Made it yesterday. I literally had to imitate OJ ( by running through the airport, NOT by killing my (ex)wife…….), and I made it on the plane to Tokyo with 5 minutes to spare. Now I am back in Japan and back at work. Today was our Secret Santa gift
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Here we go again!!!
Some quick, stuck in the airport blogging. Got the airport in a hurry because I was running slightly late. Turns out I could have slept in, since United cancelled my flight and now I am waiting for a later one. The whole thing is made even more exciting, by the
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Try not to do the whole Singapore to USA trip in one day………… Actually it was not too bad until I got to Destination USA. There I had to go through what I call the rental car shuffle……….. It always seems that the company they use for rental cars, the
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I am being a lazy slug today. I should be out and about, but for some reason I just don’t feel like it. So I sat in Starbucks and read the Straits Times from back to front. If they printed as much news as they did advertisements it would be
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Good day yesterday, but I really did not do a lot. Started out shopping on Orchard road. Was on track and doing well, but then I came to the Borders books at Wheelock place. That was it, the shopping train went off the tracks at that point. Spent just about
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Ok. I’ve got my self to the state where I can move. Coffee is a wonderful thing! My brain is even capable of reading the Straits Times……..Hopeful sign. I need a few good nights down here as I come to grips with some personal issues. The S.O. has been great
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Great. Got to Singers last night and got to my hotel about 1 am. A prudent man would have gone straight to bed. I of course am any thing but prudent so you can guess where I went…….. Expat at Large has some good advice though. ” Hookers are expensive
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Out the door tomorrow with a hop and a skip in my stride. Down southways first for a couple of days of shopping in my favorite city, then 18 hours direct to the US. Ho Ho HO! Since this is a trip with just me, I’ll be happy! I like
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Another reason to hate the modern era………….. In the good old days if there was no male heir to the throne, one would simply recruit a couple of these to service his majesty: Through which, one could preserve the imperial line from that which the standard course of events had
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Dan Froomkin of the Washington post asks an interesting question: When was the last time that Bush spoke in a forum open to citizens who are representative of the diverse array of views in the country? And before anyone beats me up, I know that the military audiences he has
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