You’d think all you need to fly from one country to another is a valid passport (and visa if necessary), a booked ticket and clothes (sorry Stephen). Think again.
Taiwan!
December 23rd, 2011Return To The Land Of The Lost
November 18th, 2011
After the initial sequence of ‘orientation’ events, we’ve been left to our own devices for some time. We can’t be having with that for too long, so it was time for mid-year conference!
Uploading…
November 12th, 2011
It took three people and a cherry picker (and three and a half months of waiting), but my apartment now has Internet access!
A [Good Hair] Day In The Life
November 11th, 2011
[The image is of cobwebs that have formed on the ancient school computer.]
I felt great in the morning, not only because someone in my dream fancied me (and this wasn’t in the least bit dampened by the admission that she finds many people attractive, because who doesn’t?), but because even though I got up late and didn’t have time to shower (I’d have to do so after football anyway) and it was cold, I got dressed and went to shave (it’s Movember! this is no time for a Decembeard!) and found myself in one of those rare moments where I like the way I look.
Fun Fact!
November 8th, 2011
There was no rice (sometimes there’s bread (like today) or ramen), so I wasn’t sure what the soy sauce in today’s school lunch (kyushoku) was for. We (actually not so much me) love to use soy sauce on everything here, but only because everything includes rice. I thought it would be funny to ask if I should put it in my milk cartoon.
Dizzyland
November 5th, 2011I can remember being properly ill three times in my life. Sometime in the last decade I was in bed at my parents’ house with all my bones aching, wishing I could knock myself out because there was no way to distract myself from the pain. At the start of last year I had a nasty bug which required me to fashion a nappy for my first day of school. This morning, on the way to Disneyland, was the third strike.
Video Footage Omitted
November 3rd, 2011
This evening we caught a festival going on down the street by my place There were a number of different dances and costumes, but these b-babies were the best.
Musings (Or I Find Them So)
October 31st, 2011Every day there are thoughts and experiences which I want to share with you all. But by the time I sit down to type a few hours or days (or weeks) later they have been replaced by new things or nothings. When I update this diary of mine it is often with the help of my calendar and photo library. Some people seem to think one can’t enjoy the moment and record it, but I don’t remember ever letting a camera get in the way of my enjoyment, and if it weren’t for them I would never remember half the wonderful and interesting things that happen in my life, due to their abundance.
In an effort to remember things (other than events) that aren’t photographed, I sometimes make a brief reminder in a plain text file. Sometimes I neglect to date these. So I don’t know which day it was, but one night when I was riding down the road into town, I was thinking about how much time and effort is spent thinking what the best things to do are and how best to impress people, and trying to get the best things (job, location, objects, opportunities) and what things one needs/wants to have for that ‘future’ everyone’s always talking about. I decided this is yet another silly obsession we have and that I just need to do good things (things that help people or improve my abilities) and things I enjoy.
The Last Week Of October
October 30th, 2011
The last of the rice is being harvested. This month has been the first [Edit: And I can confirm it to be the last.] extended period of comfortable temperature.
Hakone
October 23rd, 2011We headed out yesterday morning on our first organised tour of another area. I didn’t know who else was coming so it was nice to see a good bunch of JETs from the prefecture joining us on the bus.
First stop was a delicious Ramen shop. I hope I don’t offend anyone by admitting that it may be the best ramen I’ve had.