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slow week

the journal of Michael Werneburg

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Tokyo, 2005.08.04

So, another long day at an end. It's been as I predicted - lotsa learning and hours at the office. I had a break last night when I met with the boss man from the EDS side (Inou-san) and the bosses from the client (Kawai-san and Okimoto-san). We went for Spanish food (mmmm, sangria, paella, and arroz con todos) and (naturally) drank throughout. Fine food, fine company (and as someone pointed out, "fine view", when a table of ten or so women turned up next to our spot). Naturally, after drinking sangria and both red and white wine my head was not terribly clear when I came to 'round 5:00 this morning, but that's why I smuggled in Advil.

Today after work, I went to look at cameras because I'm thinking of picking up a little digicam to better take shots of the city while on the go (lugging around a camera bag in a jam-packed city isn't much fun). Apparently digicams have come a fair way since I last looked into the things. And the prices over here seem surprisingly low. I think this time I might finally do it. We'll see.

Jon has made plans for us to visit an onsen (hot springs) in a couple of weeks. It might sound like a bizarre thing to do in August, but I'll be scooting before the weather gets cooler.

rand()m quote

On the endless saga of Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto; "It shouldn't have had to come to this. I'm so tired of getting up every morning and wondering, 'What will it be today?' I'm so tired of giving the benefit of the doubt again and again, only to be let down again and again.... Somewhere a responsible adult has to appear, draw a bright moral line, tell the truth and say unequivocally what won't be tolerated. Somebody has to do the right thing."

—Denzil Minnan-Wong