Friday, March 24, 2006

yikes....

exactly 184 days since i added a single word to this thing...when i started out in March of last year i had such high hopes for my new baby blog. well obviously my maternal skills just don't cut it, but as i don't have a mini me to worry about, then i guess it's not such a big deal. that said, i did have major technical issues (computer exploded in a rather spectacular fashion) but that's just not good enuf i'm afraid young lady and i apologise profusely to those of you bored enuf to check this thing once in a while. promise to be a better blogger from now on.
the problem of taking such a long break is getting back into things. it's kind of like going back to work after Christmas, you just don't wanna! and where the hell do i start...since i left you i've settled in well at my new job, as most people have left i'm one of the most senior teachers, strictly in terms of lenght of service; not like i get to boss people around or anything...even though life can be tough stuck on top of a mountain, the classes and the students liven things up, and there still hasn't been a moment when i've woken up and thought "man, i hate my job and sooooo don't wanna go to work today". so i don't hate mondays anymore, which can only be a good thing.
friends and family have come and gone, taking me to wonderful places such as kyoto, osaka, kobe, and back to tokyo, and it was a learning curve and experience for all involved. japan is such a contradiction, and i'm really glad to have seen so many sides...still not even scratched the surface. check out the rest of the site for more pics...they say an image is worth a thousand words, and bloody well glad of it, cos i'd bore you all to tears and my hand'd drop off if i had to tell you everything. so i'll let the pics speak for themselves.
nuff said.

the fires of autumn




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and then it all went white...




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Kyoto: temples, tea ceremony, shrines and geisha, it's what Japan's all about




kiyomizudera, my favourite ever temple




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kinkakuji

kyoto...full of surprises


an alley way!! blink and you missed it


maybe not the most elegant form of transport... Posted by Picasa

if you can fit through, you'll find true love...


moment of doubt when it came to the bum...but i
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not a panda in sight

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lost in translation

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from the zen gardens of kyoto...to the madness of tokyo


zen...

...not so zen...


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pimps n hoes...out in style for Paul's birthday



lock up your daughters...




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strawberries, champagne and bacon sarnies...



bird came to japan...



and we celebrated christmas in style...



well, almost...

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