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657 days ago
Sorry for the absolute lack of updates. Time has flown in the past 6 months and if I had a DeLorian I would go back and write some. But the flux capacitor is currently not fluxing so there goes that idea. On some actual news, Delly and Rabs (aka mum and dad) came over to the land if sake for 2 weeks over the new year break. Their last visit took them to western Japan (Hiroshima, Osaka, Kyoto, Motts’s Bar) so this time we thought we would head north to the home of snow, beer and seafood – Hokkaido (also known as Hokado to some!). The 9 hour trip, which included an hour and a half wait for the lines to be fixed after a tree fell on the tracks (or so we were told by the Tony Greig wannabe) was a good time for us to catch up, and for Delly and Rabs to see some snow! You see, born and raised in the country of Queensland (God’s Own), Delly and Rabs never had the experience of seeing snow. Although, on the plus side, they grew up in Queensland which no ...
657 days ago
A bit late to put some pictures up but last November I went hiking with some friends to some mountain about an hour or so away. The end of Autumn brings about the changing colour of the leaves here, which the Japanese love! Some places do look pretty good where there is such a contrast of colours of the leaves. It was just a day hike with some drinking mates to make us feel like we actually do more than just booze!
901 days ago
Ooooh Yeeeeh! How sweet it is! After a good solid win at Lang Park in Game 1, the QUEENSLANDERS came out firing for Game 2. It was a game of true Origin Spirit (on our part anyway). Some heavy defence made it difficult to break the line, but we got on the scoreboard through a left handed out the back dipsy doodle pass from the best hooker in the game and future Australian co-captain Cameron Smith to Inglis for yet another try on Matt "I'm a boofhead who has no idea" King. We headed for oranges at 6-6, but knowing that we could get on top in the second half. NSW, with the help of Shayne "shit, I left my whistle in the car" Hayne, got a few penalties and looked like they were gonna get a roll on, but the QUEENSLAND defence was just too good and smashed them into oblivion. On the back of a Luke "Avoid Charlie, avoid Charlie, avoid Charlie" Baily penalty, we got down their line, and with some great skill by Johnathon "The other ...
913 days ago
With QUEENSLAND winning a dead set cracker of a series in 2006, they were no doubt looking the goods for this year's State of Origin. So off to Lang Park - The Cauldron - The Home of Rugby League and King Wally (best player of any code, any era) it was to watch what was a barnstomer of a match. The roar of the thooouuusands of blood thirsty QUEENSLANDERS was deafening and I knew we were in for something special. The first half, was, well, although we dominated, were down on the scoreboard due to some piss poor refereeing, and a "Stu Kelly brain explosion" by Brent Tate made our job in the second half that much harder. Despite our courageous captain running to the wrong end when coming out for the second half, we knew that the Power, the Passion, and the True Grit we QUEENSLANDERS have would help us get home. QUEENSLAND came out and continued to dominate and finally got some more points on the board. Danny Buderus showed us why "he's number 2 ...
1051 days ago
A salut to my fellow man! A happy new years to all and may the Aussie cricket team continue their smashing of the useless twits from yonder. It's been giddy-up a go go here in Nippon. The new job is stll going. Getting a bit busier and doing more translations as time goes on. October 2006 brought me a new experience in Japan...going to the hospital! Had to get a hernia fixed up which was quite an experience. Three days in the hospital, a thoooouuuuusand English lessons, and 8 IV drips later and I was out. All is good now and I am back in form (or so I am told!). Having a complete lack of Christmas holiday this year, I was resorted to staying in Nippon over the break which meant cold weather and no Aussie summer! And so, it was agreed upon by my old man Rabbits to use the services of his plastic to buy the ashes on the net. And what a service we got! Live cricket all day long for every test. Couldn't even tell I was in Japan! Not much else to ...
