Having curry noodle for dinner coz had a heavy late lunch.

Had a busy weekend, sorting out stuff and going out with cousins and friends. Finally the weekend means something to me! I’ve edited a lot of my Malaysian trip pictures (about 100 of them!) and am trying to figure out how to put them in separate posts. Maybe Part 1 and 2? Or maybe based on category, i.e. friends, food? Oh the dilemma! Looks like I have to blog about them another day.

I promised Chito-san about a few times already so I feel really bad. He’s actually quite the Malaysian fan. Yea what do you know, a Japanese who loves Malaysian culture ;) Chito-san, gomen! So sorry!

Just a quick update: Life in Square Enix has been a blast! ^_^ I’ve never worked in a giant game corporation before so I got all naive and excited when I saw all the company benefits. Hooray for free coffee! <– See what I mean by naive?

I’ve read up (and even bought a book!) on Japanese business manners and all that, but it isn’t all that strict here in Squeenix. I get to wear casual clothes to work, bosses and colleagues all use the plain form (not even the -masu form) and they don’t refer to each other by position, just -san or -kun or none at all. Working hours are great too.

My boss (not sure if I can mention the name, I’ll ask for his permission tomorrow) has been real nice to me. He has been giving proper guidance on my job, work environment and even drops by my cubicle to talk about culture and what not. He even has given a whole bunch of anime and game freebies. Thank you so much, boss!

I’m surrounded by super experienced people. My boss worked on the scenario for Chrono Trigger and FFVI among many others, and there are also those who worked on Shinobi PS2, Skies of Arcadia, The Last Remnant, etc. We even have the programmer of Guitar Hero who entered the company at the same time as I. And I… created two Flash games. *Gasp* What am I doing here among all these outstanding people?! :O

These very same people are also VERY passionate about their interests. Needless to say, intense passion is key if you want to enter this company. In my team, there’s a dating sim + mech fan, a hardcore Vocaloid fan, a happily married Pokemon fan and a huge fan of western punk rock like Offspring and Smashing Pumpkins. In fact, I’m going to the Summer Sonic with him next month. And this passion is even carried into their work. A colleague of mine who specialized in 3D modeling learned VBScript by himself and programmed his own complex level editor to work with Square Enix’s! Surrounded by geniuses… the pressure!

As you can tell, it’s been a fun and interesting month, not to mention a busy one; I have a lot of work myself. The Malaysian pictures will have to wait :P Until then!