answering phone calls in formal Japanese. It's a super cute book with cute illustrations and simple explanations that is really easy to understand. Thank you, Mr. N! I'm going to really miss you :( I don't think I have a lot of close Japanese friends, and you are definitely one of them.