finally after some 22 plus hour of travelling, i am home. tired and feeling surreal at the same time. since i didn't pack every thing that make the unpacking easy. all i brough back is what i have already loaded into my luggage for the supposedly 25 march trip that ended up 10 days earlier
we went out for dinner with a friend last night. well, not a home coming celebration, let's say i wasn't part of this restaurant week dinner plan initially. but since i return unexpectedly, i decided to join the gentlemen for dinner.
starter consists of soft shell crab tempura, sushimi and crab meat with red beet root. a fusion galore.
lightly seared scallop with red pepper sauce on a bed of millet
my main - i opt for duck breast in red sauce since i had lot of fish lately in tokyo. the duck breast was very nicely done and tender
his fish on a bed of cous cous.
dessert - a not so sweet meringue (good for my sweet life) and pineapple sorbet
it's quite an culinary experience, i am impressed even though i was tired but my taste bud was excited by the food. it's hard to imagine a high quality restaurant along the main promenade of noordwijk beach.
today i try to work in Japan time zone, despite the work from home scheme is currently in force in tokyo by my client , we are quite busy, i have calls back to back the entire morning first with tokyo team, then india team and our new york team. some of my calls will be at odd hours like 1am or 4am CET, i probably will give those a skip depending on how bad or well i cope with jet lag. I am eager to know the latest development of the situation but I don't want to know it through international media. some of my japan colleagues, JLH friends are making plans or already in transit to kansai cities like osaka, kobe and beyond. let's pray the situation will change for the better.
God bless japan!
today i try to work in Japan time zone, despite the work from home scheme is currently in force in tokyo by my client , we are quite busy, i have calls back to back the entire morning first with tokyo team, then india team and our new york team. some of my calls will be at odd hours like 1am or 4am CET, i probably will give those a skip depending on how bad or well i cope with jet lag. I am eager to know the latest development of the situation but I don't want to know it through international media. some of my japan colleagues, JLH friends are making plans or already in transit to kansai cities like osaka, kobe and beyond. let's pray the situation will change for the better.
God bless japan!
2 comments:
el! i was just coming here to tell you to leave japan n you have alrdy arrived home! yes, it is surreal isn't it. i realized now tt when watching the breaking news the day the earthquake struck, i was watching cars swept away n there were ppl inside. i was watching them die. i realize now.
i don't know what to say except tt i hope the country recovers quickly.
by coincidence, i received an email of photos of japanese atrocities (unbelievable, i was filled with anger seeing those photos of mutilated bodies, hundreds of heads lined up, babies being bayonetted, women raped n their guts torn out) one day b4 the quake struck.
some friends wrote to say the jap deserve it altho we talked about it at home n we think that the present generation are not responsible. if anything, the govt shd not give honor to the generals n soldiers.
and you know what, yesterday i was watching cctv (china tv station), n there was so much sympathy for the japanese n the chinese donations kept growing. wow, tt's real forgiveness, despite all the years of hatred for the japanese in china, and china is one great country!
thank you terri! Just pray for japan, there is no word to describe the situation or even my feelings after going through all these.
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