After a long hiatus during which deadlines, anti-gentrification campaigns, and a trip to Japan made blogging seem like a post-retirement activity, I am happy to say that I have caught the blug (blog-bug) again and have something new to write about. Please choose from the following (in no particular order): - my mission from cswa - meeting one of my cousins for the first time since 1985 - salsa dancing in Roppongi with J-chan until 6am - my grandma's pre-war house getting flooded - getting kicked out of AR's house the night before my flight - singing Bob Marley "One Love" to a room full of middle aged semi-professional enka singers in Shikoku