Gray Sky

Gray Sky
Originally uploaded by stonetako920.

Fri the 8th was my last day at my previous company. So I had approx. 2 weeks off until I started my new job yesterday.

Over the past 2 weeks, 2 of my friends, whom I actually met in Japan, had their weddings in Seattle and Vancouver. The timing couldn't have been any better for me and I decided to fly to Seattle on Wed the 13th primarily to attend the weddings but also to catch up w/ old-time buddies in town.

The picture was taken at the Sea-Tac airport when I had just arrived in Seattle. The sky, as you can see, was gray, typical of Seattle all year around except for its very limited summer. Some things never change, I guess.

African Fair

Went to the Africa Fair that's going on now in Odaiba There were booths representing countries of Africa where you could basically walk up to and talk to the natives and also a food court with various African dishes.

One thing I really enjoyed was a performance by this band called "Tabureka" which featured an African sax player/lead singer and drummer w/ the rest of the band being Japanese. It was a really intriguing performance. As the performance reached it climax, these African MC and dancer invited themselves onto the stage to joined the band then started pulling random people onto the stage who then were practically forced to dance along to the music. It was a pretty memorable and funny moment that you couldn't help but to smile at. There was a strong sense of having a good time together which everyone in the audience could feel and I really enjoyed the performance.