With a long break...
August 2008 to March 2009... what the heck?

I have been wholly subsumed by my thesis until now... why now? because I am back in japan!

I just came back today after a long abscence. There has been one mildly amusing moment from within the suffering of intercotinental plane travel...

The Japanese Customs Inspector...

My dear lady and I came to the desk, not a little frazzled after the long (and sadly turbulent flight).

Customs guy to me: Have you got anything to declare?
Me: No, nothing?
Customs: What? Nothing? No Scotch?

(Because all westerners should be carrying a bottle of single malt at all times dammit!)

Now not only was I sure that I didn`t have any scotch but I tend not to drink it these days as it makes me even grumpier. Yet as soon as this nice smiling policeman asked me, I had to reassess! "Am I indeed carrying whiskey, even though I wasn`t 5 minutes ago and try not to ever?" Spontaneous scotch generation must be prevalent in these area, obviously!