A mystery to be told

I still remember that when I visited Japan office in Sept 2007, Shimizu-san (Head of Services + CTO) brought me out for lunch. After lunch, he brought me to visit a Japanese temple on a small hill near the office. We had to walk up some very steep stairs in order to reach the temple. While walking up (in my high-heels...), Shimizu-san told me that he has brought a few guys to walk up this hill. And all these people got a promotion after they went back to their home country. I remembered he mentioned Ajay, himself and one other colleague in Singapore. While walking up, I was thinking if I would really get promotion. I halfly believed this... But I have to say, Shimizu-san is really a funny person and he seems to know the "direction" very well.