Date Two. July Eleven, 2012

Wow! I'm really here!

Wow! I'm really here!

I awoke this morning at six AM alert and prepared to rock. This was supposed to be a quote day of rest". However, at seven:fifteen AM local time I needed to be on a Skype video call back to Santa Clara California to participate in an government event for vendors and makers in the area. I had spoken at the event on Monday evening while attendees were arriving. My speech was recorded so that it could be shown at 3:15 PM on July 10. The arrange was that I would be on the decision to the meeting in order to handle the audience and answer questions after the enjoying of my speech. Before calling him, however, I called Karen back in California to check in and say howdy and Japanese. It had been good to talk to her.

Promptly at 715 I known as the "Big Event" and checked in. Greg, the host, told me he only had one sound source and that he needed to play my video and then have me dial-in. Thus, I disconnected, browse e-mail, and known as back in at 8 AM native time, four PM July 10, Santa Clara time. The audience was great and asked some good questions when that they went off to hear another speaker and that i got dressed. Since this was on a daily basis of rest, no suit and tie on behalf of me.

At around nine:forty five AM native time Yoshi and Mr. Shirai fetched me and we tend to went outside to steer Africa. Then we went into a small quiet breakfast that consisted of some vegetable soup, salad, Chinese custard, and bread. In all it absolutely was quite tasty.

The following factor on the agenda for this "rest day" was a 12 noon visit from Dr. Suzuki, a veterinarian tasked with giving Africa one final examination before her time in Japan truly began. Dr. Suzuki came and gave Africa an intensive check over at together with, in fact from Africa's purpose of read, some quality playtime and a walk just to observe her. He did quite an intensive job. I learned from him that his service had many Japanese guide dog clients.

After Dr. Suzuki completed his mission and left us with the appropriate papers, we have a tendency to set to travel for a dim add lunch. Another one in all the members of Team Africa, Mr. Ujita, had joined us just after breakfast. He was the professional concerning dim add and our location. Therefore, he led the method. His favorite restaurant was full thus we had to travel to an alternate selection. We have a tendency to spent the subsequent 2 hours eating, talking, eating, eating, talking, eating, and then talking a little additional whereas eating. Do you get the impression we have a tendency to all had a nice and wonderful time? You are right.

Before heading back to the hotel we have a tendency to took Africa out to alleviate another time. She was much more curious about sightseeing and visiting instead of she was in doing her business. Oh well, after all, how typically will she get to Japan?

We have a tendency to came back to the Tokyo Rose Hotel for some much needed rest and relaxation. I had wished Wi-Fi access, that my explicit room didn't have. The hotel generously moved me, (not my idea), to a brand new space which had Wi-Fi. I needed Wi-Fi for my iPhone, however it wasn't crucial. However, the hotel was nice and what a lot of could I raise for? We have a tendency to moved me from the sixth floor to the ninth floor and suddenly my iPhone new where it had been. I had chosen not to attempt to induce a brand new Sim card to work in Japan has phone service, especially calling back to the states, would've been horrific in worth.

We tend to agreed to meet at around eight PM for dinner, (UFTA). On behalf of me rest meant taking a real map. So with my iPhone set to an recent-time radio channel I promptly slept through The Whistler, Lum and, Abner, and alternative shows I extremely slept through.

At seven:30 PM I awakened and fed Africa. I ought to explain here that I was unable to bring my very own food for her. Japan will not permit importation of dog food from the US. Yoshi had organized for Africa to own 7.five kg of Natural Balance Lamb and Rice. All the comforts of home. Africa ate together with her usual gusto and lack of decorum and finished in record time. Will she even taste her food? Yoshi and that i took Africa for an additional walk just before dinner.

At eight PM we have a tendency to met Mr. Shirai in the hotel restaurant for dinner. We were to be joined by another member of Team Africa, Ayako, from the Yokohama YMCA, one of the key sponsors of the trip. Earlier within the day I shared with a number of Team Africa are new introductory video and some of the opposite videos contained on our new introductory DVD. They set they needed to use some of the videos throughout my upcoming talks. Ayako in joining us for dinner came to induce a duplicate of the DVD so that she might review the videos. She undoubtedly needs to use one in every of them, in all probability the KGO news video, for my speech in Yokohama on July fourteen.

For dinner I had shrimp curry rice and pork. After our sumptuous lunch I should admit that I didn't eat very abundant. As I understand it, no one ate very much. Could it are the dim sum?

Mr. Shirai went off to bed about 915. It had been a protracted day for him. He is 75 and recently he injured his neck. Therefore, he needed to require it straightforward. At about 945 I urged we have a tendency to take Africa for a final walk and then I too was going to go to bed. Africa was happy for one final outing.

Upon returning to my area and before visiting bed I wrote this blog entry. We tend to are having an incredible time here and i am trying forward to speaking and meeting over the subsequent 10 days. Tomorrow I meet some individuals from the local guide dog Association so as to receive Africa's official certification card. Then we tend to have a press conference followed by a political candidate "Michael Hingson welcome party". During dinner we tend to discussed what Mr. Shirai wants me to talk concerning at the press conference. He needs me to acknowledge the Japanese earthquake of 201one and its similarities to the tragedies and loss of life on nine/eleven, 2001, guide dogs and their impact on the lives of blind people in order to help promote guide dog use in Japan, and he desires me to discuss the primary ever quote disabled businessman's conference" that he organized to be hung on July 21. I can be speaking at the conference as well as collaborating in an exceedingly panel. A lot of concerning that when the time comes.

Okay, it's getting late. Time to travel to bed. Smart night to all or any and currently I'm going to travel dream concerning all the adventures to come back.

by: sammy m Reid

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