Sunday 6th November 2005 – Hanshin Tigers

Posted on 2005/11/06 24:19:36 (November 2005).

After another working Saturday, on which there is little to say, I had the first free day in 2 weeks.
Unfortunatey jet lag is still killing me so I woke up very early and had to spend a lot of time watching pointless Sunday morning Japanese programs! My TV watching habit might be good for the language (as it forces me to try to understand), but on the other side is boring. I then decided to go out around 10, sure that the shops would be open.
The shops were indeed open, but I forgot that today the baseball club in Osaka (Hanshin Tigers) had a huge parade near the hotel.
Going in the main shopping streets was HELL, at one point I was completely stormed by people walking in the opposite direction, that I had to follow the flow!!

The weather itself was crap, raining all time. In the afternoon Kutsunugi san came down to Osaka to go to the office, I happily joined as I couldn't stand roaming about and getting trampled, incidentally (say what!?) we did some work, sent all the bulky suitcases to the hotel in Tokyo and bid farewell until tomorrow morning.
The evening had its high spot at a Chinese restaurant, where the selection of foods was rather interesting, but apart from that I decided to go back to my room from where I am writing now.

Unfortunately my business trips are always like that. VERY busy, I feel I hardly have time to burp sometimes. I wanted to buy a camera, a present from my niece and nephew, a present for my friend Stefano and a pair of shoes.
I ended up with some general crockery, a bottle of water and some Origami paper, capping it up with an extra crap luch in a crowded restaurant where 30 people were seated in a place that normally would seat 10... 'Nuff said...
Hopefully Taipei and Seoul will be less hard on me, but before that I still have another full week in Tokyo...

Not many positive feelings today, I was expecting more from this Sunday, but probably, like many things, it's what you expect that ruins the experience... I tried to smile constantly though, which was a bit of a novelty.

And tomorrow I am moving again!!

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