Diary of a CEO

Summer Sonic

Spend 3 days in Tokyo for Summer Sonic - The first experience in Music Festival in my life; as a Rocking Roller who dive in the world of pop music for 2 more decades, this make my first experience for Festival -- to be honest, this might not be the idea festival to me, but to feel the ambience in a short trip is what I can afford.

I didn't want to participate in any festival in the beginning, as I don't want to get involved in the " Previliage Devided " concept. so I reluctant to spend goverment's fund. as C. asked if I can go with them this time, I tried my best to accomodate the scheduled and set this short trip and enjoy half of the Summer Sonic 05 -- A very commercial product in the hot summer day.

Flying to Tokyo make the trip totally different, by arrangement, I sit beside C. and we talked about the International Music Fesival in Taiwan, we talked about the future we anticipate, we share some idea of value / career and so on, I was too concentrate on this conversation and it cause me headache when arrvied at Tokyo, we didn't take nap on the plane, she keep the high spirit talking with me.

The flight delay and we managed to check in the Excel Tokyu Hotel by 11:30 Tokyo time, the first after checking in conversation take place from 12:10, C. Yang and Lin - 4 of us spend about 1 hours at the 24 hours Cafe', it rains cats and dogs, we were trapped in the hotel.

Following day is the first show day, we -- the senior ones thought the gathering is by 10:00 am, after breakfast, Tao and us were stand by at the lobby, no one show up, I called up to F. who keep the tickets for us, he replied that he thought the gathering time is 12:00, well, we have another 2 hours to kill, C. dressed up like an office lady, I aked why she wearing this to the festival, well, she have her agenda , conducing vaires offical greeting with the Vice Chairman of Consuel of Culture Affair, her appointment will be started by 11:30, we take the window to enjoy a coffee across the street at ZOKA - where we found in AKASAKA, she mentioned to meet me at the venue and we may leave earlier -- like 7:00 pm.

Gathering with other seniors and junior, we take the Metro and transfer to JR for the festival, arriving by 2:00 pm, I brough those senior to one of the best Pork Carllet restauarnt, then we begin our jounery of Summer Sonic, there are 7 stages and one Dance Tent, the exhibization hall is a showcase venue with other muisc / festival related product , food and drink were located in the venue for the 2 days event. Marine Stage is the main stage to host major artist, we have to take the shuttle bus to the Statium , after a few hours checking with Main stages, we went for the big statium and I manged to get lost and enjoy my day alone, Deep Purple is the only talent we saw, then I move outside , took the shuttle back to Main stage, I am afraid I can be connected with C. however, there's no coincident, we met at the hall way by 7:00 pm, she had the confidence to find me. then we begin our own journey of sharing. I brough her to the Fried Pork restaurant again, we take the JR / Metro and I bought her to Shinagawa String Hotel, we enjoy the drink - she ordered the KIWI Martini, I drank S. Penegrino... we firmly believe that we should bulid our own future , the business of our own. as I promise her to help facilitate the workshop following day, when finish our drink and went back to our Hotel, it's 12 already, I began to prepare everything we need for Workshop, I didn't know when I get to bed, but this is the first time I go out travelling with no time to turn on TV set at hotel room.

Get up , Business Center is closed, I found Kinko - the self service instant office to print the handbook, CCA didn't find a good place for meeting, thus we go to ZOKA, as the facilitator, I spend 3 hours with them and the consensus wear gradualty built -- I thought we reach an agreement and I hate to take over this complicate task. this is my pre-mature naive thinking.

On my way to airport, at the plane, sitting next to Vice Chairman, we share some and become familiar. I promote how the non-public secotor can plan a vital role in the IMF, and make belive we have a best team ever, the hard sale make him feel comfortable. until I receive C.'s mail on Monday, the consensue we built wan'st there, they want Culture instead of Money and dislike my intepretation to make the festival a " Product ", C. advise me to hold from now and don't need to waste effor on this. the last line she mentioned is : this keep her think we should work together and she will help me achieve what we want to achieved.

Summer Sonic, see a few, gain a lot, we have long enough time to share and learn how to work from the ground.

posted by Roger @ 8/16/2005 08:19:00 上午