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Snow Cycles
Another snow day in Gifu – this is becoming something of an obsession…
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X-Valid 0.96
A minor update to X-Valid necessitates another release post.
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Visa Vie Sushi
In which I obtain an extended visa and learn that the Japanese don’t really eat sushi that much.
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Flight Plan
The opening of a new airport has created a new tourist destination for the locals.
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Nothing To Sneeze At
Another national holiday for the Japanese, which they use to purchase handkerchiefs to cope with their allergies.
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Passive Aggressive Nihilism
Being nice to your employees is not a requisite characteristic in a Japanese manager.
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Make Sure You Tick The Right Box
I have to get the visa form right, else I might be corralled into a very different and somewhat older profession.
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Festival Fever
Another town festival, this one in Ibigawa.
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Bootstrapping A Dictionary
Learning to read Japanese is really really ridiculously hard. So hard that you have to use a dictionary in order to use a dictionary.
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Taking The High Rood
A farewell to Cheyne, my housemate who returns back to America this week.
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Congrats
Grant and Tracey are engaged! Congratulations!
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Pass Master
In which I discover the results of my JNLP Level 3 results.
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Been To The Snow
Another snowboarding excursion. Living in a snow-capped prefecture is awesome!
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Gaijin Snow Day
Another snow day, this time with just about every Nova Teacher we could muster in the area.
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X-Valid 0.95
Another version of X-Valid which fixed up a couple of issues, added compatibility and one-click installation.
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Penned Name
I try my hand at calligraphy and find it far too unsteady to write even my own name!
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The Grudge
A true horror movie, Juon freaked me out good and proper.
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Every Day The 14th
Valentine’s Day in Japan is an all-male affair, with women expected to buy their partners expensive gifts. Reciprocity comes later.
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The Return Of The Pedal Bike
My bike miraculously makes its way back to me courtesy of some over-zealous police work.
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An Officer Calls
My bike is found! Now I just have to get it back…
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Board Again
Another day snowboarding in northern Gifu.
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Uncle George
The death of my Uncle George.
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Ridiculous Japanese Gameshows
Gameshows here scrape the barrel for ideas, but somehow are still riotously entertaining.
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Light Brigade
In which we solve an age old mystery, for values of X where X is Japanese People.
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Snow Patrol
Snowboarding in Japan, and I didn’t even kill myself!
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Akemashita Omedetou
New Year in Japan is celebrated more widely than Christmas. I step outside and see what people are up to.
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Howdy!
Technology and travel stories from a global roaming, kangaroo loving, sake drinking gaijin pom.
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