Up and breakfast then off to the Science Module. Canon have arrived, the future of photography is no more than a over engineered way for the participants to have a group photo taken. We started off with. 5 IST but 2 disappeared leaving myself, Bjorn from Sweden and Scott from the UK. Bjorn gathers together… Continue reading Day 13 First day at work
Month: July 2015
Day 12 Opening Ceremony
Up and off to breakfast before heading to the Science Module, finally met someone from Canon but guess what…”come back tomorrow”. So I helped out in the HQ with some admin, it appears that the Japanese guy in charge of Dvience was told by his employer 2 days ago that he had to go back… Continue reading Day 12 Opening Ceremony
Day 11 Arrivals Day
Up early in our new home, best nights sleep so far so looks like a good decision, we are still undecided to move or not, if Nutt moves we will move. After a shower off to get breakfast, a 2 hour queue! They are letting participants in who have just arrived so hopefully a… Continue reading Day 11 Arrivals Day
Day 10 Water water….
Well the winds didn’t show but the rainceratinly did! 5:30 this morningChris called cross to me, I opened the door to my part of the tent and the floor was an inch deep in water and it was still raining! We got up and went for a shower as the rain started to… Continue reading Day 10 Water water….
Day 9 IST opening
Awake at 5:30 this morning with the wind blowing a gale, there is a tropical stir on the way apparently. Showered we headed down for breakfast along with the other 5,000 IST. After breakfast and picking up our lunch we made our way to the done for our first IST training session. We were thanked… Continue reading Day 9 IST opening
Day 8 Hiroshima
An early start this morning, alarm going off at 5:30, no sign of Chris! Grabbed a shower and messaged Chris, in he walked he’d been up all night!! Packing as quickly as we could we headed to check out and the UK team batched us up in our train times ready to make our way… Continue reading Day 8 Hiroshima
Day 7 Shake, Sumo and Wow
Up and out at 11.00 to catch the train to a Sum restaurant with 300 other UK IST we arrived and were seated, before us was a selection of foods and a pot containing vegetables and chicken, a host came around and turned on the cooker and the mix started to boil and cook the… Continue reading Day 7 Shake, Sumo and Wow
Day 6 Gadgets and Gods
We left the appartment mid morning after a reasonable nights sleep, 3 footons was semi comfortable, and headed to the Shinagawa Prince Hotel, our home for the next 2 days. There were loads of Brit IST coming and going as we made our way to get checked in, we dropped off our bags and headed… Continue reading Day 6 Gadgets and Gods
Day 5 Bye bye Hong Kong, hello Tokyo
Up early at 5:30 to pack and get ready, we caught the bus just a minutes walk from the appartment and headed off to the airport. Checking in we headed for some food and bumped into a load of Dutch Scouts on the way to the Jamboree. We exchanged travel details and wished them a… Continue reading Day 5 Bye bye Hong Kong, hello Tokyo
Day 4 The Big Buddha
Fiona played mum and went and bought some breakfast whilst the rest of us got up. Chris was designated Tour Guide for today having researched it the night before, so we set off in the rain to see the Big Buddha on Lantau Island. We caught the MTR to Tung Chung then walked over to… Continue reading Day 4 The Big Buddha