in japan

Update!

nobody@vox.com(junkenpoi) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:02:26 +0900

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

nobody@vox.com(junkenpoi) — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:07:35 +0900

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

nobody@vox.com(junkenpoi) — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:01:32 +0900

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

nobody@vox.com(junkenpoi) — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:16:53 +0900

[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

nobody@vox.com(junkenpoi) — Sun, 06 May 2007 01:32:29 +0900

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

nobody@vox.com(junkenpoi) — Fri, 04 May 2007 11:34:52 +0900

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

nobody@vox.com(junkenpoi) — Wed, 02 May 2007 22:47:48 +0900

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

nobody@vox.com(junkenpoi) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:31:58 +0900

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!

nobody@vox.com(junkenpoi) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:55:15 +0900

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

nobody@vox.com(junkenpoi) — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:52:35 +0900

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

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