June 2004

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Octopus? In a pancake?
06.29.04 | Permalink | Comment?

Well I have had a varied couple of days recently. On Sunday, I went to Kobe with Reiko`s family and ate some strange dishes I had takoyaki which you make yourself. This is basically Octopus pancake balls. It is quite tricky to make as you only get a small coctail stick to swivel them around [...]
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Berlitz buggers
06.26.04 | Permalink | Comment?

Well the interview didn`t go so well. It was only a pre interview one and I had an exit questionnaire in order for my next and final interviwe. It was with this goatee wearing slightly camp and irritated by every word I seemed to speak man. There was another candidate there as well – a [...]
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naked old japanese men why oh why
06.25.04 | Permalink | 2 Comments

alrighty then it`s seven in the morning here I have an interview for a job this afternoon at four. I am still suffering from jet lag (i had three hours sleep last night and 12 hours today(i got up at 3 in the afternoon yesterday and four this morning) I don`t think I`lll get tho. [...]
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Wednesday realisation dawns that I`m no longer in England….
06.24.04 | Permalink | Comment?

On Wednesday I woke up at twelve. We went into the city centre and tried to open an account with a bank UFJ but I need a stamp thing. It`s like a slim cylinder the shape of a pencil which has your name in chinese characters on the bottom and you ink it and stamp [...]
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The red sun rises.
06.24.04 | Permalink | Comment?

Alrighty then lets give this a go. My name is Simon, I am 24 and I have just started to live in Japan with my girlfriend Reiko. I can speak French and German and I`m hoping to learn some Japanese here and teach some English in order to pay for it. So, Monday 21st June [...]