first, have no fear. miki wrote and recorded sooooo many blogs, that her final blog will published in Dec. 3 or possibly later. it not inconceivable that you may hear some of these blogs as far into the future as 2009.
as you know, miki was a university student and she came in to see us only once or twice a week. but after graduation she got full-time employment. japanese companies are a lot different from american companies in that your first few years you are truly at the lowest possible position on the totem-pole. you work long hours and often have obligatory drinking parties with your boss and co-workers for the sake of "team-building" etc. if her company is like that (and i get the feeling it is), she doesn't really have a lot of free time.
that said, on her last day at jpod, we had a small party for her and i asked (more like begged, hahaha) if she would consider writing some guest blogs in the future when she has some time. she said yes. now i just have to remind her of that every so often.
as for her making comments on her blogs, i just don't know if she has the time. but next time i see her, i'll let her know that it would mean a lot to the community (and everyone at jpod101) if she said "hello" in the comments from time to time.
