I have what can be roughly equated to 0% desire to write here. I feel like there is so much going on in my life that deserves to be written about, but I can't find the energy and/or will power to put anything to virtual paper.

Here is an attempt at paraphrasing my life.

It has been snowing a lot recently, and at least a couple of feet fell last night ( Read more... )

I will add more soon, I have just been a little distracted recently.

Lots of snow = itching to ride.

Also my Japanese Mum went in for her second operation last tuesday. The doctors seem to think that they got the last of the cancer and they also seem pretty confident that it hasn't spread at all. So that is a huge relief, but I won't uncross my ( Read more... )

I have put this off long enough, time to write about my trip.

After changing planes in Seoul, we arrived in Hanoi. It was cooler than I expected, and the van ride to the hotel was a quick introduction to the roads of Vietnam. The horn was used as an indicator, as well as a warning, greeting and to pass the time. It reminded me a little of Bangkok.

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I'm sure I'll get around to writing about my xmas and new years trip to Vietnam and Cambodia. Eventually ( Read more... )

This morning, one of the third graders was hit by an old man who drove his kei truck (a 660cc engined pseudo-truck which are very, very popular with old people in rural Japan) through a red light. Apparently she will be ok.

And then, just now, an ambulance had to be called to school because a girl landed on her head during Gym class and hurt her ( Read more... )

My cellphone stalker is back.

So, last year I went on a road trip to Kyushu with five good guy friends in a borrowed van. Our first stop was Nagasaki. On our first night, a few of us went and had a couple of quiets in a bar near to our capsule hotel. On the walk back we stopped at a Lawson (convenience store) to buy some breakfast for the next day. ( Read more... )

Inspired by a friends rant.

Sometimes I get so angry at Japan and Japanese people. But then I get a wry smile on my face when I realise that Darwinian theory is sure to take care of them.

How can a country be so technologically advanced, and have the longest life expectancy of any country in the world, but be so blatantly ignorant. Not only of things ( Read more... )

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It's so bitterly cold at the moment. It's windy, and raining and probably hovering around 10 degrees centigrade at  the most. But I am sure with the wind chill, it is nearer zero. The forcast say that it will only get colder tomorrow. The only way that it could be better is if it were snow that was falling, instead of this terribly cold rain ( Read more... )