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Yes, you read it right. I think that musicians are heavy travelers. Why you ask? Let me tell you about the last two trips I’ve had over the past month: My trip to Chichibu in Saitama Prefecture (around 2 hours outside of Tokyo), and my long-short trip between Narita International Airport and Bahrain International Airport.
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I don’t understand why I can never travel light.
Every time I go somewhere I have to carry notebooks, books, clothes (way too many), toiletries, a few more books, a musical instrument or two, some photos to show people, etc…
I’m about to walk out of my dormitory in West Tokyo to live on a […]

I’m about to do the 400-meter march of death (and I really don’t mean to make any references to any inhumane death marches in the history of the world - yikes, I’m beginning to sound like a history student). The 400-meter march is a strip of land between my dormitory and the closest train station, […]

I’m in Bahrain now on a pseudo-vacation. I arrived here at an ungodly hour this morning after spending 24 hours in Istanbul. During those 24 hours in Turkey, I decided to be as close to being an istanbullu as I could.
In the hotel in which I was staying, I was immediately put off by the […]

One of the most difficult phases of my life was being a Middle Eastern student in a post-9/11 United States. I felt terrible for the victims of the terrorist attacks of that sad day, but I also felt terrible about the reactions faced by others of Middle Eastern descent in the United States. I considered […]

I’ve been in Bahrain for just under a week now. It’s about time I’ve written something here.
Flight from Tokyo:
The highlight of my flight between Tokyo and Bahrain was the conversations I had with an elderly Japanese woman (in her 70s) who sat beside me in the 11-hour flight between Osaka and Doha. Of course, when […]

I literally have one foot out the door, ready to head out to the airport.
See you in Bahrain!

Yup, I made it back in one piece from my trip to Malaysia. Horray for me! I met up with my best friend since junior highschool, Ameer, who currently works and studies in Australia. It had been around three years since the last time we met, so we figured why not during the first week […]

Wooh! Back in Tokyo after a super 4 days in Ishinomaki City (Miyagi Prefecture). I was invited by Akiko; a friend a met on Nippon Maru (the ship I was on while I participated in the 16th Ship for World Youth program last year). She is an English teacher in an all-girls highschool, and thought […]

押す(meaning “PUSH”) was the last thing I remember after arriving in Kunitachi last night. That is what I read on my way out of one of the MANY local convenience stores here, as I bought a bento (ready-made meal) on my way back to the dorm after nearly 11 hours on the train from Sapporo […]