Wednesday, 30 December 2009

A New Decade


When this song was popular I would tell people that I liked The Verve when they were still just called "Verve". Childish but maybe you understand what I mean if you recognise this cover.

The lyrics dont mean a whole lot to me but the guitar riff still sticks in my head.

Youtube: A New Decade The Verve Hammersmith 1997 (3min)

Anyway, very quiet here today. Here are some shots. Next few days will be even quieter, fresh air, no cars, no ATM's working, just like in prehistoric times. City of 35 million all to ourselves.

Quiet city...


Quiet city...




There, now I have more than 1 post in December.. what a good blogger.

Monday, 28 December 2009

Friendship, Time Management, and British Transport

I have not written anything for a while. Better than writing for the sake of it.

So I thought I would copy someone else's work, an article on being a foreigner from the Economist Christmas Double Issue!

But I cant even find the work I was going to plagiarise.

I've just got back from a week in London, week and a half. Last night I quickly, for my own interest, jotted down who I saw and what I did each day. I was kind of astounded at how much I did, like some overweight person who writes down everything they've eaten for a week. Probably explains why I slept all the way on the plane home. Plus a good chunk of the afternoon after I got home. And all night.

The good news is that I was not jet lagged despite the day being the night. I reckon you cant get jet lagged if you don't have any normal sleep patterns to begin with.

So I thought I could write something on time management (doing the important things, not just doing everything faster), or on friendship, or on London transport and snow and the media, or reflections on being back in Tokyo.

Sod it.

Here are some pictures of the what I ate for dinner. Picked up from the 7-11 on the way home from the gym. Lazy, but I got to say it was pretty darn tasty!

I thought this was maybe pork but it's actually strips of side bacon with a creamy sauce and lots of fresh rice underneath. If you want to be really grossed out I cracked a raw egg into it before chucking it in the microwave. It was good.
I am always attracted to broccoli for some reason so this was going to be a winner.
2 cans of beer, because I deserve it for working a 10 hour day on jet lag and then getting to the gym!