Worth the paper it’s written on
Japan is a land of procedure, and of doing things ‘the proper way’. Even when that way makes little sense. I’m happy to smile, nod and get on with it most of the time. There are also times when I just want to take the entire pile of essential forms and burn it. A few […]
Hush little (food) baby
It happened again the other day. Was just sitting in the coffee room, minding my own business, when a nice lady I vaguely knew came over to me, smiled kindly, and asked ‘Sooooo, when’s it all happening?…’ I immediately thought she must mean my (very exciting) exhibition of drawings in a pub; or maybe she’d […]
Work, fun? That’ll be the day…
It feels like every day is now ‘National Something Day’ or ‘International Something Else Day’. I’m getting a bit sick of them all, truth be told. Japan in particular is notorious for these days. We’ve not long missed Japan’s Strawberry Day (January 15th), so named because 1 (ichi) and 5 (g0) together in Japanese sound […]
