Latest Headlines
  • I’m sitting in “the coffee bean and tea leaf” café, which overlooks the transit lounge of Brunei airport. I feel like I’ve been transported back 20 years, into a middle eastern RSL club-cum-airport. A coffee and chicken pie costs almost exactly $10 AU, so I’m waiting for what will no...

    Brunei

    Posted on December 1, 2008 | View Comments
    I’m sitting in “the coffee bean and tea leaf” café, which overlooks the transit lounge of Brunei airport. I feel like I’ve been transported back 20 years, into a middle eastern RSL club-cum-airport. A coffee and chicken pie costs almost exactly $10 AU, so I’m waiting for what will no...

    Continue Reading...

  • For my own spiritual benefit, I’m reuploading the backup of my adventures in Japan. It seems like such a waste for it to disappear into the aether. So into mySQL it goes. You can find it under the “Japan-Four” category.

    Halcyon Days

    Posted on June 11, 2008 | View Comments
    For my own spiritual benefit, I’m reuploading the backup of my adventures in Japan. It seems like such a waste for it to disappear into the aether. So into mySQL it goes. You can find it under the “Japan-Four” category.

    Continue Reading...

  • The Savage stood looking on. “O brave new world, O brave new world …” In his mind the singing words seemed to change their tone. They had mocked him through his misery and remorse, mocked him with how hideous a note of cynical derision! Fiendishly laughing, they had insisted on...

    Hello world!

    Posted on June 10, 2008 | View Comments
    The Savage stood looking on. “O brave new world, O brave new world …” In his mind the singing words seemed to change their tone. They had mocked him through his misery and remorse, mocked him with how hideous a note of cynical derision! Fiendishly laughing, they had insisted on...

    Continue Reading...

  • I made two exciting discoveries today: 1. That “twinkle twinkle little star” and “abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz” (or the “alphabet song” as it is known affectionately to some), have the same melody. I never realised until the teacher was singing it in Japanese – then it went #BAM# and hit me. I told...

    Exciting Discoveries

    Posted on May 11, 2008 | View Comments
    I made two exciting discoveries today: 1. That “twinkle twinkle little star” and “abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz” (or the “alphabet song” as it is known affectionately to some), have the same melody. I never realised until the teacher was singing it in Japanese – then it went #BAM# and hit me. I told...

    Continue Reading...

  • On friday night I went to my first Rotary club ‘party’. It was held on the top floor of the most flashy hotel in Himeji, where the Himeji Dokkyo ryugakusei (exchange students) were invited to dine and mingle with the members of the Rotary club – although there wesn’t really...

    Cults and Fireworks

    Posted on May 28, 2005 | View Comments
    On friday night I went to my first Rotary club ‘party’. It was held on the top floor of the most flashy hotel in Himeji, where the Himeji Dokkyo ryugakusei (exchange students) were invited to dine and mingle with the members of the Rotary club – although there wesn’t really...

    Continue Reading...

Older Entries
Newer Entries