Outta luck?

Another day of waste! I wasted nearly 5 hours in the morning, starting early as 7:30 leaving the office and returning shortly after noon. The day flew by so quickly, but I decided not to work in night time and accept an invitation from the Japanese residents many of whom I still haven't said hello to. For that, I had to give up making a call to Tokyo, making it a priority tomorrow morning.

Just three minutes before it was time I requested the taxi to come, suddenly the lights went out! I know there's blackouts once in a while in this nation, but when I went outside and realized it was just the floor my office resided that lost electricity, I really felt how unclucky I am. Struggling to make a conversation with the janitor, all I could do was call one of my staff to ask him to talk to him and help me out.


hey why now!? some light from my battery driven notebook computer is the only help...

And the taxi did not come from 45 minutes, which evidently was because it was the first time using this taxi company, though it was thought that it would be better to call a taxi that knows more of the destination. I don't know if I was outta luck, but as I had to concentrate more with the blackout problem and not contacting the taxi company to ask what the hell was happening, I was able to see the electricity return just a minute before the taxi made it to our building.

It was a relief I could at least relax at the party being able to speak Japanese to many new people for the first time, explaining all the trouble I'm having with the stay here. It's something encouraging to here how all the people are having a tough time sypathizing each other going through the hardships. It was also helpful that today I was able to drink some "magic liquid" for the first time since my stay in New York.

Well for a while I'm going to remember how my luck had plunged and I'll see how it would bounce back so it really will help me when I need it!

Good or Bad!?

I'm still working long hours, but it's getting better! I was able to get home after working until 2:30 AM!

I even ate a sandwich! the first meal in about 30 hours!

Today was one of those days that is hard to evaluate whether it was a good day or a bad day.

It was quite a while since I took the train towards Central Tokyo on the Marunouchi Line from the morning. I couldn't sit down until the fourth station. Oh, bad luck! Or was I lucky I was able to sit on the fourth station?

ref: the post I was talking about my luck on commuter trains http://hide3diary.blogspot.com/2007/05/strange-coincidence.html

After getting off at the second train I rushed to my destination...

the Indian Embassy!
to get my journailist visa before I leave next Tuesday!

But when I got there, I was told that the person in charged suddenly took his day off! Oh, bad luck! Or was I lucky that they're open on Monday which is a Japanese holiday, but not for the Indians...

I returned home briefly... I decided to eat some sweets!

a strawberry short cake! yum-yum!

After a brief nap, I headed to my office and this time I just missed the bus waiting for a traffic light... Oh, bad luck! Or was I lucky that the next bus coming after about 7 minutes, had just one open seat in the front area and since I was the first one on line, I was able to secure it!

Maybe I was wrong to sleep after eating, as I had a stomachache. Oh, bad luck! Or was I lucky I was able to clean up some of the digested junk in my stomach?

Forget how my stomach is... I wanted to eat everything I possibly will never eat in India...

hunting for a beef bowl set!

After working for a while, I went home to sleep just a little more and left my home to head for my office again... And... It was raining! Now this must be bad luck! Or was I lucky there was no one on the bus and it was a very fast ride to my destination...

Oh whatever, I hope everything's fine overnight!