10:37pm
I just saw something a few minutes ago that was terribly silly that I’d like to remember. It feels like EVERYONE here has a cell phone and text messaging is particularly popular as Alex has told me. People also tend to sleep on the trains. Sometimes it even looks like the people standing on the train are cat-napping. There was a fellow standing approximately ten feet away who had his flip phone open in one hand, resting on the back of a seat, in text message sending mode. But his head was lolling forward against his chest and his eyes appeared quite closed. Dressed professionally

And at the last stop he sat next to me so I’m glad my handwriting is messy, just in case. Both Akemi and Alex complimented me on my handwriting which is patently absurd.