This is going to sound a little like bragging, and yeah it maybe a little, but it’s my blog and I’m allowed too! Over the last year I’ve spent a lot of time in the air. Two trips to Asia and after Christmas in London it’s 13 to Europe with more to come to both in the next few months. In the last 6 weeks…
Discarding proof in order to be right
I got an interesting e-mail a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been sitting on it deciding what to do. It seems one of the rumours my ex is putting around is that she now believes I never went through OS. As with other accusations she has made, either first hand or by proxy, she has seen much evidence to the contrary, but it does not…
Marmite everywhere!!!!
My brother and his family gave me Marmite flavoured chocolate and cashews for Christmas. Let me be clear, there is no such thing as enough Marmite in this world, but the chocolate, that was new to me. It’s interesting, in a good way, it’s certainly not a taste one will acquire later in life. Thanks Anna-Marie, it was good. The cashews however are awesome, I…
A little Christmas rambling
This post is a little rambling, it kinda reflects how I feel today, but I hope worth it. Christmas this year was about spending time with my family, and I have a wonderful, supportive family. I’m doing something about living 4800 miles away. Arrived at Heathrow on Christmas Eve. SeaTac was busy, the plane packed and after traveling in business class over the last month…
There is not enough gin in the lounge…
Last night, before we all went out, I made a bold prediction. I said there was not enough gin (or sake) in the lounge to get me to sing karaoke. I was wrong, there was. We went out for the somewhat traditional end of trip dinner with the partner back in Nagoya. We went to a very nice Japanese restaurant with 6 or 7 courses….
OMG! The crowds…
I know Japan is crowded, the numbers are rather staggering (warning stat alert), it has bout half the population of the US, squeezed into less than 5% of the land area. Judging from the train ride from Nagoya to Tokyo “rural” has a very different definition here. The train station is a just a few minute walk from the the Imperial Palace that is both…
Yasukuni-jinja
After long meetings all week and a late night getting to Tokyo last night I was determined to spend a few hours today with just me and my iPod wandering around Tokyo and trying to recharge a little. One of the places I did want to visit was the rather controversial Yasukuni-jinja; this is a Shinto shrine that’s a 30-minute walk from the Imperial Palace….
I’m in Tokyo and this is awesome!
This is one of my favorite cities anywhere. It’s certainly one of the most interesting and has people watching that’s arguably better than Las Vegas. I’ve never seen 6 women dressed as “little bo-peep the zombie years” walking along the street in Vegas; we can tick that particular one off on my list of unlikely sights after today. I had my “Wow, I’m in Tokyo…
An evening walk around Nagoya
A long day with one of the partners, tough questions but ultimately productive I think. Wandered out looking for dinner afterwards, ended up (and yes it’s a cliché) with sushi, very good sushi at that. On the way back we did happen to wander past the Apple store, of course I had to go in and do a little gentle playing with new shiny things.
Ho, ho, ho – Japanese style
It is absolutely fascinating to see the Western traditions and cultures that Japan has adopted, and in made it’s own in some way. Right now from the displays in shop windows and the decorations it’s clearly Christmas time. However Japan is a country with a tiny Christian population. It’s a certainly a place that’s tolerant of religion. A majority of people identify as either Buddhist…