Love is ...

Well, it was bound to happen sooner or latter. Those that know me well are probably suprised I lasted this long; I have, afterall, been in Japan for 2 weeks to the day and there has been nothing. Nada. Zip. What the hell am I talking about? Its 11:30pm here right now, but any dark time will do. Look outside your window. Go on. Ill be here waiting ...

(Dobee dobee do do dooo)

Back so soon? Good. Now did you see that bright object in the sky to the north. Y'know that one that kinda hurts your eyes when you look at it? Well, thats my big cheese grin. Ya'see me friends, today I bought a new toy, a mobile phone to be exact. Doesnt sound too exciting, I know but remember Im in Japan, the land of dreams and possibilities, of new heights and technical wonders, a geek utopia if you will. So this phone of mind is pretty good, ya see. Its got all the usual stuff, numbers, handsfree etc but then its got some other things like GPS which uses satelittes to find your exact position and show it on the map including local McDonald restraunts, post offices and train stations. It can guide me to anywhere I wanna go, download train timetables and display the latest weather. Its a MP3 player and allows me to set my ring tone to any one of the funky presets which vibrate to the beat or strobe in a rainbow of colours or I can use my own music. It has a video camera which allows me to make video conference calls. It has web browsing capabilities, I can check my hotmail, or surf the internet. It has a 3.2 megapixel camera so I can assign photos to my contacts. It has infrared, bluethooth and USB for wireless or wired transfer of data between PC or phone so I can keep things sync'ed. It has Felica, a brilliant piece of technology that allows me to use my phone as a sorta credit card, swipe it at a trainstation and it deducts the cost of the ticket from a prepaid, charged amount. This also works for 7'11 munchie runs or the internet cafe Im typing this in. Theres also a calculator, calendar and reminder feature, world clock, japanese <--> english dictionary. Um ... I think the next model up came with the kitchen sink but I decided to skip that feature, who needs a sink when you can just dial a pizza.

Anyway ... I can type anymore, i need to go play with my phone. Till next time my gentle cyber-readers ....