http://www.visez.co.uk (Mis)Adventures, oddities and serendipities in Japan Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:39:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en :o) http://www.visez.co.uk/2006/05/24/its-like-sharing-sort-of/ Update: I had to remove this post as I started receiving lots of unwanted s*p*a*m because of certain keywords contained within it. It’s amazing what automatic spiders can do… hopefully they will stop looking for me now, having to moderate ten comments a day is a bit annoying http://www.visez.co.uk/2006/04/28/thailand/ I was quietly looking around a bookstore in Atsugi for something new to read when I got struck by quite an unusual sight: piles and piles of The Earthsea Quartet dominating the shelves of the foreign section. For the record, The Earthsea Quartet, is a series of books, originally a ... http://www.visez.co.uk/2006/04/25/gedo-senki-%e3%82%b2%e3%83%89%e6%88%a6%e8%a8%98-tales-from-earthsea/ Everybody’s got their cross to bear… I got mine about three years ago, when breaking up with my ex-girlfriend at the end of what still is my longest relationship so far. I’m not going to go into details, but it wasn’t exactly a clean breakup - and admittedly, it was ... http://www.visez.co.uk/2006/04/23/keeping-promises/ I knew you could take on those ninja-police-with-light-sabres. I didn’t pronounce you dead and claim all your stuff or anything….. Gotta go. http://www.visez.co.uk/2006/04/14/our-saviour-returns/ …and I’m back here tip-tapping on my keyboard to the music of my life. Cheesiness aside, I apologise for the long time of absence, I know how annoying it is not to find any news on the blogs I usually read - it leaves me no other choice but to ... http://www.visez.co.uk/2006/04/13/a-moment-of-inspiration/ For those of you wondering, he is alive. Apparently his laptop has broken, for reasons which will remain undisclosed… what a muppet. http://www.visez.co.uk/2006/02/08/%e3%83%9e%e3%83%ab%e3%82%b3%e3%81%af%e3%81%a9%e3%81%93%e3%81%a7%e3%81%99%e3%81%8b%ef%bc%9f/ Hey Marco, just a quick note to see if you died. I eagerly await additions to you blog and hope you weren’t killed by light-saber-wielding policemen/ninjas, or seduced by evil japanese school-girl Sirens during the turn of the New Year… Um, anyway, talk soon…maybe, Monsieur Jake http://www.visez.co.uk/2006/01/21/hello/ Welcome to the first issue of the Japanese FAQ. Here I will attempt to answer the questions about Japan that people most frequently ask me. Which is exactly what a FAQ is. I’m sure you guessed that. But, come on, I need some kind of introductory text. Be nice. In this ... http://www.visez.co.uk/2005/12/20/japfaq-japanese-used-knickers/ Sometimes you have a bad day. It’s perfectly normal, you might think. It happens to everyone. Even to Daniel Powter. However, it never ceases to fascinate me how bad things always happen in batches, one mishap after another in frustratingly long sequences. Which is quite handy, I think: it’s Nature’s ... http://www.visez.co.uk/2005/12/20/bad-days/