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The trip across to Japan was began poorly, seated at the rear of a Qantas 747 feeling every bump of the tropical air and unable to sleep on our 9 1/2 hour overnight flight. I was relieved to finally touch down at Narita, the clean and modern airport.servicing Tokyo. I had no problems getting through…

Arrived back in Sydney from Japan on Saturday morning, but was too tired/busy to update the site until now. Had a wonderful time, spent way too much money took both too many photos and not enough. Too hot and humid, Sydney’s current weather is much nicer. The air is clear here, the land green and…

Minutes to go until we leave for the airport. Hope it’s a smooth, safe flight there and back. Hope everything else runs well. So nervous about flying after my last few experiences. And to think I used to be so excited about air travel. *Ouch*.

Departing for Japan tomorrow evening. I’m certainly excited, finding it difficult to concentrate at work. Right now I’m also feeling somewhat drained. I need music, but I’m looking at a very limited supply that I can take with me. The problem is that my portable CD player is worn out. That means my only CD…

It is rare to have the opportunity to hear an Oscar winning film music composer’s music played live in Sydney, even rarer to hear him conduct his own work. I was very excited to discover that the Chinese composer Tan Dun would be conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performing a suite from his score to…