Anyone who knows me well will know that I have long been a fan of Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell series (manga, anime movie, tv series, etc). Like, just about forever.

I've always admired the main character, Major Motoko Kusunagi of Section 9. I should probably warn at this point that you read at your peril as there may be spoilers for those ( Read more... )

It has been a while since I've posted anything on LJ (much less other social media sites). I've yet to succumb to Twitter though I keep an eye wide open on FB. I don't know, I just find it hard to update my life in soundbites ( Read more... )

I've started putting up food/restaurant reviews up on my urbanspoon account (same name as LJ) so I sometimes forget to repost here.

( Marumo Japanese Kitchen )

I am of two minds whether to keep using my Livejournal account for restaurant reviews or to switch to Facebook notes or even Google+.  So I consider this a bit of an experiment.

Friday night, the husband and I went to Osteria dei Sapori  Italian restaurant in Nedlands.  It's the beginning of the husband's birthday weekend (whereby I feed him and ( Read more... )

The last week has been quite erratic in terms of eating out/in.  I was basically a zombie for much of the last two weeks, becoming quite a putrified mess by last Thursday.  However, am feeling a lot better now... lots of social activities and just knowing I've cleared a bit of work on my never ending list of things to do.

Now that I'm living south ( Read more... )

We're back in Perth, but wow, what a whirlwind.  Barely were we back that we had to do some searching for a new home since the current landlord wants her old place back.  :/  It was very disheartening to get this news while we were in Japan, but what can you do?

So the first weekend back was packed full of house hunting.  Well, it would have been ( Read more... )

We have finally arrived in Tokyo for the final leg of our Japan trip.  It's perhaps not surprising that after 2 weeks south and in the smaller cities/towns, the scale of Tokyo needs some adjustment.

Each place we have been to has had its own flavour and peculiarities, but I can say thus far that there are places we've been highly taken with, while ( Read more... )

It's easy to forget just how comforting even a warm toilet seat is on a cold morning.  We've gone from warm, humid days in Osaka and Kyoto, to rainy, dry spells in Kagoshima and chilly grey mornings in Beppu.  For which I am eternally grateful for said warm seat.  :P

After 5 days in Kyoto, we left on a rainy day, where the rain just got heavier.  It ( Read more... )

Looking for Mandarake yesterday just about defeated me.  So very nearly ( Read more... )

This Easter has been a busy one!  Lots of eating involved and lots of catching up with people as well.  And house cleaning.  A holiday at home always involves house cleaning!  I don't love cleaning, but I do get a nice buzz out of things being in the right place, and everything neat and tidy.

Andrew and I finally got around to having dinner at the ( Read more... )