Tenjikai

Posted on 2007/07/20 11:36:31 (July 2007).

[19th-20th July]

Tenjikai means "exhibition" in Japanese, it's one of the words that you get to know quickly if you work with Japan in the fashion industry.

These last two days have been quite heavy, under the physical and mental point of view.

Physically because we had to stand all day long, with little chance to sit, from 9 AM till 6 PM; mentally because of course we were showing a collection that I never seen before (it was selected by my colleagues prior to my arrival) so I had really little to say to the clients about it.
On the physical and mental stress also my best friend "jet lag" came into the picture, making things a lot harder.
In any case the first hurdle (the exhibition) has been brilliantly overcome, I actually quite enjoyed having finally something to do, seeing a lot of clients and different people.

Now the weekend awaits, at the time of writing I am really struggling to keep my eyes opened, but I must not sleep until at least midnight, otherwise I'll never stabilize the jet lag...

otsukare !!
Good experience to know aother type of exhibition, isn't it ??

Posted by kutsu at 2007/07/20 14:02:28.

Kutsu: YES!! Tokyo Forum was better though at least I could seat for some time, or even Premiere Vision was ok as normally there are tables to speak to the clients... Oh well, it could have been worse! :D

Posted by Lox at 2007/07/20 15:59:46.

Yes, and Otsukare sama desu from me too!

Sometimes feeling exhausted from work can be very satisfying. (takusan shigoto shitara, manzoku inaru).

Posted by John at 2007/07/20 17:37:05.

Glad you enjoyed some of the work, Lox! When I was in Engineering, umpteen years ago, I used to love doing shows. Mainly because of the free food and drink, it has to be said, but... ;)

Posted by Nigel at 2007/07/21 22:09:31.

Nigel: Alas there were not free drinks or food, save for the night before the first day when we had a sort of "pre-show" dinner...

Posted by Lox at 2007/07/21 23:19:55.

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