Blogging from Tokyo
Well, three days have passed and there are no reports on Castro’s demise. We’ll save the obituary for when he actually passes.
As you may have guessed from the title of this post I am not blogging from my usual NY outpost but rather from the other side of the world.
I landed in Tokyo yesterday and having been spending the day wandering the streets and trying to take it all in, and boy is it a lot to take in! Fortunately, I have a couple of guidebooks like Time Out: Tokyo, Rough Guide: Tokyo and Lonely Planet Encounters: Tokyo. That last one (which is not yet in stores) I will be reviewing at the end of the trip, or at least at the end of my stay in Tokyo.
What is always odd for me, especially when I am traveling in a foreign country, is being so out of touch with the world. At home I usually get a blast of morning news and my computer at work opens up to the front page of the NY Times. The local paper (in English) delivers a nice burst of world news and fortunately, the one English channel I get is CNN. Of course turning it on now I find out that Greece is burning to the ground, probably by arson (which is below the “fold” on the NY Times Online), Dubai is also burning, well at least the ports are, the US has massive flooding and tornadoes and housing prices are dropping everywhere in the US except of course in NYC.
Oh and my favorite: Al Qaeda is apparently trying to recruit Muslim African-Americans. The morning news is just depressing. I guess this is why I don’t actually watch the news that often, it keeps me with my cheery attitude towards the world. Anyway, I’m off to dinner now, I recommend skipping the news today or only check out the fluff pieces. It keeps you happier, trust me.
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Why are you in Tokyo?
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So a few days ago I wrote about the International Lifesaving Cup.
Well, I felt that it was such a great thing that AM should have some one in Japan to cover the Cup. Unable to find anyone in Japan up for the task, I decided to take it upon myself to come here and cover it.
Also, my sister is competing in the International Lifesaving Cup.