danieru in tokyo: Flight #1

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Flight #1

Pearson dropped me at the airport with less than 300 seconds to spare before the checkin desk closed, wooshed up to departures, forgetting to post a giant meat hook back to london, and successfully smuggling it through airport security. unable to spare the time to head back to the post box, i have boarded the plane with it.

At last, I travel economy. Which means the person sitting next to me is no longer A Suit, and thus has a story. His: "I gave up smoking and ever since I have been addicted to Trebor XXX mints. I need 2 packets per day. The consultant says that it is ok, but I have to watch the calories. However, tic-tacs dont do it for me, so I've stuck to these. I gave up smoking 12 years ago."

Landed at Toronto to a big hug. I hadn’t seen Anthea in nearly a year, and she was slowly being convinced that I was never coming out to visit. But here I am, sitting in a fantastic 18th floor luxury modern apartment in downtown Toronto. No wonder she doesn’t want to leave.

Fear now, for I am not certain that Japanese immigration will let me into the country. A standard 90 day visa will not suffice - the outbound flight I have for South Korea is 93 days after landing. And I have no proof on financial stability. Hmm.

- posted by Daniel @ Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Comments:

I've heard that story about the trebor mints somewhere before.

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Dominic : 7:52 AM

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