サンノゼ通信①

ふぅー、現在サンノゼに到着しております。
時刻はこちらの時間で24日朝7:30。

昨日はサンフランシスコ空港に着いて、
ハーツで車を借りようと思ったら、なんと国際免許を忘れてた。
ボロくなったスーツケースをRIMOWAに変えて起こった珍事。
しかし、俺はこんなもんでは負けない。
カウンターで交渉の末、日本の免許証だけで無事、車をゲット！

日本から借りてきたVodafoneの3G、
アメリカで使えると思ったら、電波が圏外のまま。
うむむ･･･。めんどくさいな。と思いつつ、VodafoneのHPをチェック。
あやー。グローバルと銘打っておいて、事前登録が必要なのか！？
しかも、わからないことだらけ。電話内にヘルプ機能もなし。
あんなブ厚いマニュアルは、まさか海外に持っていけないよ。
俺がおじいちゃんだったら、とっくにあきらめて、
車の窓からハイウェイに投げ捨ててます。
といっても改良すべき点がハッキリしてるので、
メモっておくとしよう。こういう「angry」な時にアイデアは生まれる。

車でそのまますぐサンノゼに移動し、ホテルにチェックインし、
部屋で原稿チェックしているうちに、ついうたた寝。
電話が鳴って起きたら、時刻は7:30だった。
ん？これは夜か？朝か？
窓の外は真っ暗で、ネオンが明りが灯ってた。
良かった、19:30でした。

そこからまた仕事して、
だんだんお腹がすいてきて時間を見たら22:45。
23時終了のルームサービスのメニューと睨めっこしてるうちに
なんとまた寝てしまった･･･こんなに寝るなんて珍しい。

そして目が覚めたら、時計は「3:33」。
頭の中でフィーバーしてしまい、すっかり目覚める。
しかし、お腹がすいた･･･メニューは僕のお腹の上だ。
ああ、この時間に頼めるものは冷たいものしかない。
こんな時間にサラダなんかイヤだ･･･
と駄々をこねつつ、頭すっかり冴えて、朝まで仕事しました。

「angry」と「hungry」はクリエイティブの父と母だな（笑）。

6:00きっかりにルームサービスをオーダーして、
大好物のハム＆チーズ＆オニオン入りのオムレツに
やっとありつくことができました。

では、そろそろ会場へ。
今日は、マイクロソフトの基調講演があって、
そのあと桜井さんのプレゼンに顔出す予定です。

続報をお楽しみに。

25th March 2004
The San Jose Report No.1

Fooo, I've already been in San Jose.
Here in San Jose, it's 7:30am 24th now.

Yesterday, when I arrived at San Francisco Airport, I was going to use a rent-a-car. However... Guess what. Actually, I noticed that I'd left my International Driving Permit at my home. I think the cause was that I'd changed my suitcase to RIMOWA from battered one. Anyhow, never would I be a loser for such things. I approached the rent-a-car company's receptionist about it hard. Then..., I did it! I've got a rent-a-car by only showing my Japanese
Driving Permit!

By the way, I brought Vodafone-3G which I'd borrowed in Japan. Although I thought it would work in USA, it didn't. Umm... I checked the internet site of Vodafone, all the while feeling it was troublesome. Jesus Christ! Although it's named "Global", what a shame that we must register beforehand!?" What is worse, there were lots of things which I couldn't understand. Also, there wasn't a help menu on the phone. The user's manual? Who can bring such a quite heavy book overseas? If I had been an old man, I would have been throw it away onto the highway from the car. Although that was unfortunate, I've been already aware what it should reform. Well, I'll make a memorandum about it. I know that the things make me angly often bring bright ideas to me.

Well, I drove straight to San Jose. As soon as I checked in at the hotel, I came to the room and began to check my manuscript for the speech... Before I knew it, I was in the dream. Suddenly, the ring of phone woke me up. It was 7:30. "Let me see... It's in the night or morning?" I looked out of the window. There was dark and the neon lights were on. Then, I was relieved. It was 7:30pm.

Then, I restarted my work. When I getting hungry, I looked at a clock. It was 10:45pm. I looked at the menu of room service which would finish at 11:00pm. When I was gazing it... Guess what happened. In fact, I slept again... It was rare for me to sleep such a lot.

When I woke up next, a clock showed me it was "3:33". My brain was got a fever like as a slot machine. That's why I woke up completely. However, I was hungry... The menu was on my stomach. "Ah, it's a only cold dish that I can order at this time of day. I don't wanna have a salad now..." While I fret over trifles, my brain complately became clear so I worked until the dawn was break.

"Angry" and "Hungry" are the parents of creative power, aren't they?
(Hahaha...)

I ordered some dishes at just 6 o'clock and finally, I reached a delicious meal. I had an omelet has onion in it and my favorite, ham & cheese.

Then, it's getting the time to go. Today, it'll happen that a key note speech of Microsoft. Afterwards, I'm gonna see the presentation by Masahiro Sakurai.

Look forward the next report.