Sabbatical
UPDATE:
May 22, 2008:
OK Naaz: estranged is more unfunny than ironic, so fixing it.
I'm nearing the end of the first leg of my sabbatical,
which began on March 13th. I spent this entire period
in Sapporo,
Hokkaido,
spending my time taking long, contemplative walks, trying
to figure out what I'd like to do when all the unwinding
is done. I also cooked a great deal, mostly grilled
fish and miso soup. For amusement, I carried with me both my guitar
and my new processor,
a lot of 'math refresher' books, and a tiny, radio-controlled
indoor helicopter to amuse the cats that I was pet-sitting.
I will be back in Tokyo tomorrow, only to leave to NY
for the second leg of my sabbatical; then back again
to Tokyo for a mere day, only to leave immediately (on the 21st of April)
to Chennai, India - where I will be meeting my 'estranged'
sister, who has been lost now for some time, in various
South American countries.
Of course, before I resume work again, there will still be a sabbatical stretch (leg 4) in Tokyo, from May 4th until the end of the month.
I had hoped I could squeeze Nagoya into all this (FLOPS 2008 is from April 14th to 16th), but that would certainly have been biting off more than I could chew.
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