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Thank you, Midori-chan
I think last week was one of the worst weeks of my time in Japan. People reading this probably already know from Facebook and the like, but I'll write it again anyway. I lost Midori. She died on Monday, probably not six hours after I last saw her. I'm not sure what happened and I'm quite angry that nobody contacted me: she has a microchip! She was ( Read more... ) -
Missing Midori
My bloody cat's gone AWOL and I'm really worried. It's really hard to get the motivation for anything but I'm going to force myself to do something apart from sitting on my sofa pining: like the three-day-old washing-up. -
Happy AND Distressing News
So it's all been decided: flights booked, loadsa dosh handed over, hostel all ready to roll: me and my mate are going to Singapore! It's going to be bloody fantastic! Leaving on Thursday morning next week, back Monday night. There's going to be plenty of wacky wildlife and plenty of wacky wild livin'. Oh yes, Singapore Zoo and the Night safari are ( Read more... ) -
GW
Just while I'm waiting for my rice to cook, I'll tell you about my "Golden Week". But first to point out that I am actually cooking, for a change. I think maybe I've reached a point where I should admit to myself that I'm a terrible cook, instead of just using the excuse that I'm bone-idle. I like good, nutritrious, natural food; it's just I can't ( Read more... ) -
Sirens and Cattens
Wow. It's been a while. I've completely lost the habit of writing a blog. Of course I still run through potential posts in my head but they're generally rants about mad Japanese things and I don't want to write purely negative things on here ( Read more... ) -
Facebook whorage
You people need to get Facebook.
I'll be connected back to the ol' wide world webby-mc-jobby from Wednesday this week but I really need to feel popular and loved when I log in so please go to Facebook and sign up and find me. Now.
P.S. I LOVE my new flat! It's so cool. I'll try and post pictures on flickr asap. -
Cat Chewed Cable
Blimey. Busy month, as always. Bloody cat chewed through my laptop power cable and so now it's dead and actually I've got quite used to living without an internet connection, dun dun duhhhhn. Not that it's increased my productivity in other areas but yeah ( Read more... ) -
Castle Heights: the new place
Feeling a bit chirpier these days. I decided on an uncharacteristically positive whim that I'd do my town's "marathon" again this year (still only 5km though). So I've been getting out the house and jogging around my neighbourhood, listening to my ipod shuffle and gazing at the views. As I discovered last year on a similar adventure: if you jog ( Read more... ) -
Yuuki says Happy New Year!
I got a New Year's card from Yuuki, the little kitten I rescued last year. I was so chuffed it brought a tear to my eye!
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Christmas shenanagins
I finally went to the doctor's about this bloody cough that's been bugging me for weeks. I've been hacking up phlegm for almost three weeks and whilst fun to spit it out when no one's looking, when I suddenly have to swallow it it becomes much less fun. So I took along the ol walking dictionary (aka Shige) and mosied on down to the hospital (no ( Read more... )