So, have had some highs and lows in the next few days… We made it to Portland and to the Microsoft Store there, and I was the proud owner of a shiny new Surface 😀
Then there was an awesome day of shopping at the biggest outlet mall I’ve ever been to! The Disney store was definitely a winner with the kids!
Landed in Vancouver crazy early on Friday morning. Which is kinda awesome cos we left on Friday morning! It’s like it took us an hour to fly half way across the world!
Thought I’d change gears a bit for the next month or so… and also thought I’d let you guys know just in case that wasn’t what you signed up for 🙂 I’m about to go on an epic whirlwind trip to Canada and the US on a family holiday, so will post a few blogs here and there as a bit of a travel log!Â
Hakamada Iwao is on death row in Japan. Japan’s policy is to execute by hanging in secret. Prisoners are typically given a few hours notice, or none at all. Families are only notified after the execution has happened.
This means Hakamada has spent 43 years not knowing if today would be his last.
Let’s compare two stories…
Masoud is from Iran. There were 285 people in his boat, people were afraid and crying, and the smugglers tried to put more and more people in the boat. Someone fell into the ocean, and the smuggler took all their luggage and threw it into the sea. All of Masoud’s papers, family photos, his clothes, everything was lost in the journey.[1]
John owns a classic sailboat which he paid $40,000 for, and has since spent $100,000 on renovations on it, restoring it to great beauty. While sailing in the beautiful Waitemata Harbour, his sailboat was collided into by Charles, John’s boat, The Gypsy sunk into the harbour, and he lost everything, on the boat, his credit card, his house keys and his cellphone.