On Sep 2, 12:20 am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I'm speechless. Totally without a speech. I'm even thinking it was a
> mistake to fork over 15000 yen for that personally autographed copy of
> John Worths "how to pick up a supermodel in Hyogo bars for less than
> 1000 yen" tome.
>
In Himeji it's not so much super models as 'redneck chicks just off
the kaisoku'.

> I'm still not on holiday, but if what I'm doing this week is work then
> let there be more of this. Just wish it would stop raining.
>
It's not the amount of work that matters but the quality. Researching
'how to pick up redneck chicks just off the kaisoku,' for example, is
fun; researching 'why redneck chicks got on the kaisoku and are
hanging out with that gaigin' isn't as much. I just remembered the
young lady who said hello to me as we exited the south side of Himeji
station; a lesser man would have capitalized on that opportunity.

>
> I remember being saluted by a security guard entering the company
> offices in Hyderabad, and then meeting him in a classy restaurant
> about 2 weeks later. I'm sure he told his date who he worked for, but
> not in what capacity. His security guard uniform looked like something
> that may have been designed by the head of the costume department of
> the Viennese Opera.

The doorman at this hotel we ate at had on a really elaborate uniform.
Demanded a tip for looking at him, too. But we were in awe after our
visit to the golden temple of Velore so we felt benevolent.

John W.