Tim’s Ramblings

…just can’t wait to get on the road again…

Oh wait…no. That’s not right. I definitely CAN wait. Ah well. Once again, the time as come for me to cram my fat ass into an economy seat and fly to the other side of the world. Then go through immigration. Customs. Then drag my luggage to the train station. If I’m lucky, get the train to Shinagawa as opposed to Tokyo. Get off, go up to the station, then go back down into a different platform to get on another train to Kawasaki, then find the escalator going up, somehow fight my way through the gate with my luggage, take an elevator down to street level and then a quick walk to the hotel. Mmmmmmmmmmmm….good times…

This time it’s for 2 weeks. Like I said last time…1 week is too short…2 weeks is too long. Bah. And this time we got some high level meetings going on since a VP will be joining me. Actually, now that I think about it, this will be the first time this year that I’m going to have to wear my translator hat. It’s been a while now that the Japanese market is slowly picking up steam. Not as much people coming to Japan with me these days. Hopefully I’m not too rusty!

Packing took longer than I expected this time. Not sure why. Well…I kinda do. It’s pretty damn hot here today (my AC is STILL on….) but in Japan, even though it’s the middle of June, for some reason it’s kinda chilly with lows of high 60′s and even highs not breaking the 70′s. Kinda odd really since typically by now it’s hot and nasty and humid. But it seems like it’s going to be kinda wet/rainy this trip. So basically I’m trying to figure out if I take shorts or jeans or a jacket or not or…aaaaa.

Well, I exaggerate. I’m really not going “aaaa”. Just a bit annoyed. That and I have a cab coming at 5am. Fun… Wooo. I bet I get the same cabbie too. Nice older guy who will tell me about his Phillipino wife once again :)

Well, all I have left now is to wait for my electronics to finish charging to finish packing.

…on a totally different note…Lindsay Lohan is #1 on the Maxim 100??? Bah. Give me Maria Sharapova over her ANY day.

*ahem*

But I digress. Where was I? Oh yes. Packing. Right. Hmmm…10pm already. I should go to bed. Not sleepy all of a sudden though. For some reason I get sleepy at 8pm but not at like 11…weird.

Right. Gotta go.