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Wow, its really hard to believe that its been two years since I went to Japan… there is also an added level of poignancy, in some ways, to this anniversary as one of my friends is moving out to Japan with his wife (technically she is already there) in the next week or so […]

Introspective Retrospective


The end of what was the beginning, but may yet be just another beginning, or an end, or something… I need sleep

Well, I am now back in the UK, actually I am in a Virgin Train travelling north to the homeland. One thing I must say about Virgin trains is that you can get a power point to plug in your laptop, which is nice since I used up my battery at Narita airport and on […]

Day 14 and 15 - The Final Countdown, du der-iti do, du deri-ti do…

Well my last few days in Japan, and I have to admit that even though the first week was hard and filled with disappointments and hurt, it has only got better. I have a great time the last two weeks seeing at least a few of the many sights and enjoying the utter contrasts and […]

Days 10 to 13 - Movin’ ‘n’ Shakin’

Okay not really been up to much of late… no really… well… in comparison at least.
Let see, on Thursday I decided to have a quiet day in and recover from having a “busy” time of it (well that and to try and get the new Wacom I bought working, which it doesn’t so I have […]

Days 8 and 9 - Exploration and Explantion

Well lets see, now that I have a flight booked back to the UK I have had to make a list of what I want to see and started to think about how to get to see it. So yesterday (that’s Tuesday by the way) I had a bit of a day off and only […]

Days 6 and 7 - In the Mountains of Madness…

Not much really happened these days of note, except on Sunday I went to the corps beside where I am staying which is where Major Makoto Yamanara is stationed so he kindly translated the service for me. I was then invited to share lunch with him and a few others and then I came back […]

Days 3, 4, and 5 - The exact stuff…

Thought I would post the full goings on for the past few days:

“I`ll be back,” and other such things…

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers, and emails, its means alot to me, the past few days have been tough but I believe they will be used in some way. I should be meeting up with my friend Makoto sometime in the next few days which will be good since I haven`t seen […]

Day Two - Epilogue

Well, having had a long “discussion” with the president of the school they are, in short, unwilling to have someone with different beliefs on their staff. Its a shame we could not work things out but they were not very receptive to my views and beliefs. I can see why they did not want me […]