The day we spent too much money on lunch

Wednesday June 16, Day 14

Well, today was a regular day at work. No rain and no worries. Besides doing our usual research and email entertainment with one another, we had no particularly urgent projects to pursue. The only part of our day that veered from the norm was lunch. In the morning Sam-san, one of the head honchos of the office, told us that he would like us to meet some agents over lunch. Of course out of respect we said yes. As lunchtime rolled around, with no details to where we were going, we set off alongside 4 coworkers and 3 new faces. To our surprise we ended at the door front of Lawry’s. For all those who know little about Lawry’s, it is a very nice, expensive Prime rib restaurant. To put this in perspective, during the first week in Japan Bean and I walked by Lawry’s and realized that everything on the menu was cheapest $20 and promised to only go there if we still had money at the end. Now, here we were. Thinking that the invitation to lunch meant they were “sponsoring” our outing, we were soon informed that we would be paying for our own meal. Sam-san told us that it was very affordable so not to worry, which meant close to $20 for lunch…we definitely had a good chuckle to ourselves. Lunch ended up being delicious (beef curry dish and unlimited salad bar) and full of conversation (especially with the unexpected Chicagoan at the table). The rest of the day was fairly uneventful and ended up eating a ramen-type noodle bowl in our room to save money after the day’s events and the “unofficial office meeting” this upcoming Thursday. Tuesday done, Wednesday (hump day!!) tomorrow!