I once had a supervisor who would always wag his index finger at you when he wanted to make a point.
Oh, I'm sorry about that.
Happy new year! Come in!
Thank you.
Oh, you are J.C., right?
No, I'm Takeshi. Do I look like J.C.? Ah.
Ah, I'm,so ,,, best. You're Asian, so I ,,, you are J from Hongkong. Oh, I'm sorry about that.
That's OK. It's no ,,,.
Well, I'm Hidy.
Hi Hidy. J is code name but my name is Takeshi. Actually, I'm from Japan.
OK. I'll take your coat for you.
Thank you. Here you go.
So, come in and mingle with everyone.
OK. Thanks.
Hi there. Happy new year.
Hi, happy new year.
Is this your party.
No, I'm a guest. I'm Takeshi. It's Steve's party.
Oh, I didn't know that. Anyway I'm Linda. Nice to meet you.
Nice to mee you, too.
So, what do you do?
I work for a small Japanese company. We make anime. I do officework and I help with oversea sales.
Well, here's to Japan.
To Japan and to Japanese anime. Cheers.
Cheers.