The notification...

I was quite anxious from the morning. A very crucial day for me, as I was waiting a call from Tokyo.
I had to make a call in the morning to an Indian ministry in New Delhi at 11AM, and right after that, I got the call...
I was notified by my boss that I will become the "Tehran Bureau Chief".
I went blank for a while... I really did...
Yeah, it was something that I expected, when I was notified privately that I might be transferred to Iran before my trip to India, but I just couldn't sense that I really would be going until I got the notice today...
I have another week here to spend in India, but after that it will be a very rough month... very... it could be even one of the roughest in my whole life!

In the afternoon, I moved to a different hotel and was joined with my filming crew flying in from Mumbai.
We had some wine with them at a late dinner and I was congratulated for this "promotion", but thinking more about the things I have to sacrifice, rather the things I might gain, I was not really in the mood the celebrate...

Oh well, that's life, and someday I hope I truly will feel that this is really one of the best things that happened to me in my whole life!

I had to relax with a mango cake and coffee... relax, relax...

the basketball match was on TV... no time to watch!