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Draft P B Application

11:46am JST Wednesday 28 July 2004

This morning I have drafted my application to join the P B's 3 hour tour around the world! Wait, make that three month tour around the world! But the cool thing is not just the tour around the world, it's that the Pb's activities read a whole lot like the activities of YRUU, just on a global scale.. focusing on social action, sustained development, conflict resolution... It sounds completely awesomely awesome!

I've written the draft by hand and will type it sooooon. Deadline is 30 July. (two days). I just received the app yesterday, and the extended deadline is 6 August, so it would be supa cool if I turned my app in *today*.

11:58am

HAhahaha I just started laughing - the idea of riding my bike to Osaka and then around the world is far from the top of my brain. It's still a possibility. It's my backup plan if I don't get on the b.

computer blues

8:26am Thursday 29 July 2004

(written on Hitomi's computer with her weird Japanese keyboard)

My computer had a heat stroke yesterday. At least that's my guess as to what happened. It's strange, though, that I just connected the fan, and it quickly had a problem after that. I was typing my Pb application outside by the stream near Sanami's house, and had no problems. Went to her house, played for an hour and got 3000 yen, then went to Yoyogi to meet Shufen for Mandarin-English exchange (I've quit studying; lost my momentum, but she revived it a bit) and plugged my computer in at the cafe and... it wouldn't come on. Crap. I didn't want to lose my momentum on my Pb application.

After chatting with her I went to Apple Store in Ginza and showed them the situation. Was able to get a copy of my application written so far burned to CD. Chose not to get my emails backed up, even though they don't guarantee the safety of my data. In my mind, the emails paled in importance to a trek on Pb, and though they are not mutually exclusive, the upcoming trek just gave me a bit of perspective on the world. What's more important?

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And I was still able to get to Shinagawa on time to meet Yasuko, to hear about her Hong Kong adventure (no luggage, no one to meet her, no hotel reservation (boss changed the booking and forgot(!) to tell her), but she still had a great time,) and I was quick to point out that realistically she had proven that she could arrive in a city with no plan and create one on the fly. Awesome work. And awesome dinner that she paid for as thanks for my help on her speech. Yay! And chocolate, too! yay yay yay!!

And then I met Hitomi who brought me her computer which I'm using now. I've written most of my application; I just need to add links to the footnotes.

Yes, footnotes in an application.

My goal is to finish the app today and print it and take it to Pb office by tomorrow morning before work.

Gotta find an internet connection, though; we are not connected here at my apartment.