First published August 13th but alterations to my blog means a repost. Thursday The rain has kept away so far. It’s good pitching camp in the dry…except for the fuckin’ midges everywhere. It’s pretty quiet at the moment but more “happy campers” are arriving every minute. The attempt to make some fresh coffee went drastically [...]

First published two weeks ago but alterations to my blog has meant I am reposting it. Two days in and getting into the swing of things. The first was wasted through jet lag, just a quick look around our “base camp” in Higashi Jujo, which is situated in the north of Tokyo in Kita-ku. Its [...]

I never realised after three years of learning Japanese that there would be so much involvement to it. Not only have I got to get my head around the kana and kanji scripts like when to use katakana and when to use hiragana, which I am remembering a little better than before. Now I find [...]

Over the last five years the dependency to modern technology especially computing and internet has steadily worsened. From the the “I’ll never have or need the use of computer” attitude to being a fully fledged geek!!! OMG I’ve even gone against the grain and chosen linux as my chosen Operating system. Well I like the [...]