Monthly Archives: November 2011

You! Me! Dancing!

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

I know that I am incredibly lucky that there are not oceans between  us, but some evenings (especially dark cold ones like this when there is nothing to do but put on lots of layers and huddle round my laptop/a … Continue reading →

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To do: Japan

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

For the past few weeks or so I’ve been making a list in my head of things I want to do before I leave Japan.  Some of these are hopefully in the pipeline, and I’ll undoubtedly add more as I … Continue reading →

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It’s cold out there

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Today is one of those days which makes me glad Ben convinced me that asking to be placed in Hokkaido was a terrible idea. After a couple of false starts (I went out fully layered up on Saturday and spent … Continue reading →

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It gets better

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

You might know that Glasgow is one of my favourite places in the entire world. (If not, have I mentioned that Glasgow is one of my favourite places in the entire world? Seriously, if  I could work out a way … Continue reading →

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Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

Apologies in advance as this is a bit of a political rant. If you don’t feel like that, skip through to the next post on which there is a truly awesome video. I won’t be offended, honest. I feel a … Continue reading →

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Pfft!

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

One relatively recent phenomenon in Japan is the cat café. Cats are not on the menu, neither are they a café for cats. Cat cafes are places you can go to have a drink and spend time with cats. It … Continue reading →

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I’ll go and play with words and pictures

Posted on November 14, 2011 by

Just finished my first video editing session in a long time (think the last time was this short thing in summer 2010 for work): a minute long clip of different English speakers for a warm up for a lesson on … Continue reading →

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Mixed business

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

Ok, so I’m not doing too well on the posting every day thing. Erk. So this weekend… Friday we went to an Italian restaurant in Kurashiki with a work colleague of Ben’s and her friend. It was a good chance … Continue reading →

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This space reserved for a blog post

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Yes. I missed yesterday’s post. Less than a week into this whole thing… In my defence, I finish work around 5pm on Wednesdays and then go straight to my Japanese class, then have dinner before collapsing into bed. I think … Continue reading →

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White noise

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

Hands up everyone who thinks the Croydon Tramlink would be vastly improved by some sort of cute animal character painted on the side: Oh. Yeah. Suddenly realising you’re looking at a very mundane thing with the addition of a ridiculously … Continue reading →

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