January 29, 2008
After two weeks flying around the world, I finally now have my Japanese work visa in my hand! I have spent the last week back in Florida visiting my family. It was nice to see everyone again. It is sometimes hard to go home and see my family getting older. The hardest part was saying goodbye to my favorite person in the world… my pug dog “Pugsley”. He is 15 years old and this is for sure the last time i will see him… 
I am looking forward to getting back to Tokyo to start my new life!
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January 12, 2008
The first few weeks of 2008 have been somewhat of a blur! It’s hard for me to believe that 2007 is over. 2007 was a great year for me. I was fortunate enough to continue my life on the road and was able to see some new places and meet some amazing new friends. I have spent the last few weeks walking the streets of Tokyo with the new Radiohead album as my soundtrack. The weather has been pretty cold for my thin skin… I definitely prefer the hot beach weather. On Tuesday I fly to Vancouver Canada to get my Japanese work visa, and then on the 19th I’m flying to Florida to see my family. It has been a while since I have been home so it will be nice to see everyone again and of course I cant forget to mention that I’m excited to see my dog “The Godfather”. But before I can get use to life back in the United States I will be on a flight back to Tokyo.
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January 2, 2008
Only two days per year the general public is allowed to enter the palace to greet the Emperor and his family. I just watched the movie the Last Samurai… so it was still fresh in my head… so I decided to check it out. I will let my pictures tell the story….
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January 1, 2008
In the past New Years Eve has always been a let down… but not here in Tokyo Japan. I had one of the best New Years Eve’s ever! I met up with a Japanese friend of mine that I met in India and her friends. They took me out to an awesome restaurant and then followed by some crazy Japanese dance clubs. The night was filled with bottomless cups of sake, which went down as smooth as water and crazy dancing Japanese. I’m absolutely in love with Tokyo, and finding it great to be back. There’s no other place on earth like Tokyo. I could spend days just sitting people watching. Pretty much anything goes here… and some of the clothes that the Japanese wear are freaking crazy… I can’t wait to take my camera out and capture it on film. I guess it’s a good thing I like it soo much since im going to try living here for a year or so.
After 3 years of traveling im finally ready to try to settle down and stay in one place for more then a month. It has been truly a blessing to have been able to see all the places I have seen but im tired of being a tourist passing through countries. I’m now ready to live in a foreign country and try to learn the language and the culture. But unfortunately I can’t start now. I first have to get a work visa, which entails me flying to Canada where I can apply for the work visa… it’s a huge pain in the ass but I can use it as a reason to visit my family. So I will spend the next week or so getting things ready so when I come back it’s a much easier transition. Tomorrow im off to meet the Japanese Emperor… well sort of. Only two days a year the Japanese Emperor comes out into public so people can see him. So it should be an interesting experience. I hope everyone had a great New Years!
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December 30, 2007
No it’s not a type o… I didn’t mean Lost in Translation like the movie… I’m lost in Transition. I’m having a hard time transitioning from the hot beautiful beaches in South Goa India to the cold wet winter in Tokyo Japan. Tokyo has been called a futuristic city, and if that’s the case then India is in the Stone Age. When I left India from Mumbai international airport I found it odd that a huge airport like Mumbai didn’t have any computer screens to tell you that your flight was on time or in my case delayed. But when I arrived here in Tokyo I felt as what a caveman might feel if he was unfrozen and thrown out into the modern world. My brain started to hurt from all the sounds and beeps and lights from computer screens all over the place. India is one of the cheapest countries to live in and Tokyo is the 4th most expensive cites in the world. Years of growing up being brainwashed in the consumerist western world came rushing back to me as if I was a boy in a toy store… I want that… I will take 2 of those… It’s freezing cold here so the first thing I had to buy was some warm winter clothes. I’m spending today trying to get used to the weather and most importantly my new world!
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