In this day and age I think it is easy to suffer from information overload. Most of us expect to get what we want, instantly (or at least in the next 5 minutes). So many things cry out for our attention; ads on TV/trains/highways/sidewalks, newspaper headlines screaming about events in distant lands, spam, etc.
The "Road to the White House" nominations' race has been rather fascinating. I enjoy reading about how each candidate spins her/his tale while being aware that the very article I'm reading is itself a concocted spin. Who can be sure which candidate is in it for the overall good? I'm rooting for Mrs. Clinton because she has, to me, seemed the most sincere, determined, human candidate so far. Plus I admire Mr. Clinton as well.
Anyway, the trains in Tokyo play updates from the polls today and I was happy to hear the New Hampshire results.
Sometimes Japan can be as Western as can be... for example, my office building was decked to the max for Christmas--very tastefully done too with none of the annoying neon commercialized feel that too many shopping malls adopt. The week before Christmas, I walked out from the elevator after work only to find the lobby packed full of people attending a Christmas concert. Students from a local Arts college came to perform: cellists, violinists from their orchestra along with a soprano who gave beautiful renditions (in perfect English) of classical songs like Silent Night. I was mesmerized. To my untrained ear, they wouldn't sound foreign in any major concert hall.
Somehow, that concert was the perfect ending to a long, long year.
Happy New Year, everyone!
今年もよろしくお願い致します！
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