Far East Cynic

The Irony…….

Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. I did not take a header off Roppongi Towers- I went to a golf tournament and today I tried to get caught up on the on-line course I am taking. Contrary to popular belief I do try to better myself from time

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Who stole it?

My passion for work that is. Today was a most interesting day. In the middle of discussing the subject of a project that is going to occupy most of my work for the next month, it was like a a light bulb being switched off in my head. It just

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The apologists………….

It is interesting to read the papers and the internets (to quote the President) these days. Now that Donald Rumsfeld has been sacked, all sorts of people are crawling out of the woodwork to write about how great his reforms were and how he was just misunderstood. Late last week,

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A promise is a promise…..

First-a news update. Sitting here at my computer desk, quietly drinking beer when all of sudden the TV emits a loud shreik, over and over again. Then the news comes on announcing in Japanese that this was a Tsunami warning and it would follow in English. And it did. over

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BRAC for Iraq……………….

WARNING-LANGUAGE ALERT! Watching Fred Barnes on Fox News this evening got me thinking about this. His standard reply of “You either win or you lose.” Got my head spinning. Easy for you to say Fred. You fucking don’t have the threat of getting shipped off to that hell hole hanging

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Churchill had me pegged………

Sir Winston understood my life very well. Actually we probably had something in common. We both liked the British Empire and a good drink or four……….. H/T to HK Macs!

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60 years on………

The Blue Angels are 60 years old this year. I admit it, I am a sucker for Air Shows. It also means it’s been 20 years since this video was produced, which is still-by my book-one of the coolest Naval Avation videos ever………… I still get pumped up when I

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Can these things really be true?

Its amazing what 9 hours of beer free sleep can do for a person………. Back at work now, and all I can say is, I’m ready to go back to Singapore! Of course, I need to save some money to make up for all that I spent last week, but

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Washed away……..

My plans for today that is. After finally gathering strength and sustenance I set out on an ambitious plan. Go up and down Orchard Road and search for a Swatch store. Got to Paragon shopping mall and decided to head down to the Starbucks for some java. While I was

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A lazy day…….

Got back into Singapore early yesterday evening. Raining cats and dogs when I got to the hotel. That put a little damper on the evening but not much. Just the day here then back to Japan and back to normal life. Which is good because I spent too much money

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