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Today is the occasion of my 25th birthday. Although many people will say they don`t feel any different to when they were 18, 21 or 23 I believe this is wrong and I do. You move on - friends have gone elsewhere and new ones have come in, and you have a wealth of experiences - whether it is at the work out in the real world or immigration office. Of course being in Japan or any foreign country gives you untold treasures of experiences. Mentally I have (stutteringly?) developed and physically I have gained girth. The latter not necessarily being a bad thing being previously Simon “The rake” Quaisi.

This is the first birthday I have blogged - my blog having begun the first day of my life in Japan on June 22nd 2004 although the first birthday abroad was my 21st when I was studying in Essen in Germany. The one good thing about my birthday I like is that the year tells me how old I am. For instance in 2005 I am 25 in 2001, I was 21 and in 2009 I am 29. Yet more proof I have a small mind.