Friday, August 18, 2006

i think this should be connected to thursday as neither amanda nor i got much sleep. i think i got a few more zzzs than her because i can sleep basically anywhere. we got up at the bright hour of 6am simply because it was uncomfortable to sleep any longer and thats when the starbucks opened.

finally boarded the plane bound for nagoya around noon, but before we boarded the staff called amanda to the counter. apparently the flight was full so they had to move her up to business class while i was stuck in economy. karma for the passport fiasco i guess. she had a pick of 4 international meals, a massaging recliner, heated handtowels, all you can eat/all you can drink, and a flight attendant that always refered to her as 'ms. lamb.' i was stuck next to a japanese guy in tight quarters who zonked out the moment the plane took off.

we got back to japan around 3. the first thing we noticed was how polite and well dressed the japanese acted and looked in comparison with the rest of asia. we missed alot of things about japan...the convenience store rice balls, the tofu, the big wide streets, the clean and ok smelling air, the clean trains that run on time, and so on. it wasnt much of a curse to be back after a whirlwind of a holiday.