News
ha bloody ha
In the “on this day” section at the side of the blog I noticed a link to this article from the same day in 2004 complaining about the amount of travel that…
Journal
Travelling
kansai
Hello from Kansai international airport in Osaka – built on an artificial island and now only sinking at the rate of 7cm per year! Geek alert – the wikipedia article is actually…
Travelling
on my way home
I’m sitting in the JAL business class lounge (Air NZ code share partner I guess) at Narita airport and am 2.5 hours into my trip home. The first 2 hours was the…
Travelling
offally good
It’s only nine o’clock and I’m already back from dinner! My colleague and a couple of workmates took me to one of Tokyo’s most famous restaurants (supposedly) and treated me to some…
Travelling
nice ass
Sitting here after finishing the course for the day and I’m waiting to meet a Japanese colleague from my new hire class that was held in March. Should be an interesting night…
email/phone post
training
My first day of training in Tokyo and I managed to find my way here without a single wrong turn. It was a lovely 30 minute walk amidst the mass of dark…
Travelling
stereotype
I know that asians are stereotyped as being short but the ironing board was so low to the ground I had to put in on the desk! It was also so short…
Travelling
tokyo – day 2
My one and only free day in Tokyo today! I spent the day walking (damn my feet are sore!) and really only did two things. The first was to visit the Senso-ji…