Entries from March 2005 ↓

Tokyo 1:43 PM :: Wow, this has all gone so fast. My bus comes in 30 minutes to take me to Narita. What a fantastic trip. Even my cold seems to have cleared up a lot today.

Yesterday, something really cool happened. I happened upon a Toyota exhibition and there was a Toyota F1 car in there. As I went to enter, the men motioned through the doors to me that it was closed. Disappointed, I started to take pictures through the window. Next thing I know, one of them comes out and asks me if I just wanted to take picutres of the car. I said yes and he let me in. How cool. Today the place was open so I went in but I thought it was so nice of them. I would have killed to have had my camera with me today…

What’s not cool is that I’m getting memory card errors with my camera. If I re-insert the card, I’m good but I decided not to risk the pics I had taken by using the camera today. Shitty…

I think the biggest difference between Seoul and Tokyo is that Tokyo give English it’s best try. It’s not great but good enough for me. Seoul has some English on the signs but very few speak any. I couldn’t even buy soy sauce as no one knew what I was saying to them. Still, I view that as my short coming, not theirs.

Anyway, I hate to leave. Asia, be it Seoul or Tokyo is an amazing place. But I’m also looking forward to being home. See you all soon.

Tokyo Monday 3:00 PM ::Well, yesterday was the worst day of the trip by far. Saying goodbye to MiHwa was harder than last year. I really wanted to take her with me. Soon…

Secondly my cold kicked into overdrive on the plane. Constantly running nose, punctuated by ugly, moist sneezes. I was a popular passenger to sit around. Not only that, I felt like my ears were going to blow off my head from the inside. Much fun.

To add insult to injury, the trip to the hotel was as long as the flight. Two traffic jams meant that it was over 2 hours to get here. I felt like death and probably looked like it to. The hotel is nice though I have no idea of where I am in the city. 23rd floor with nice views but it is cloudy and rainy today. Reminds me of home.

Despite my state, I ventured out and it was so cool. Very much like Seoul but cuter… Actually, it is similar to Vancouver. No more Engrish here than Seoul though.

Anyway, I`m heading home tomorrow (that is Wednesday to you Biff…) so I will see you all soon. Hopefully my head doesn`t esplode on the plane.

Saturday 9:40 AM :: Wow, I can’t believe that it’s Saturday already. This time tommorrow, I’ll be getting ready to head to the airport. It all went so fast.

I also seem to have picked up a cold or something. Yesterday I wasn’t feeling so well and today isn’t that much better. Hopefully I get over it quickly. Walking all over downtown Seoul on a cold windy day didn’t help things any… *sigh*

Oddly, I met a girl from Vancouver on the train. What’s even odder is that we live about ten minutes apart from each other. Small world this is.

Be home soon.