I will upload pictures soon.

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P.S. I am in Sydney again and have just been too busy to catch up on Blogging, soon I promise.

Well if you didn’t know I went to Bejing again, this time for a week’s vacation. I really didn’t do a whole lot of sightseeing other than going to the Great Wall again but overall I had a great time.

It was a nice relaxing vacation and it was great to see my friends.

So I’m back in Fukuoka now until I head to Sydney on the 18th of June. I will try to write a little more often and I’ve also got to put some photos up in the gallery.

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Just a quick little note. I am not in China right now. I am back in Japan and have been for a while. Sorry I didn’t update this site yet. I am heading back there on the 22nd hopefully though!!!

Tonight I fly to Tokyo to meet my youngest brother, Andrew, there for two days to do some sightseeing and so on and then I’m back in Fukuoka on the Friday morning.

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Paul

Well I’m back in Beijing again. Dralion has finished in Tokyo and Fuji Television is moving the tent from Tokyo to Fukuoka so I have 5 days off and since I was so close I decided to come back and see my friends over here. Thankfully I’m here now and not in a couple of months because I think it is going to truly CRAZY around here once the Olympics really start swinging into full speed.

Already the construction of buildings and infrastructure is going like mad. I’m interested to hear how the Chinese do, if they can finish it all or if they’ll be behind???

Today I was treated to a nice meal at a Barbecue restaurant by the former Diabolo girls. It was a nice meal and then I got to go watch them and their school train for about 1-1/2 sessions. It was a lot of fun and hopefully some of the pictures will come out nice to be able to share in the gallery.

I hope everyone is doing okay. I’ll be back in Fukuoka on the 12th, right now my skype phone number (630-448-4971) is forwarding to my friend Jenny’s cell here in China if anyone needs to get a hold of me.

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I was sitting in the office today and I experienced my first earth quake. The office just started moving a little and my friend was like, he is that….

Sure enough it was a small earthquake, it was kind of really cool.

I am now in Tokyo and all is going fine. I arrived a couple of days ago and have started working on my jet lag and working on Dralion.

We’re busy at work of course and that is good but just getting thrown into the mix right away is fine but hard when you are trying to get over jet lag also

My skype phone number is up and running fine, 630-448-4971, use it if you need to get a hold of me. Also please don’t forget I’m on the other side of the world now so please check what time it is here when you call.

Thanks

Some of you may know already but for those that don’t today, this morning, at 10:33am Olivia Anne Graham was born to Kelly and Andrew. She weighed in at 8lbs 4oz and was 20.5″ long. Andrew says she was “hairy, loud and beautiful”. I’ve spoken to him a little while ago and Mom and baby are doing very well. Andrew sounded a little tired but definitely happy.

I can’t wait to see her soon.

On another note, I will be home (in Chicago) from February 22nd until the 25th. I hope I can catch up with some of you all.
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I have recently uploaded some pictures from my trip this summer to the Great Barrier Reef, specifically to the Osprey Reef which is one of the outer reefs. I think I’ve got some land based pictures to upload, the ones there now are all underwater photos, I’ll get the others up soon. It was a totally amazing trip and some of the best diving I’ve done to date. The wildlife and the experience were just wonderful. I hope you enjoy the pictures. The boat I went on was the Undersea Explorer. I’m hoping to get up there again this year at some point.

I’ll hopefully be in Chicago from the 17th of February until the 21st or 22nd and hope I can see some people that I have missed the last couple of times.

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Well I am back in Mexico now and we are in the middle of setup in Monterrey. If Scott’s girlfriend is reading this blog, he is a little sick and trying to get to the doctor

The day is almost done but the last two days it has been raining and the masts showed up on day #1 at about 15:00 when they should have been here at 08:00. We have been trying to catch up ever since. The sun came out today and we’re pretty much caught up and hopefully before the artists show up on Monday we’ll be all the way there.

I’m still really wishing I was getting out of here sooner than it seems I am but what are you going to do? I guess I’ll just make the best of it and see some things here in Monterrey. I’m also going to take a drive up to Laredo Texas, 2 hours away, to pick up some things that have been shipped there by my brother Andrew and by a dive shop in San Diego.

Not a whole lot else going on, I’m sleeping much better now that I don’t have a bunch of feathers around my head and chest and also we’re at a much lower elevation which is REALLY nice.

When I finish here in Mexico the plan is come to Chicago and Las Vegas for at least a couple of days each before heading back out to the other side of the planet. So I’ll let everyone know when I’m going to be around so hopefully I can catch up with as many people as possible.

Have to go catch the shuttle soon, talk to you later