Greetings

My regulars may be wondering what happened to me and why I haven't written for a while. Well, unproductive work (see later), guests, travel, house, kids, socialising, .... has kept me busy for the past few weeks. I was in Kyushu recently which was very nice (including Nagasaki) but the trip to Okinawa which followed was not so exciting.. The poor weather didn't help much. I was expecting Okinawa to be a beautiful tropical island but was disappointed by all the concrete.
Well my computer problems haven't ended despite the new investment. The 1GB I have wasn't enough to run Vista and it has meant re-booting and re-starting all over again; can't tell you how much work this has been. I guess the more powerful packages get the more space they require to work.
I am surprised to see that pre-Christmas activities are in full swing in Japan with Christmas carols on BigFM already a week ago.
As I cannot manage to keep up with my blog, it is on the market for sale. Those interested should contact me.