This morning I attended a 9 am meeting at FCCJ. I was dressed and out the door at 8:30, just in time for rush hour on the Marunouchi line.
A hundred people in the train car with me multiplied the effects of today’s sticky weather. By the time I reached my stop, 11 minutes after I’d boarded the train, my upper lip was beaded with perspiration, my hair was damp, and sweat dripped down the curve of my spine.
I’m lucky, though, because I got to come home and strip off my clammy clothes after the meeting. While everyone else suffers in their suits and ties, I’ll spend the rest of the day in a t-shirt (and not much else).
Posted by kuri at June 08, 2004 11:14 AMAh yes.. the Maranouchi-morning-zoo..
This morning I decided not to board the first Yamanote train that arrived as already there were faces pressed against the windows. But still a crowd of people pushed onto the train.
I waited another minute for the next train and it was quite comfortable. I was still at work early.. *gasp*
Posted by: Tracey on June 8, 2004 02:29 PMHi! If you know Eboni Staton, would you please give her my email address. I’ve missed her along time and would love to be in contact once again.
Thank You,
Erica
oh, what a pretty blog you have here! i like the way you write—very elegant and coherent, not like too many other blogs. and it just so happens to be about a Westerner’s life in Japan, so that makes it even more enjoyable for me. ^.^
i hope you continue to write this blog; even short entries are very interesting to me. (i’m a frustrated Japan-phile living through other people.)
i wish you luck with your little herb garden. i presume you do a lot of italian cooking? ^.^
Posted by: Keishiko on June 14, 2004 10:03 PM