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The First Week of the Presidency of Donald Trump

It is Sunday morning at 4:37 AM.  I open my computer and quickly scan the news and social feeds for new proclamations from the White House and their corresponding results.  Never in my life have I had to hold my breath to see what headlines I’d be faced with on an almost hourly basis.  Anything is possible:  will it be war, mass deportations, or just another executive order that chips further away at core American values? In his first week Presid…

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Back in Tokyo

…elieve it and I started to wonder just how hysterical the Americans have become with this. It didn’t end there however as I heard on the radio a new song about “Santa Claus for Freedom,” or something like that. I started laughing and my relatives got a little angry with me. I do believe that the entire country has gone mad. Staying with the subject I saw a pretty large American with an “Operation Iraqi Freedom” hat, wrestling shoes and a sweat out…

Vacationing in Saigon

…than they ever could in Japan. If you are planning a vacation from Japan I completely recommend Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). The weather here is always sunny and as I said, your yen will go extremely far. I also enjoyed having people smile at me when I smiled at them. This I could not do in Tokyo and people would think I was a chikan if I smiled too much in Tokyo. But here a smile will get you anything. My final observation is that I have y…

San Francisco City Life

…r to win I simply have to outsmart them and use reason to get a desired outcome. I also am trying to fight the urge to compare this situation to Asia. In Japan and Saigon this had never happened because the people are more respectful of each other and I have never experienced someone taking advantage of a rule for their own personal benefit. This also could be another “culture shock” as perhaps in this culture (big city life) people are quite self…