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once again to the fray
So, yeah, I haven't posted much recently. Too excited by all the SMAP news and am in the middle of getting the hang of the new job. But even though I came home from work tired, I am happy today. I have a 'date' Friday with my 15 year old niece (not a niece by blood, but a niece by love - which can be an even stronger tie). Since she is 15, we ( Read more... ) -
Thinking about visiting Japan for the first time?
Visiting Japan
The prospect of going to Japan on your own can be a bit scary - but not because Japan is a scary place per se. Chances are, you may have one of the two below concerns:
I don’t speak Japanese, how am I going to get around?
My first big concern was the language barrier. I’ve studied enough European languages to travel within Europe ( Read more... ) -
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As I start my new job next week, I have been indulging myself during these last few days of unemployment. It's rainy and cold and horrible here right now, so yesterday and today I re-watched 'Good Luck'. It's probably the least favorite of my Kimura Takuya dramas, because I don't think it was one of his more challenging roles. He has such a ( Read more... ) -
My love affair with Japan
OK, so I think I've found the thing I'll blog about - travel to and in Japan. Japan has always interested me, but now that I've developed an even more obsessive interest in Japanese pop culture, I think this will be the prevailing theme of my journal.
MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH JAPAN - HOW IT ALL BEGAN
The beginning of the affair…..
I had a Japanese ( Read more... ) -
Still getting the hang of this....
So, below is the beach across the street from the apartment. We've had some beautiful sunsets when there has been sun and not rain. Tonight's was even more stunning than these. I am trying to lock these into my memory for the days when it gets dark at 15:00.
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a new home on the web
Such a blank canvas on this web space, and what to put?
The first post to anything is always full of promise, and always disappoints. How do you fill a space when you don't know where to start? According to the suggestion to beat writers block, I should talk about my birthmark. No thanks. It would, however, make more interesting reading than ( Read more... )
