The mountain climbing trips did wear us our because we passed out watching TV at 9:30 and didn’t get up until 5:30am. Hong got up and watched another hour of TV around 3, but she also got up slightly later. We took a brief morning walk to Higashi (East) Honganji, a Buddhist temple around the
Japan Honeymoon – 60%
It had become clear that we were adjusting for jetlag backwards: we were mostly awake between 12:30 and 7am, talking, showering, soaking beat-up feet and applying Tiger Balm, watching TV, etc, with a nap somewhere in there. Turning on Japanese TV for the first time was pretty entertaining. Too bad they didn’t play any prime-time
Japan Honeymoon – 50%
It’s pretty lame to start every post with a jetlag update. But, seriously, both people waking up to the morning at 11:58pm was not funny. We lay down less than 3 hours ago! Mixing half-ass attempts to sleep, shower, and magazines, we killed enough time before getting breakfast from 7-Eleven at 4:30. Oh thank heaven.
Japan Honeymoon – 40%
The jetlag problem improved drastically today as we woke up at 3 and stopped pretending to sleep by 3:30. We carried on some deep conversations (because 3 hours of sleep really cleared our heads like Drano would a toilet) for two hours, then we stepped our for an early morning walk like a grandparent-aged couple.
Japan Honeymoon – 30%
From way back, I had expected to experience jet lag on the first morning. I even planned around it strategically by arranging the trip to the fish market, which starts its daily business before dawn, on the first day. There’d be neither painful attempt to wake up early, nor would early bird sleeplessness be too
Japan Honeymoon – 20%
The thing I hate the most about traveling to Asia is, how do I count? Is the first day a 36-hour day, or are the first two days 18-hour days each? When you’re grown up and each vacation day is worth at least a few hundred bucks, it’s scary to think that a good three
Japan Honeymoon – 10%
Sitting on the airplane, at the gate, waiting to take off from one of the crappiest airports in the country. The lady next to us has both hands covered in blood from some serious wounds – good thing I’m going on a honeymoon with a doctor, who’s prepared with first-aid supplies. What concerned me more
How Likely Will Your Car Be Recalled?
Over the past year, the word “motor vehicle recall” and “Toyota” seemed to have some strong correlation, including the headline news last week. They sure screwed up with corporate response for that incident, but that by no means suggest that Toyota is the only manufacturer that makes bad cars. “Good” cars get recalled all the
Japan Trip Planning 2
When we first decided on going to Japan for honeymoon, we wanted to go with a tour group. It is, after all, a foreign country where none of our 3 languages would work very well. But after going through a lot of travel agencies and comparing packages from both the U.S. and Taiwan, the plan
McDonald’s vs. Life Expectancy
McDonald’s has been given so much bad publicity in recent years, based on biased and scientifically unsound claims. I’m not a hardcore fan trying to defend the corporation, but as an analytical bystander I feel the need to bring about some justice. Introducing: the correlation between McDonald’s historical growth and improvement in life expectancy. Credible