| 7/1 |
Woke up at 6:00am, went to work at 8:00am, had
lunch, stayed until 10:45pm. Stopped by at Mexican restaurant on the way
back. The place had a sign of closing time of 11:00pm but they let us in.
Come back to the hotel around 11:45pm, went to bed after midnight. |
| 7/2 |
Woke up at 6:10am. Went to work at 8:30am,
after taking coworker through Mexican immigration. Missed my lunch since the
lunch time was over while I was at meeting. So I had no breakfast, no lunch.
I cannot miss dinner. Made a reservation on a trip back to Japan starting
from July the 4th. Stayed until 7:30pm, had a coworker taking me back to the
U.S. side, with seeing the border security a lot tighter. Seeing some drug
sniffing dogs, maybe because of several people been caught near the U.S.
border last night with tons of drugs. After arriving to the hotel, went to a Japanese restaurant by myself. Come back to the
hotel around 9:00pm, |
| 7/3 |
Woke up at 6:00am, went to work, the customers
took a time
Left the office in Mexico around 2:30pm, drove back to the U.S. side. The
other side of border was busy with people spending July the 4th back in
Mexico side. The side crossing into the U.S. was
Arrived at the airport at 4:15pm. Checked in at the counter,
AA1303 leaving MFE at 5:40pm on time but arrived at DFW 7:00pm, 15 minutes
ahead of the schedule.(7:15pm)
 AA1303
getting ready to depart
Dallas, TX
AA1488 DFW(7:55pm)-DTW(11:30pm): The plane did not have the captain so we had to wait for
a while. The original departure time was at 7:55pm, but ended up leaving at
9:00pm. Therefore the landing time was also delayed to 12:15am, past
midnight (originally scheduled to arrive at 11:30pm)
 Flying
through clouds
 Landing
at Detroit, finally...
I drove back to office first then home. It was already 1:30pm and I need to
leave to Japan tomorrow (or today, I have to say?!). |
| 7/4-12 |
Japan Trip Part 1
Super Express Hikari 405 at Nagoya Station |
| 7/13 |
Woke up at 7:00am. Very quiet in the morning but
suddenly get windy. The whole day was sunny, but the wind continue blowing
until the evening. I think it was up to 30mph. I went to run in the
afternoon for a while, then rested other than that. Prepared journal from
the last week, then headed to bed around midnight.
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| 7/14 |
Woke up at 6:30am, Sunny and quiet outside.
Arrived on time for the morning meeting but I was very sleepy. Stayed until
7:30pm, then headed to a Japanese grocery store. I bought few things and had
fried noodle for dinner. I was sleepy in the morning, as well as in the
afternoon. I hope I can get rid of the jet lag soon. Went to bed around
11:00pm |
| 7/15 |
Woke up at 6:00am, 55F in the morning and
expected to be humid and hot. Stayed at work until 10:00pm, and I could not
wait to eat dinner at home so I went to Jimmy John's for a sub. Come home,
had to reserve another set of airplane tickets to go to Japan again. Going
to bed after 1:00am. |
| 7/16 |
Woke up at 6:45am, it was due to staying up late
yesterday...The sky looked humid and ready to get stormy as expected on
weather forecast. Went to work, stayed until 9:30pm. Stopped by at LTF for
workout but one of the TV was showing thunderstorm approaching to the area
so I stepped out to head home. The rain began falling as I drive back. Come
home, had dinner while listening to thunder. The rain was over by midnight.
Went to bed around 1:00am. Because of lack of sleep, I was very sleepy over
the day... |
| 7/17 |
When I woke up this morning, it was already
9:00am. I must have been tired. Went to work but since I missed one hour
already, I bought my lunch from Jimmy John's. Stayed until 9:30pm, drove to
LTF for workout. Come home, had dinner and headed to bed around 1:00am
again. |
| 7/18 |
Woke up at 6:00am, already at 70F. Did a load of
laundry. Went to work, and also chiropractic during lunch hour. Stayed until
7:00pm then headed to LTF for a short workout. Come home, had dinner which
was fried rice and salad.
Decided to go bed around 11:30pm, the temperature is still at 78F. Oh my...
I was hoping to get some rain. |
| 7/19 |
Woke up at 2:30am because the outside was noisy,
and my room was very hot. Opened the window for a while and went back to
sleep. Woke up again around 8:00am, the temperature was still above 70F.
Went out for running at Kensington Park. Made a round and come home around
1:30pm. That's around the time when rain started. Spent afternoon at home,
taking care of chores. Rained occasionally. Had curry for dinner, called
home for about 10 minutes to check on my dad. Hard rain started around
midnight. |
| 7/20 |
Woke up at 8:00am, 70F with cloudy weather, the
weather.com shows rain from Detroit to Jackson, MI so I think it's going to
be rainy at least whole morning. However, the rain did not come and become
cloudy to sunny, by the evening. Went to LTF for workout, then stopped by at
Burger King for lunch, stayed at the office until 5:00pm. Gathered at my
friend's house, had a take out Thai food, stayed until 9:30pm and come home,
worked on my assignments. |
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| 7/21 |
Woke up at 6:00am, went to work after working on
packing. I did not have time to cook lunch so I went to Jimmy John's. Stayed
at office until 6:30pm, then headed to LTF for a short workout. Stopped by
at BestBuy, as well as Meijer on the way back to purchase items missing from
my trip. Rain fall started around 8:00pm. Come home, had dinner, and then
relaxed. Almost done with packing and hit the bed around midnight.
Thunderstorm cloud near the sunset |
| 7/22-29 |
Japan Trip Part 2
Airplane approaching to Narita Airport, from Narita Express |
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| 7/30 |
Woke up with help of alarm clock at 7:00am,
stretched my body, did a load of laundry before heading to work. Since I had
no time to cook, I picked up my lunch on the way. Stayed until 9:00pm then
headed home. Spent most of the evening relaxing and taking care of stuffs I
left out before going to Japan. Went to bed around midnight. |
| 7/31 |
[Goodwill, a Japanese temporary job agency
terminated the operation today, many criticizes company like this are
increasing the number of "working poor" in Japan ]
Woke up with help of alarm clock at 7:00am,
another sunny morning. Went to work, had lunch I prepared in the morning.
Stayed until 9:00pm then headed to Meijer to buy some groceries before
heading home. Stayed up until midnight, still in the 70F but tomorrow may be
a bit cooler since thunderstorms expected. |