Looks like the ANU will be holding a 'major symposium' and alumni event at the Embassy in Tokyo next May. I wonder what will happen....

Heard on the radio this afternoon the Canberra Christmas tree will be lit in a couple of weeks. That was a fun evening last year- its amazing how time flies.
But thats the problem with listening to radio from back home... music can trigger homesickness quicker than anything. Part of that is that this particular radio station hasnt appeared to have changed their playlists that greatly in the last couple of years, which means the same songs they play while I'm here in my apartment in Japan are the same songs they played while I was driving to uni, driving to work, driving home. Even after a long trip over the Monaro highway, coming past Tuggeranong, right as you come over the hill and get your first glimpse of the city sprawling away, glittering under the night sky, and first start to pick up FM radio, the same songs that came on signalling driving back into Canberra.
Well, that and 2CA, which on a good calm night with the aerial out full I would be able to pick up the entire journey to Sale, except for the bit of the forest down near Cann River. Yes, it was nice being able to pull into the driveway in Sale with Canberra radio playing, clear as a bell, but come sunlight the next day it was nothing but static.

I havent done anything of value this weekend. Next weekend, the weather should clear up, and we will be able to go on a trip to Kamakura - the seat of the first Shogunate of Japan. In between now and then, I need to make a trip to the Immigration office, to ensure I can get back into Japan after Christmas, and a trip to the Australian Embassy, to vote, some time before next Saturday's election.