A Strained Stressful Life; in the Eyes of a Japanese Youth

By: Arvin Gumato Pareja, MBA

 The Strain of Stress and the Stressors of Daily Living

 Miko is 28 years old from the northern part of Akita, Tohoko, Japan whom I meet in one of my travel in a guided tour to Egypt in the summer of 2007, I found him in one corner of Nile Hilton Hotel lobby in Cairo. He wore a casual shirt without the luggage that I presume he has been a resident of the hotel for days then.  We exchange hi and hellos.

Doing nothing from the first day on my arrival, I hung around to keep familiar with the humidity pending orientation to my tour guide which was rescheduled in the evening. And to supplement each others company,  Miko was invited around.

He speaks good English, he owns a rational ways of defining the principles of economics, trading and investments which to my understanding this guy is a professional being who has a career in a corporate setting.

With bottle(s) of beer after dinner, we get along to learn and get to know each other easily.  In fact, we were the last guest to leave the Rithmo bistro