Wednesday

Posted on 2005/12/15 04:20:47 (December 2005).

[Wednesday 14th December]
Not much to report really. Had another one of those three way tele-conferences with Europe and the US at 8AM, although the novelty of it is starting to wear off a bit now. I spent the rest of the day feeling really tired as I'd got up pretty early to be in the office in time for that.

One very slight update on the housing front - we've been given a (very) provisional moving in date of the 23rd for our new apartment. Of course this is provisional on the contract not actually falling through somehow - I'm still not taking anything for granted. I'd hoped to be able to move this coming weekend, but apparently the red tape will take longer than that. Not really sure why it needs to take that long, and I tried to get this hurried up, but basically got the standard "that's just the way it is" sort of response. Oh well.

If they can manage to get it sorted by the 23rd (note the if), then at least we'll be there in time for Christmas (just!) - not that it really means anything here in Japan, but it's just one of those psychological things I suppose. Again, we'll have to wait and see.

It's funny how in Japan Christmas doesn't really mean anything. I loved the way they see it. It's just a commercial thing, as you do exchange presents, but there is no false-religious feeling attached to it. How much better can you get? Allright you do go to work on the 24th, that's a bit disappointing...

Posted by Lox at 2005/12/16 08:45:04.

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