Technology is changing the world at a faster rate than most people assume. And no, I am not talking about the fact that my travel from San Diego to Tokyo took just about 12 hours because I bought a seat in one of these metal objects flying in the air.
I am talking about the fact that based on the technology we are adopting already, and various upgrades being worked on, you might just wake up someday to discover you don't need a bank in other to have a bank account anymore, or all together, you don't even need a bank account at all.
I and my business partners are here finalizing on how to finally phase-out middlemen and brokers in our business and by doing so, save ourselves a lot of money.
And did I forget to tell you Tokyo is beautiful? Oh, no, I forgot.
Tokyo is beautiful!
I saw a redhead wearing a red jacket on a red shirt and red chinos pants, on red sandals. She almost blended with the large red tomato kiosk in the background. She was holding hands with some dude whom I presume to be her boyfriend. Green hair, green jacket on a green shirt and green pants, on green sandals. Also looked nice against the red tomato background. I can't begin to tell you all the weird things I noticed.
So, the blockchain conference was a success. We got two brilliant blockchain technologists to collaborate and help transform our ideas into what we named the Trap Coin. San Diego will experience this service first, then the rest of America and the world as our innovation breaks beyond borders.
We signed the contracts and I headed back to my hotel room. I didn't have the luxury of spending a few more hours or days exploring what more Tokyo had to offer. That may be for other people that flew in like I did, but not me. I had other plans; Wuhan!
Apart from the fact that Chen was the next thing that filled my head, I needed to meet her quickly, spend whatever amount of time I can spend with her, and get back on my way home.
Before I left home, I was well aware of the Coronavirus Dieseae 2019 (Covid-19), which is spreading fast around the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) had just officially described it as a Pandemic. We were all aware of the threat level, but many people were still managing to still work and live their lives, only more carefully. It was in Tokyo that movement restrictions and lockdowns started springing up. Italy was on lockdown already, Japan wasn't at the moment.
I got to my hotel room, packed my luggage and got ready to leave Tokyo. I got on a call with Chen and informed her I was about to head to the airport. She was expecting me.
Being familiar with the stocks and financial markets makes me understand how sometimes, things can go very steamy quickly, or fall to hades in seconds. I have seen the Dow Jones Industrial index doing 2500 points up and down with less than five bars in volatile market situations.
I saw that play out in real life. In just about 3 hours and 30 minutes it took to land in Wuhan, the threat level of the outbreak had skyrocketed. My flight WH442 was the last to land at the airport. The airport was now on a lockdown, all across the whole of China, and other cities around the world. It felt like the end of the world was coming, and it caught me at a wrong location, in a foreign land.
Health officials in rubber gears and wearing nose masks were parading everywhere. Police and military personnel were being stationed. I called Chen again, and it was clear she wasn't coming to pick me. I quickly made it out of the airport, knowing I had to find my way to her house by myself.
