I have a few minutes to spare so I’ll post an update of what is going on with me. I had promised a post of India and pictures of this trip but unfortunately I didn’t get a chance to do any sight-seeing. It was a business trip and we did get allot of business done. The choice of the outsource company has been a good one. While in India I did get a chance to eat some delicious food and put on a few kilos in the process.
Last week I got a chance to see a Kabuki play. If you’re unsure what Kabuki is, it is a Japanese play, all movement is very stylized and superbly graceful. Kabuki in nothing like a play that western audience are used to. For one thing a Kabuki performance may take 6 or 8 hours to complete and have very difficult stories to keep track of. It must be incredibly difficult to perform in Kabuki with the stars of the show having to have multiple roles in the performance, as many as 7 in this last show we saw. Kabuki started in the 17th century in Kyoto by women that have since been excluded in the performance of Kabuki. Although there are modern acts that support a women cast the mainstream Kabuki acts are all performed by men. The show was very interesting and I may see another in the future, hopefully one that has a modern cast of women and men.
This past weekend was a trip to Gunma, a small mountain village famous for the onsens available there. (FYI onsen is a Japanese hot bath). Most onsens are heated by underground volcanic activity but the onsens in Gunma lacked any sulfur smells. The ryokan we stayed at was very comfortable with a friendly staff. Now that I use a wheelchair for getting around I found small Japanese towns to be very difficult.
It’s been a busy few weeks. I hope to be able to rest a bit until the next flurry of activity comes along.
I finally got around to adding a blog about America and my trip there last year. Check it out and make sure I didn’t slander you or if I did make sure it was interesting 8^)
I watched the television in amazement at the carnage and devastation caused by the bomb blast of 2002/20/12. I could not believe that this would happen on such a place as Bali. Bali is a very spiritual place with a body of inhabitants that welcome the world with open arms and friendly smiles. I offer my condolences to the families that lost someone dear to them on this day. I also ask the world not to blame the people of Bali, this was the work of outsiders using the popularity of Bali to foreigners to strike at their perceived enemies. The attackers are a people of hate and use that hate to spread fear. I hope they will be brought to fair justice and that innocent people don´t pay for those justices with they´re lives.
Almost a year to the day since this incarnation of my spot on the web went live and it looks much more professional then any of my other attempts at a web presence. Not to say it’s pleasing to the eye but it looks like a professional might have done it, cool.
Well Mako and I have returned from our trip to Bali and you can see some of the results on my Pictures page. Check under the Indonesia and Signapore links for many pictures, good and bad.
Also in the week back I set up a proper Weblog. In the next few weeks I’ll set up the page to use more of the functionality afforded by this great software package to make maintenance easy and simple. I’m using Movable Type to do the backend work. I’m almost out of excuses to avoid updating this log, looks like I’m going to have to be more creative in making up reasons not to write anything here 8^).
Long time, eh? Did you miss me? Got a lot to add but as usual I’m feally pretty lazy right now so I’ll do it later. Suffice to say things are going pretty good. My trip Stateside was pretty interesting. Had a lot of fun in Okinawa. Work is getting better (no where to go but up). Me and my kanojo (girlfriend) have moved to a new level where the “L” word was mentioned (yes, Lobster). I’ll leave you with that right now.
Well I’ve started calling around for airfares back to the states and it isn’t a pretty picture. I can’t seem to find a direct flight unless I want to spend the GNP of … (pick a small country). The cheapest plan I’ve found is ~70,000 yen (good price) but every flight seems to go through Atlanta. I have nothing against Atlanta but if I want to take a flight from Newark, NJ to Roanoke, Va I have to go through Atlanta???? to get to Newark from Tokyo I have to go through Atlanta???? Someone thought this was a good idea???? Eh, whatareugonnado? so I’ll take the flight and spend half of my vacation in f**^& airports, with any luck I’ll get a full body cavity search 8^).
