Plutonic Rainbows

Final Week

Tomorrow is my last full week of work here in Japan. There are some things still to sort out. I also need to look again at my visa shortly. This week I will spend most of the time getting my resume edited and sending out application letters. I'm sad that Japan is nearly over but the reality is that this time it was nowhere near the experience I previously enjoyed when I lived in Osaka for five years.

Maybe it is life's way of telling me I need to forget about what was and to move ahead to the future and to what might be.

In Memory

Today is the 5th anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake. It was the most powerful earthquake to ever hit Japan and the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900.

I was working here at the time and I remember the day and those that followed. It was a terrible time and five years on, the country is still trying to find a way to deal with both the financial (and more importantly), the psychological damage.

Friday

It's nearly Friday again. This weekend I will be parcelling up some of the stuff I have bought while over here. Next week is the last five days of work. It's going very quickly now.

March Reading List

This month, I am reading the following books. They have all been on my list for a while now.

  • Loren Eiseley - The Invisible Pyramid
  • Nicholas Carr - The Shallows
  • Ray Bradbury - A Graveyard for Lunatics
  • Stephen Gregory - The Cormorant

Loewe Pour Homme

Got some writing stuff done today. A nice bottle of Loewe Pour Homme also arrived. It's a vintage and hard to find so I am very pleased. I managed to find it for a good price, especially when compared to eBay.