Strong SAD
May 19, 2003
I got back from Tokyo yesterday morning. The 4.5 day trip was absolutely fantastic. It might just be the best short trip I have ever taken. I saw a whole bunch of people I haven’t seen in ages and had barrels of blasts. That’s right! I didn’t just have a blast, I had a barrel of them. I won’t go into the details but here were some of the highlights:
I bumped into two students I met 3 years ago. They let me and my friend stay at their house and they totally took us around town. Thanks Tatsuya and Akiko!
I met almost all of the students from a program I worked on last summer. Some of them took us around and one of them organized this whole gianto drinking dinner deal with UNLIMITED alcohol (for a time limit). I honestly haven’t drank that much since Doug’s birthday last year. Thanks Masa!
I met a couple of old coworkers that I haven’t seen inawhile.
I bought Master of Orion 3 in English for relatively cheap.
I got to practice Japanese everyday and noticed that I knew more than the 11 words I previously thought was my vocabulary.
I unravelled the mystery of bullet trains. They’re not that impressive.
I stayed at a capsule hotel! If you don’t know what they are, well, they’re like a coffin with a blanket and a small tv (WITH FREE PORNO!!!!!!!!!!!!)
I was tempted by the highest beautiful women per capita in all the lands that I have roamed. Dude… seriously… dude.
Edit – 2005/09/22
Here are some pictures from that trip.
