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Plotting with Skimble

So Skimble came over and we spent the weekend plotting and shopping in preparation for Nesuphyn C’s birthday party in a couple of weeks. Made me get nostalgic, it really reminded me in places; the jokes that we both giggled at and made; of plotting over FFG’s birthday with Giggles. Life is like tumbling through … Read More


School Festival and Sports Day

I am fairly sure that the Jellicle Cat would say that everyone in my school is on crack after today and yesterday. I’m not sure that I wouldn’t say that about some people too. Yesterday was the School Festival. In Japan thats apparently a combination of Speech Day, Beginning of term assembly, end of year … Read More



Ok now I’m pissed off

And to be honest I’m not entirely sure what with. A third year girl has just come up to me and initiated a conversation in English about movies (hurrah good on her for practising her English during lunchtime!). She told me she had seen Ring last night. She said it was scary. I wholeheartedly agreed, … Read More


So this Saturday night I climbed Fuji

Well it’s been hanging around outside my window since I got here. I could hear it saying ‘nya-nya-nyaa-nya-nya I`m taller than you-ou`, so on Saturday I was taller than Fuji, because I was on top of Fuji (thats my logic anyway). It was a really nice climb…um well I actually enjoyed it. There were seven … Read More


Preparing For Mabon In Japan

I cycle past the rice fields (does anyone know where we got the name paddy fields from? It sounds nothing like kome hatake and I can’t think of a latin or greek derivation, or am I missing something?) everyday on the way to school. In the morning they’re beautiful, green with mist rising off them … Read More



Cast List

Ok I bow to Archangel’s requests here, I have nothing better to write about really (except that you know in the Wizard of Oz, the scene when the Tornado comes? Well the woman on the bike cycling through the wind, that was me last night my head even supplied the music! Trying to cycle home … Read More


Earthquake!!!!!!!!

Well that sounds more exciting that it actually was. As I was dozing off last night a lorry seemed to pass close by to the house…and keep passing…and keep passing, and the shaking got worse and worse until it finally broke my doze and I realised that in actual fact there was an earth tremor. … Read More