 | christmas musings
2005-12-25, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus | | well, it's christmas here in Nakatsu (and in many other places, i imagine), and i've just arrived back from the Tropicoco Christmas Fiesta, so i thought i'd jot down a few things about that.
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 | Christmas Day
2005-12-25, Tokyo, Japan. By: alexandem | | Well I don’t think we’ve ever had a Christmas day like that before in our lives. A number of reasons *might* have contributed to the fact, one might be Heather, one might be winter and one might be t... |
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 | Boy, what a christmas party!
2005-12-15, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus | | Greetings once again, my loyal readers! today, thrill as i recount the tale of the staff christmas party.
it was being planned earlier this week to visit a local bar/eatery to celebrate the coming ... |
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 | Day 1: Delays, layovers, Tokyo...
2005-01-21, Tokyo, Japan. By: Jemoma | | After boarding the plane, we sat for a while past the scheduled takeoff before they announced that we all had to get off the plane, since the water hose had frozen to the plane or some crazy crap. The... |
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| More snow and other matters of interest
2005-12-06, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus | | Once again, the mountains to the south are hidden from view. this time, however, they are hidden not by atmospheric pollution but by snow clouds. as i've mentioned before, as an aussie i;m not overly ... |
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| SNOW!
2005-12-06, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus | | Greetings once again, all my regular readers. sorry i've not posted for a while. stuff's been going on and i've not been able to find the time. that, and when i tried to log in here yesterday i was in... |
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 | aikido and random stuff
2005-10-11, Osaka, Japan. By: xVx | | hi!!
just a quick message to let u all know that im still here in japan. So, ive been here for almost 2 months. My english accent(along with my english speaking/writing/reading ability) has d... |
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 | We went to Kuki
2005-10-20, Sengendai, Japan. By: Quamquam | | Bobbi's birthday was last weekend and so we trecked out to Kuki (say it kooki - love it) where we missed our last train back at 11:30 and so resigned ourselves to staying out all night. Le sigh. After... |
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 | Wedding reception in Omiya
2005-10-22, Sengendai, Japan. By: Quamquam | | First of all, many apologies for the long delay in posting – sometimes it feels like nothing new happens for a while and then everything happens at once. In any case, this is my attempt to catch up wi... |
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 | Campfire Elections
2005-11-28, Hokkaido, Japan. By: vorn | | Done a fair bit of hiking and have seen sum pretty cool stuff, even been snowed on a couple of times and one was back in early October. Most of the mountains up here tend to be covered in deciduous tr... |
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 | sailing home
2005-11-25, Kobe, Japan. By: kplumb | | Well, this crazy voyage is near its end. We left Japan two days ago and are headed across the big blue pacific to hawaii and then san diego, finally! Right now i am so relieved its over. I don't th... |
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| See It While Its There
2005-11-24, Kushiro, Japan. By: vorn | | Saw this in an old issue of Colors Magazine.
Its suggests we go and see the world before it becomes "One large version of anyplace!"
"See the world while it lasts. Technology is infectious. Every... |
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| "Pop quiz, Hotshot..." OR Japanese Buses
2005-11-23, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus | | Greetings once more from the fevered recesses of my mind here in Nakatsu.
i should like to preface this next journak entry with some background. i had to journey to the other office of the company ... |
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 | The Pick of the Litter
2005-11-21, All over, Japan. By: alexandem | | After the success of my 2005 Calender, I’ve been putting the final touches to my highly anticipated 2006 sequel and consequently went down to the 24 hour Kinkos at 3am in the morning and scanned some ... |
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| Safe and sound
2005-10-27, Sengendai, Japan. By: Quamquam | | There was an earthquake this morning around 6:30. It lasted quite a while but it wasn't that strong here. It was certainly enough to wake me up though. Northern Japan got most of it with a tsunami to ... |
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| Birthday Update
2005-11-14, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus | | after work yesterday, it being my twenty-fourth birthday, i thought i'd head down to the Tropicoco to celebrate. in one of the most touching actions i've seen yet, the ladies working in reception had ... |
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 | How to travel 4,000km in four days
2005-10-28, Hokkaido, Japan. By: alexandem | | What a fantastic trip. And to think that people thought we were crazy for not flying, as if 40 hours and 4,000km of train over 4 days was a lot or something. I’ve included a map that shows where we ... |
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| Likes and Loathes
2005-11-09, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus | | i thought in the interest of humour to put some intentionally funny stuff up here. the following is stuff i tried to post here before that was lost to the ether through connection problems. so here i ... |
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| Musings on the stars.
2005-11-07, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus | | i've talked in previous entries about my slight-to-moderate homesickness. the differences and the similarities that prompt this annoying melancholy were sometimes suprising to me. however, one thing i... |
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| weather
2005-11-05, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus | | My father asked for a short weather report for Nakatsu. so:
Humid and cool, with heavy cloud cover and a wind from the south. intermittant rain.
about 20 degrees celcius. |
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| "It's my first day"
2005-11-05, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus | | well, i said i'd post again when i experienced something worth typing about. i'd say my first dayat the job i travelled across the globe to do would count, wouldn't you? of course you would.
that s... |
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 | Movin Shmovin
2005-11-24, Tokyo, Japan. By: kellie | | Owatta!!
After an incredibly ill timed and unorganised shift of one`s few, but precious possessions - I am now settling into my new Nihonjin filled aparto. Unlike my two previous box-like dwelling... |
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| Bloody site lost my entry!
2005-11-04, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus | | ok, i had written a cool synopsis of my four days away from internet access while on teacher training, but apparently i got logged out for not doing anything for too long.
thus, because i'm sorta ... |
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| Gaijin party hard!
2005-10-30, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus | | i've been here in Nakatsu for about five days now, and thus have not had much time to get to know my fellow gaijin.
HOWEVER, i was invited out to a halloween party at the Tropicoco, the local gaij... |
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| Things are shaping up
2005-10-28, Nakatsu, Japan. By: Marcus | | well, i've been feeling a bit down for the past few days. nothing too serious, just a slight feeling of "what the hell have i done, going to the other side of the planet?" but it's fading a bit now. p... |
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