March showers....
2006-03-06, Sengendai, Japan. By: Quamquam

Well it certainly has been a long time since I last wrote – time has certainly passed quite quickly. I was surprised to see that I have been here six months already! I have adjusted to my new life her...

Catch up
2006-03-06, Sengendai, Japan. By: Quamquam

The latest pictures are taken from Hilary's camera so a big thank you for that!

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...

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...

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 ...

The gym
2005-10-27, Sengendai, Japan. By: Quamquam

Did you know that the men of Japan are ninjas of aerobics? Intimidated by the big (Japanese) machines at the gym I opted to pop into the aerobics class last night. Ex-dancer that I am I figured I coul...

Nikko - again!
2005-10-27, Sengendai, Japan. By: Quamquam

Hello overyone, this is my first time writing one of these posts! Just so you aren't confused, Alex recently posted a bunch of pictures taken from her last trip to Japan in the spring, so those pictu...

Earthquake II
2005-10-07, Sengendai, Japan. By: Quamquam

Another one hit today, this time while I was alone. It was longer and felt more like waves of dizziness. I was worried about aftershocks so I filled a glass of water to watch (like in jurassic park ex...