Why I Resigned (2009 Edition) Who would've thought it'd come to this? Let's think waaay back, to when I left Australia back in M...
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Matsushima & Sendai
You could say it's been a busy couple of weeks. Two weeks ago Kym and I travelled north to the cities of Sendai and Matsushima. The lat...
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Halloween and Wintumn
Another Halloween has come and gone, and another year of proving how little I care about spending money on a quality costume. This year I w...
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Above Kurobe Dam
So it's about time I gave an update. The suffocating summer heat has left, the "changing colours" season has begun, and right...
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Goodbye, Bike
Only two things are ever stolen in Japan: umbrellas and bikes. Now, I've had plenty of umbrellas stolen from me (mostly ones that have ...
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Nagaoka Fireworks
It had been a late night on Sunday - a karaoke session ending at 4am - so I thought I was pretty justified in sleeping in till after 1:00pm ...
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Summer Event, Canyoning
"Hello everyone!" I greeted my 4-year-olds with this morning, beaming from ear to ear. They all just stared at me in silence. The...
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Humidity, Fireflies, Binzuru
I'm well into my third summer in Japan now and the humidity has hit rather uncomfortable levels - and it's still rising. The mounta...
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Golden Week pt 2: Sado Island
Sado Island isn't a common tourist destination, even for Japanese people. It's a beautiful place, not yet totally ruined by civilis...
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Golden Week pt 1: Festival
After having lived in Japan for over two years now, I can safely say that a lot of cool and weird stuff has happened to me; the things I...
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Don't Blink
Earlier tonight, I'd not long come home from work when the phone rang. "Brendan, get outside now!" Efe screamed. "Hurry!...
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The Third Year Begins
Not many people know that I nearly didn't make it to a third contract. At least twice last year I was on the verge of quitting, once in...
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Winter, Old People and Monkeys
I swear, they're out to get me. I've already been hit once this winter, as I was riding my bike home in the pelting snow. The snow...
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Back From Australia
Thanks to everyone who came out to see me during my brief return to Australia a couple of weeks ago. It really was a fantastic trip, and I ...
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DisneySea 2010
Before he left Japan, Phil, Yukiko and I took Richard to DisneySea. Here's a quick compilation of the videos I took.
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Trip to Hiroshima Part 2
Boy, was New Years Eve 2009 a night to remember! Earlier that day we had begun our slow 3-day trek back to Nagano, arriving in Okayama at a...
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Trip to Hiroshima
Last night I got home from my biggest and most thorough trek through this country yet, and possibly the most amazing. The sites I saw, the ...
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