Beginnings

It's a bit random how I decided to do a blog. Afterall, I have Facebook and Twitter. Hmm..but I guess that wasn't enough.


It's been 5 whole years since I've landed in Tokyo in what was supposed to be a 1~2 year "excursion in a foreign country". It's a very weird feeling actually. I feel somewhat grounded in this country, yet somewhat not. In some ways I have a sense of belonging here; my workplace, my friends, my neighborhood; and yet sometimes I feel I don't belong at all. I am American afterall. 

I still strongly identify myself as a San Franciscan, but in some ways I feel very distant and have drifted off as I've lived away for some time now..actually 10 years if you count my years in college.

I suppose it is this state in limbo that I thought putting them down somehwere.  And also somewhere to show my plethora of useless pictures I take.


To start off, the view from my apartment is quite stunning:

The view has nothing glamorous like Tokyo Tower or Odaiba, but still quite gorgeous in its own way. I've considered to move this year as my contract was going to expire, but just not ready to let go of this completely