It’s midnight on Friday night and we’re sitting at home quietly listening to Cue by Cornelius. Well, actually, Giita is lying on the ground with a sore back. Not very rock at all. It’s been a good evening, though, and I made it through the first week of college. I’ve had a few writing/reading classes […]

Aiight. Just a wee ‘un. Yet another Cornelius EP appeared today, better than the last. The new LP is out next month over here, called Sensuous. This probably only appeals to a couple of people, but right click and have an old save of these, while repeating a vow to buy the LP when it […]

I got a new shiny white macbook! We trawled up and down the streets of Den Den Town (Electric Town) for hours looking at laptops. Initially I had planned to get a pink Sony Vaio computer, on the brochure the colours of the PCs were bold and bright, but when I saw the pink […]

Giita has a book called Japanese People Don’t Get Old Or Fat. While this, to me suggests some kind of Logan’s Run-styled euthanasia (which - heheh - obviously isn’t the case), you don’t see too many chubby people around these parts, and while there are plenty of greyhairs, there aren’t too many baldies either. Paradoxically, […]

Hola. After I left the internet cafe last time, we bought Cornelius’ new single to cheer ourselves up. Obviously, this didn’t go without a hitch. “Do you have the new single by Cornelius?” “Who?” “CohhRuNeeReeUs! (Trying to Katakana-ise.)” Who?” (Gets other assistant who asks me to write the name down.) “Ahhh! CohhNeeReeUs!” He hands me the […]

Hola all. Two days of college so far. I’ve spoken to few people at Ritsumeikan who aren’t Cormac, but don’t regret it yet. Actually, I have made attempts to speak to Japanese folks, so blanking my classmates doesn’t seem such a bold thing to do. You see, we’ll be divided up into groups according to […]

We still haven`t got a maching machine and the laundrette I saw open in our area last week has been closed ever since! So we are running out of clean clothes to wear. I decided to hand wash some clothes to keep myself busy until joss came home from his first day at school. It took […]

Went out for a cycle today and got lost! Cycled around the world up and down tiny backstreets with loads of interesting looking shops but i managed to find my way back to Shijo-Omiya (where I am now) by asking three different people. I should go for a random cycle every day and bring my […]

more ice cream in an internet cafe down the road from our flat. It`s been very hot and humid here, 26C at night 30+ during the day and I`m covered in mosquito bites! Got some mosquito repellent spray today so hopefully that will work. I`ve started to feel a little lonely here & I`m missing […]

I’m sitting in an internet cafe eating ice cream. This is the second internet cafe we’ve been in with a soft ice cream machine. As much as you like, plus syrups. Feeling ill. Another one had a slurpee machine. We’re just back from Osaka where we went in order to see a festival and concert, with […]