After 10 hours of flight, I arrived in Japan. They say it is very cold in Japan. Well, it is 48F ... After experiencing 23F for a week in Seattle, it is very warm here.

It is rainy and 43 degree ... I am so happy to see rain than sub freeze weather. I took this picture this morning from the balcony of my office in Bellevue. It is very typical of Seattle.

Last year, our end of a year holiday party was cancelled due to a snow. This year, the temperature is as clod as last year but fortunately there is no snow on the ground. We are holding a party today. We are expecting 90 to 100 people and a few dogs today.

"Please fill up my $200,000 Ferrari at Safeway Gas Station?"

It is sunny and beautiful but unbelievably cold last few days. The temp. this morning at the park was 21F (or -7.5C). Golf courses are closed.

I came back from the office around 10:00pm. The indicator on my dashboard is reading -5 degree celsius. That is 23 degree F. It is really cold tonight.

It is beautiful but a really cold morning in Seattle. Sun is out, so it should all melt soon. I hope.

It is a beautiful morning in Torrance, California. This is what I missed the most living in Seattle in the winter. I took a walk around a block. I was surprised by the number of people walking.

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Mayumi Nakamura is back in the office today. Everybody is very happy to see her back. She still have some more doctors visits but she looked very good. We could not believe she had a surgery just over a week ago. Welcome back Mayumi! Mayumi's Blog