gusty night

Sure was a gusty night in Tokyo. The cover on my mountain bike rattled so much I was woken up by it around 2am! Arghh... Funny how you can't see the wind but it seems scary when you hear it. Perhaps that is what makes it scary?.. Much prefer the rain I think. Reminds me when I lived back home in NZ and we would get these very blustery nor-wester days. So hot and windy. Here it is the south easterly winds that have the same effect. Thank goodness, Tokyo doesn't get that many of them. One great thing about this stormy kind of weather, that it does make an excellent cleaner.

Clearing all the pollution from the air. Took this photo this morning from the office. Could see Mt Fuji (still covered in snow!!) in the distance.

Have decided to change my apartment slightly - involving more vivid colours. I have always had a very natural earthy type of interior, however this time I think I am going to add splashes of colour here and there, starting with towels in the bathroom and a lovely new durvet for my futon. Now it is just a matter of finding exactly what I want to fit where I want in the small space I have. Can only rearrange things so much with the furniture you have.

Finally paid for my U2 concert tickets! It has been quite a mission as I have been meaning to download them via a certain convenience store for quite some time (about two months!) I must say that I'm looking forward to the concert. It will be my first real concert in Japan too! Not to mention the first one that I will go to for years! The last one I went to was in Christchurch when I was 15, UB40. Brings back some memories that's for sure..

As for downloading the tickets for the U2 concert, well, talk about confusion in trying to get them issued via the convenience store. I asked the shop assistant to help me out, (thinking they would know what they are doing), and ended up working it out myself! All this after ten minutes. Phew! Not sure what is true anymore, if all else fails, do it yourself.

Met up with good friend Z in a very American "Kennedy" style cafe. It was like going back to the 60's. Had very authentic decor and photos of JFK. Even down to the rockcakes displayed in the old wooden case. Haven't had rock cakes for years. Very rustic. Z and I were lucky with the timing and managed to avoid the sudden onslaught of pouring rain. It was almost typhoon-like yesterday. Luckily, it is getting warmer which does make a difference. Sure was a day for cafe's. Before meeting up with Z I was working on my PC in my favourite afternoon tea store in Jiyugaoka. I still swear they have the best devonshire tea in Tokyo. The atmosphere makes it too, including a very nice sofa to pass time by...

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Annie Dillard