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Honshu and Okinawa

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I am back. I spent 10 days in Japan, 5 days for work on the main island of Honshu and 5 days of solo adventure in Okinawa. Travel is so invigorating dispite the uncomfortableness. Jetlag, anxiety, crowds, and other discomforts aside, it is mind-expanding and rewarding. Work went well. I flew a new airline (Skymark) from Tokyo to Naha. I am always wary of strange discount airlines and all the traps they set. However, I had a great expereince with "Sky". I was actually shocked. Super easy checkin at the airport, no extra fees even with extra luggage. The primary mission in Okinawa was to visit the Peace Park and the suicide cliffs of Okinawa. From what I understand, at the end of WW2 the inhabitants were encouraged to commit suicide rather than surrender to the Americans and get tortured and eaten. Besides other types of suicide, they jumped off the cliffs at the Southern end of the main island. If you have seen the original color footage taken at the time, I am sure you ...
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Bird day at the lake

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The first signs of spring are in the air here in Duluth GA. I took this quick pic of a bird meeting on Canary lake from the deck.
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Rituals versus Routines

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Confucious impressed on us the importantance of ritual. The modern world demands our attention more and more. The external grabs of attention continue to steal our precious and very finite time. In practice, we cope with our limited attention capabilities by shorthanding, by repeating what we can do over time, hours, minutes, days and years without thought. Although the words ritual and routine are quite different. Maybe the concept is the same.
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