in japan Vox 2007-07-31T07:32:07Z junkenpoi http://junkenpoi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4142587206a47/ a haggish-muncher in sushi land Update! tag:vox.com,2007-07-30:asset-6a00d4142587206a4700e39898ce030004 2007-07-30T16:02:26Z 2007-07-31T07:32:07Z junkenpoi http://junkenpoi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

It's that time of year again. Kamogawa Aquarium

Sorry my site has been down for a while - it was actually not down, it was just that I inadvertently replaced the index file and didn't realize. Well it's back up now, with a splendid new title page. So here's a brief update on what's been happ...

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]]> Baggage Update tag:vox.com,2007-07-08:asset-6a00d4142587206a4700d09e7fc3c3be2b 2007-07-08T04:07:35Z 2007-07-08T04:07:35Z junkenpoi http://junkenpoi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom After claiming to have lost my bag for good, I got a call from the cretins at JAL (who were saddled with BA's mistake, see previous post) to say that my bag has been found. It returned in good shape with some strange tags attached to it, and noth...

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]]> Scotland tag:vox.com,2007-06-25:asset-6a00d4142587206a4700d09e7b9c1dbe2b 2007-06-25T23:01:32Z 2007-06-25T23:44:39Z junkenpoi http://junkenpoi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Loch Turret Glencoe Amsterdam Eiffel Tower Bobar

Just got back yesterday - check all the photos here It’s good to get back to the west and check up on the place, see if anything has gotten out of shape since I’ve been away. Nothing much has changed; public service staff are still rude, everyth...

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]]> Malaysia tag:vox.com,2007-05-22:asset-6a00d4142587206a4700cd972bd0684cd5 2007-05-22T04:16:53Z 2007-05-25T04:03:42Z junkenpoi http://junkenpoi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Check Malaysia photos here Orangutans Cameron Highlands Footspa View from the hotel

[check all the Malaysia photos here] We got back from Malaysia yesterday at 9 in the morning so we had to go and sleep off our journey. Only one hour time difference but economy class has a way of stretching time. It's been all go recently, wi...

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]]> Dr. Fish tag:vox.com,2007-05-05:asset-6a00d4142587206a4700d4142efd11685e 2007-05-05T16:32:29Z 2007-05-05T16:37:56Z junkenpoi http://junkenpoi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Dr. Fish Suzie's holiday 3

After that busy day shopping we got up and decided to do something relaxing. I had the aquarium in mind, but on the way to the coffee shop we saw something that we've always been meaning to try - Dr. Fish. Dr. Fish is a service whereby a tank o...

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]]> Thursday tag:vox.com,2007-05-04:asset-6a00d4142587206a4700cd972707424cd5 2007-05-04T02:34:52Z 2007-05-05T04:54:09Z junkenpoi http://junkenpoi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Tsukiji fish market

Yesterday, on Thurdsay morning, we woke up at five AM to get ready to go to Tsukiji fish market, the largest fish market in the world. We got dressed especially in old clothes in case we got covered in fish juice and brought our cameras to take ...

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]]> Asakusa, Ginza, Kamakura tag:vox.com,2007-05-02:asset-6a00d4142587206a4700cd972698fa4cd5 2007-05-02T13:47:48Z 2007-05-02T20:24:22Z junkenpoi http://junkenpoi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The giant Buddha at Kamakura Shopping in Tokyu Hands Kamakura-11.jpg

On Monday Suzie, Ai and I went to Asakusa to check out the temples, and buy some souvenirs. Suzie got a small yukata, like a kimono, for Rosy. We paid five quid to get into an amusement park and then discovered that we were all too chicken to d...

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]]> Holidays tag:vox.com,2007-04-29:asset-6a00d4142587206a4700d4143164376a47 2007-04-29T15:31:58Z 2007-04-30T01:45:17Z junkenpoi http://junkenpoi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Click here for photos Foriegner in Japanese Wedding ceremony Suzie's First Day in Japan The People of Yoyogi Park

Suzie arrived in Japan yesterday, and since then we have basically just been eating. I know people are going to hate me for this, but the first pub I took her to last night was a British pub, called the Hub. Maybe I was just trying to ease her ...

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]]> Screw You Man, I Quit! tag:vox.com,2007-04-25:asset-6a00d4142587206a4700cd9724ba684cd5 2007-04-25T16:55:15Z 2007-04-25T17:08:02Z junkenpoi http://junkenpoi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Cheese Wrestling

It wasn't quite like that, I handed in my notice. So now I finally quit and to tell you the truth I'm not sure if it has sunk in yet. Walking past the voice room on my last day and knowing that I will never be subjected to that brutal purgatory...

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]]> That 70's Show tag:vox.com,2007-04-21:asset-6a00d4142587206a4700d09e657d31be2b 2007-04-21T10:52:35Z 2007-04-21T14:49:55Z junkenpoi http://junkenpoi.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Heat Vision and Jack

Take a look at this spoof TV pilot - "Heatvision and Jack". Awesome stuff.

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