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Japan
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Wednesday, 14 January 2009 |
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"How many seasons does your country have?" was a question I would often be asked by the Japanese people I would meet, while I was in Japan. "Well...em...four, like every other damn country in the world!" I would answer. I would never say the last part, but I would always think it. And now I've lived in a few more countries, I have come to realise that it was extremely ignorant of me to do so. Spring, summer, autumn (Fall for you Americans out there) and winter had their very distinct climates and winter turned out to be one of my favourites...
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Ghana
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Thursday, 16 October 2008 |
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I have no idea what kind of bird this was, but for some reason, while I was in Ghana, it took it upon itself to wake me up most mornings....
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Japan
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Saturday, 11 October 2008 |
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Teaching a subject that the students don't really want to learn doesn't always create the best classroom environment. Which is why it's nice to catch those same students somewhere else, just to see how they behave. On May 11th, and June 1st 2004 I decided to check out how my students (who were usually reading manga or sleeping) behaved in another class, cooking class...
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Ghana
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Sunday, 14 September 2008 |
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Me: Bro check your facebook. i put a picture up there, and need you to ask dad what it is...
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Japan
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Thursday, 11 September 2008 |
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Music, a big thing all around the world, but in different ways. The Shamisen was never something I thought I would see on the streets, but I guess that was only because I had never been to Japan...
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Japan
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Thursday, 10 July 2008 |
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Being an assistant language teacher in Japan, piece of cake right? Well everyone one knows that Japanese students are well behaved, studious, intelligent, obedient...all that stuff right...
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Ghana
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Tuesday, 08 July 2008 |
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Trotro, the backbone of the Ghanaian transportation system. Never a trotro journey went by without something interesting happening...
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Japan
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008 |
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It's 1820, and two residents of Fushiki town in Toyama prefecture, Japan are getting bored and restless.They want something to do, or more accurately, they want something to destroy.
(BFR= Bored Fushiki Resident)
BFR 1: "I've got it! Listen. Two carts, bunch of lanterns on each. We'll crash them into each other"
BFR 2: "Hmmm...em....what else you got?"
BFR 1: "Ok, ok...they'll weigh like, a ton each...a couple of tons."
BFR 2: "How the hell are we gonna move them, you would need, like, 50 people or something to push them."
BFR 1: "So? We'll get the whole town to do it. Ain't no one doing anything, it's 1820."
BFR 2: "So what it's 1820, people still work!"
BFR 1: "Well then... we'll do it at night. Oh come on you know it will be fun, we'll give them like 50 feet run ups. We'll find a couple of idiots and stick them on the front. It'll be great, trust me."
BFR 2: "Hmmm, sticking people to the front. I think you're on to something there pall."
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Ghana
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Monday, 23 June 2008 |
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This ship traveled around the world, and I got a chance to see it, in both countries, well kind of anyway...
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Japan
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
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So, I'm on my way to meet up with a group of JET friends on a Sunday night in July 04. I come down the train station stairs to catch my train and I hear the amazing sound of Mr Pedal Steel Man...
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