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Interesting reading for Tokyo dwellers.  Since they only assess the probability to be 30% in the next decade, I'm not unduly worried yet ( Read more... )

haggisthesecond suggested I should write a post about summertime in Japan. Hopefully she will see this on her return from Athens.

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Arrived home today and sat down to catch up on personal email, with colleagues in the UK through our in house IM system, and perhaps browse LJ.  Rudely interrupted by this little tremor, shaking the room around and wobbling the television on its stand.  That said, it seems amazing to me how relatively immune I have become to tremors - scarcely had ( Read more... )

In PwC's office in Sydney with Nicki, before I fly back to Tokyo (tonight) and she flies to Hong Kong (for two days) and Amsterdam (for three weeks) (tomorrow).  Have had a wonderful time here in Sydney and at Yulara (Ayers Rock Resort) - a gigabyte or two of photos from the new camerato plough through when I get home.  Nicki has been a great host ( Read more... )

'Hop-along' as I am, I have made it to the airport - in one deck shoe and a Japanese slipper(!) - and am looking forward to seeing Nicki in Sydney tomorrow morning ( Read more... )

No time to update, since I should be at home packing ( Read more... )

This little tale seems to have been linked from lots of places (8 pages of comments already), but I have to say, I also appreciated this alternative version rather a lot (courtesy of lilitufire's friends list).

Aside: Both versions of the story could probably benefit from from some of haggisthesecond's touch... (This post still being one of my favorites of my time on

Given this is all we Brits are meant to talk about I might as well perpetuate the stereotype. I declare, 'Today Tokyo was too hot!'

Support for this crazy assertion: BBC forecast [Showing high of 40C, low of 28C and observed 35C at 1700]. Also, it was 28C when I went to work at 0730 and still 34C when I came home at 2030. QED ( Read more... )

My 0600 conference call tomorrow has been rescheduled to 0730...

The fact I am just home from a work social by 2300, of course, is no bearing on this.