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.





























