Come Away with Me

Dead beat

Before I continue with our Kansai travelogue (which took place more than a month ago!) let me just do a quick update on my latest whereabouts.

As usual this blog is always running a season behind time. Besides the fact that I had been busy making trips out of the island (2 trips in a span of one and half month) and thus lack of time and energy to blog, the lack of internet access from home has no doubt contributed to this immense time lapse.

Anyway, I am finally back in Narao and resumed my secluded islander life once more. After having spent close to 10 days in mind-boggling and overcrowded Tokyo during the Golden week period, it is certainly a relief to come home to the quietness. Exhaustion aside, I had a great time showing Rob and Jac around, shopping, ravaging the ever amazing convenience stores that are littered all over this country and just plain catching up with mommy. Such that the day they left was probably one of the most depressing days I had in Japan to date.

The long and trecherous journey back to the island certainly contributed to my down factor. We set off from Tokyo at around the same time in the morning on 9th May. Mom and sibs transited at Bangkok and reached Changi in the evening on the same day; I caught the flight back to Fukuoka with a good 9 hours to while away in the city before boarding the craziest overnight ferry ride. Given how tired I was by then, the terrible sea condition didn't really bother me and I slept for most part of the journey except for 2 occasions. One was when i spotted the hanger almost flying in the air admist my sleepy slumber (for a moment I thought the ferry's gonna flip over!), the other being awoken to the griping sound of some obaasan puking uncontrollably in a distant :(

I was finally transported back to the island at 7 in the morning, just in time to grab a quick breakfast at the terminal before putting on the most alert and fresh front I could master and headed for work. Yes, I actually went directly to school, luggage and all! Really, looking back I can't help but to think I was one superwoman!

So that was a summary of my fourth major trip in a short span of 9 months and the reason for my apparent disapperance. Now that I am finally back and officially into my final quarter of work and life in Japan, I can forsee another busy 2 and a half months ahead on the island. There are many stories awaiting to be told and pictures to be showed. So if you will be patient with me, do drop by as I recovered from my latest travel fatigue to share with you my life-on-the-road experiences.

posted by テレサ @ 3:48 PM