I have often been sarcastic about Ruritania and made cryptic allusions to the Queen of Ruritanias rose in my more bitter poems; `Honour! Honour and Lies, Well the Queen of Ruritania sends her rose, And it dies.’ Honour and Love, two things I can easily be bitter and cynical about because neither is as easy … Read More

Yes I love working in Japan, yes I love teaching the children, yes I even love lesson planning. But somedays I suffer for that love I really do. Like today. Tommorrow the third years are watching a video because they’ve just finished tests. Its a British Comedy I’m told and they have to fill in … Read More

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I am going to miss Radio Steve over the holidays. I think that Sundays always seem to go best when I’ve listened to him in the morning. So today; there was MSNage from somebody I’ve not spoken to in five months or thereabouts. And I have MISSED. That made the day seem suddenly lighter. I … Read More

I went to Skimble’s last night carrying, as instructed, a copy of Cold Mountain borrowed from the local Video place (coz she doesn’t have such luxuries in Nambu!). I probably would not have watched Cold Mountain were it not for Kats desire to see it. I did enjoy it though. And Nicole Kidman is a … Read More