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Things that go POOT in the night
One of the things about the sea is that it’s full of ships going back and forth all the time. Seeing as I’m sitting at my desk all day staring out at the sea when I should be working, I get to see a fair bit of marine traffic. The shipping lanes are pretty close Read more...
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Skool update
Just a few random thoughts about the kids and their respective schools.
Firstly, Ruby is now having a better time at school (in contrast to the shenanigans last month). Some of her former tormentors are even speaking to her civilly again, which makes it that much easier to get through the day. The after-school brass band Read more... -
Weekend wrap
Hello all. Sorry this weekend wrap is coming to you on a Tuesday; it was delayed by Technical Problems with the mega-floppy-bits at the server. Happily these have been fixed by Steve the wonder guru back in Australia, and I am now able to bring you the following riveting information.
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Our car
Our tiny car is officially called a Suzuki Wagon R 2000 model, but we’ve christened it the Eggbeater after the sound it makes when it’s beetling along the freeway at 100 (note to Japanese police: “beetling along at 100″ is just a figure of speech. Of course we wouldn’t dream of exceeding the pathetic 80 Read more...
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Muzza’s Dei
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Okonomiyaki master class
Okonomiyaki is my favourite Japanese food of all time. It’s generally described as Japanese pancake or omelette, but neither of these really does it justice. Most websites (such as this excellent one) refer by default to the inferior Osaka variation where they chuck all the ingredients in with the batter (ugh), as opposed to the Hiroshima Read more...
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Golden Week
Golden Week is like the Japanese equivalent of Easter, only without the eggs, the crass commercialism and the religion bit. OK, it’s nothing like Easter. It’s just a string of national holidays stitched together rather magnanimously by the government in order to create a decent holiday period at the end of April (for those who Read more...
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Games girls play
I’ve read the manuals, I’ve talked with other parents, I’ve seen those teen movies and TV shows out of America. So I know that high school girls can be pretty full-on, forming cliques and being mean and cutting and nasty, not to mention cyber-bullying and mall shopping.
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Skool visits
Last week was official school visit week, so we both trooped in to see Felix and Ruby in action.
Avid readers of these pages might have noticed from previous photos that Japanese schools look alot like schools in Australia — from about 40 years ago I reckon. Tiny wooden desks, chalk and paper on blackboards, gas Read more... -
Soccer update
Both Ruby and Felix have now played their first ever soccer matches on Japanese soil so it seemed like a good time for a soccer update.
The first thing to explain is that there is no soccer season as such, at least not at this age level. The clubs train all year round, and once or Read more...
Welcome to Sushi on a Stick
This blog is about the adventures of a family of Australian barbarians spending two years in the islands of southern Japan. Stay tuned for regular updates on the food, the culture, the earthquakes, the wacky festivals, the school system and more. Read more
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