I've been on my own all day, and I've coped pretty well. I didn't hear my alarm go off this morning, as there was no alarm to hear! It turns out that my mobile phone has been on silent, even though I didn't set it to be that way. I found that this was remedied by turning the thing off, and then on again ( Read more... )

I have to say that, so far, Japan is living up to expectations ( Read more... )

I've decided that this will be the "official" blog of my Japanese experience, and what better time to start than now, the last day in the UK ( Read more... )

My sister was quite sweet the other day - she invited me round to her place for dinner, and ended up presenting me with my birthday present - a portable wind-up sumo wrestler fighting set! It's excellent ( Read more... )

...to all of you smug "married" out there ( Read more... )

It's two weeks and one day until I leave this blessed island to move to another - Japan ( Read more... )

OK ( Read more... )

I had to go into work today, for an emergency sales meeting.

They're serving us notice for a consultation period looking into making some of us redundant.

I'm really unhappy: I know I was planning to go to Japan, but this is a real kick in the teeth. I don't know what's going on...

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