Once again another summer has gone in the blink of an eye. At least this year it was a fun-filled, action-packed summer. Can't believe I've been out of Japan for almost five weeks - it's a bit scary really. Going back will be quite the shock to the system, although I am looking forward to being home ( Read more... )

So, my life in Japan's been plodding on. In the past three weeks the temperature and the humidity has shot through the roof! It's so debilitating. I have little energy and my appetite's all over the place. I don't remember previous years having this effect on me. The thing is, rainy season isn't even over yet! In a few weeks, that's when the real ( Read more... )

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... )

Well school's over and done with. I had my trip to Kyushu with Steph last weekend which was really good (see my flickr pictures). It was a nice break and we did some cool stuff like wallow around butt-naked in a pool of mud (it was an onsen, not just some random place by the way). Went to Nagasaki too, which I really like. Kinda got the same feel ( Read more... )

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Dad sent me a nice picture from last month in France.

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It's been a while I guess, eh. I was putting this off until I felt a bit happier, but I reckon given I have some time this evening,I'll update now.

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I'm home: England. And what a surprise, it's raining! Today is, according to the card companies, Mother's Day but luckily for me I have a pair of exceedingly cynical parents. My mum peered over the Sunday broadsheet today and remarked "It seems that today is Mother's Day" to which I replied, munching on my organic, wholewheat toast and homemade ( Read more... )

Well, in a week I managed to cram a lot of things in. I flew in to Heathrow on a connection from Hong Kong (niiiiiice airport) at 5am and my mum and bro were there for long-overdue hugs and such. I didn’t cry this time around even though it’d been a 364 day separation. London was gloomy and cold, as expected. Ed has grown another foot I swear, and ( Read more... )

Well, I'm home from Okinawa, and still reeling from the experience. I'm sitting here now listening to this song which, among others, is the song of the holiday. It's by an Okinawan group called Begin and my new friend Chris taught me and the others it on the long drives we took around the islands ( Read more... )