January 2007

The Archives

Baby, Japan
Being a father
01.29.07 | Permalink | 15 Comments

What’s it like being a dad? The main thing I notice apart from there being a beautiful female mini version of myself is the lack of free time to do anything I want to do. I enjoy reading and when the mood hits me I can read a couple of books a week using every [...]
Misc
I’ve been
01.22.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

Teaching Reading my feeds Reading about how to be productive (instead of actually being productive) Surfing YouTube Searching for a new career Finishing the excellent Dark Tower by Stephen King Being a father
Japan
01.20.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

hello. still alive
Japan, Photo
Lomo clothes shop
01.07.07 | Permalink | Comment?

A clothes shop in Namba taken with my Lomo.
Japanese, Life in Japan
More tales of telephone woe
01.02.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

We get a lot of cold calls at our house here in Japan. Far more anyway than I ever did in England. On our phone, we can see what the number is and if we don’t recognise it or it’s a local number, Reiko will tell me to answer it. I”ve covered this theme before [...]
Food, Japan, Odd
Korean food and Kansai Time Out
01.01.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Kansai Time Out is a very high brow publication but sometimes they go too far in their superiority complex. They seem to assume that if you read this magazine, you are all-knowledgeable about Asian affairs. Japanzine, a competing magazine, has articles on how to drink for cheap in Japan and previews of upcoming music festivals. [...]
Engrish, Japan, Photo
Happy New Year 2007
01.01.07 | Permalink | Comment?

A Happy New Year to all Undercover in Japan readers! I hope you have a great one.