Since the ceiling painting has been done there’s not too much happening this afternoon… So here’s a picture of the view outside. (Hint: Click on the picture for a larger view) —...Read More
Kiyomi and I had ordered some more “cream” coloured paint from one of the main hardware stores here (called “How’s“) and were told that they’ll call when it’s...Read More
I have finally shaken this cold/sore throat. About time is all I can say. The only problem with this is my stuffed-up head. All the “muck” there has to “run” somewhere. Mustn...Read More
Kiyomi and I were in the process of driving home and had turned into a side street when we saw an old Japanese women by the side of the road bent over. As we got closer I thought to myself: “Wha...Read More
It seems that Thunderbird and Norton Anti-Virus (NAV) don’t work together that well. I have NAV setup to automatically scan e-mail as it’s sent and received. When trying to send and receiv...Read More
Not too much today, added an addon domain to our account which will be for our own school and downloaded Thunderbird version 1.0. さよなら outlook express. — David...Read More
Spent most of the day in bed trying to shake this “flu”/bug/wog/sore throat. This is just typical. I hadn’t even been in Japan for a week before I picked something up. This is just g...Read More
We started cleaning the office and classroom today, we had a fairly violent storm and the ceiling leaked last night. Great! We will will have to replace four ceiling panels and get the leak fixed. ...Read More
I have only been (back) in Japan for about a week and one thing that really stands out is the sheer number of pedestrians with apparent death wishes. The number of people who have displayed very littl...Read More
We started looking for paint, plaster (etc) today to do up the office/rooms where we shall have our school. A bit of work has to be done before it’s usable. We decided that will either have a mi...Read More