Category: Daily Life
Not as lucky.
No memory sticks or tennis balls (nothing even close) over the last couple of days in fact whenever I went out – it has been pretty ordinary. While out we did pay avisit to the post office (had ... Read More
Another score.
No, not another memory stick, but still something useful. After delivering some flyers around the neighbourhood I was walking back home and saw a tennis ball just laying on the ground. Walked towards ... Read More
64 reasons to look where you’re going.
Today I took Maia out in her pram (in order to get some fresh air and do a bit of advertising while walking past letter boxes and to give Kiyomi some peace and quiet – time to sleep). We walked ... Read More
Expo Opens.
The Aichi 2005 Expo opens today and will run for six months until 25 September 2005. I tried to access the site before and got this: Seems that the site is under a bit of strain. Trying again in a few... Read More
I don’t like to watch.
It is expected that the number of Japanese households refusing to pay the NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) subscription fee (tax) will reach 700,000 by the end of the month, and no wonder what wit... Read More
Not what the calendar says.
Calendar Spring is now here. I call it “Calendar Spring” because according to the calendar it’s now Spring, but it sure doesn’t feel like it. Calendar winter is now over and do... Read More
Do different hertz hurt?
Hopefully you know that if you plug a 100-127 volt electrical device into 220-240 volt mains (plug) you’re going to fry your device. Plain and simple. And if you plug your 220-240 volt device in... Read More
That hit the spot.
Umm hmm… made myself a bacon butty for lunch today! Two strips of bacon, placed them in a red hot pan and fried/cooked the living daylights out of them. Then when still hot took them out, placed... Read More
Ahead of the pack.
Last month Kiyomi took the Test of English for International Communication or TOEIC. She got the results back today. Scored over 900 (out of a possible 985). Which is in the top 1.6% of test takers. I... Read More