Aftermathew

I left seattle a little over 24 hours ago. Probaby been about 26 or 27 since I left my door. I’m rather woozy from a mixture of lack of sleep, sleep on a plane, funny positions, sore muscles and stench (that would be my own at this point). I’m also sugared up from limeaids with my meal (dinner? breakfast? lunch? what do you call it when it’s 3 am in the timezone you’re in and 12 noon in the one you left 24 hours ago?). But overall I’m doing pretty well and I’m wrecked with excitement.

These are the first things I noticed:

The tokyo airport was not nearly as organized as I would have expected. Lines seemed haphazard, and random. Boarding our plane seemed more madness than method. This shocked me.

The one child I saw acting really badly on the trip was in tokyo. This was the first culture shock I experienced, and since it was an isolated experience I can’t be sure it was truly a cultural one. That said a little girl (4?) was screaming loudly for at least 10 or 15 minutes in a public place. No one seemed to shush her (she was complaining, not bawling) or pay her much heed. In america a parent would definietly have shushed their child. It was interesting for me.

The bankok airport is UP at 3 am and 4 am. I imagine the rest of bankok is too. I wouldn’t know (yet).

Delta’s gluten free meals aren’t half bad. ITs weird that there is no glutenfree/vegiterian option though.

Every time I’m in an interent cafe, I realize I could do it better. THis is no expection, adn writing this post is really hard on this computer. I’m going to end it here.