Notes from the past

Apr 2014

- Overheard an Indian lady speaking Japanese with two young lads at Changi Airport, just as I was waiting to depart
- To be an observer is bliss
- Solitary beings, dotted in a quaint noodle shop
- Happiness is a warm floor (I say this with so much conviction that I can remember exactly the joy i felt then)
- Humbled by ML's quarters
- Time as a barometer for truth
- Everyone loves a flourish
- Nowhere else in the world will you see so much pride in souvenirs
- Herd mentality, strong
- Pride and more pride
- Loyalty and hierarchy trump skill and ability
- Limited interaction with foreigners
- Conflict between lack of dialogue and disagreement and advanced progress boggled me throughout
- Sensitivity to life and enjoyment vs cog-like work ethic
- Difference as uniformity (fashion)
- How does one stand out? Is that even a possibility?
- Everything is 'made in Japan'
- Shades of communism(??)
- English as major barrier to outside world
- Superior branding in terms of an individual country as product
- Blessed is the unfortunate??
- Met ML, Seisun, Rio, Marcus, Josiah
- People know their time and place, minimal interference. Sticks to adage of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you
- Environmental consciousness is a facade? Rio says the common man is ignorant.
- I could cry, i could die. Onboard the Willer breezing past the rolling, dusty green mountains with 'ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space' in my ear.
- A bond is shared, yet not. A space opens, yet not quite.
- Japan vs the World
- 'There is no such thing as mine. You just inhabit it for 50 years.'
- The importance of pockets