Finished with the meetings today and getting everything arranged for the exercise in pain next month in Korea. Talked to the S.O. today. I have never, ever , heard her talk so much about politics so much before. She even e-mailed me to tell me about LDP getting their ass
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Election Day……
In Japan. Today was voting for the upper house of the Diet. Just got off the phone with the S.O. I asked her who she voted for and she told me MINSHUTO. (Democratic Party of Japan). She said she wanted to do anything that would be opposed to the Abe
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For a trip to Hong Kong. Spike reminds me why. Subscribe in a reader
Continue readingThe word for today…….
Happy Sunday! Its time for this week’s Japanese lesson. The word for today is genpatsu. ????. Which is the newspapers way of abbreviating genshiryokuhatsudensho (???????-Atomic power plant. There is another word you should probably know too, shinsai (???-disaster. Bousai-????disaster prevention was the headline on the Asahi Shinbum today. Genpatsu shinsai
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I went into Tokyo yesterday. To Ebisu to be specific-but I took a little different way to get there than I normally do. Which gave a me a lot of time to observe and read the latest and greatest news from Nihon. <———————————————————————————-> To the very cute girl in the
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But still a goodie. Though probably not as funny after the 7/7 bombings. However I thought about this song on the Subway today. (Reason 345 to be glad I’m in Japan). Mili can you verify? London Underground Song See more like this on kontraband.com Subscribe in a reader
Continue readingSlowly coming to the realization……..
I’m never going to do all the things I want to do in life……… Maybe more on that later this week. For now though its clear to me that I’m: I’m in a funky mood today. Its nice to be back home for a while, I don’t go anywhere for
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That is, I think, the most used phrase Australians use. You hear it all the time. Say, “Excuse me” and the reply is no worries. Say I’m sorry, and it is no worries. Say the girl at the next table has a nice ass…and the reply is the same. (She
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After a very long day getting here, finally got myself into Canberra. Yesterday was about delays and more delays. At least once I got to the hotel I could sleep. The city is very different than I pictured it. Looks a like a nice place to live-not so nice place
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And I have not even boarded the flight yet. Bottom of the first and its not looking good for Team Skippy. Arrive at Narita with my bag and a bag carrying our equipment for the this upcoming adventure in Canberra. Come up the escalator from the Narita express, quick glance
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