Slow News Day
As you may have noticed, I’ve finally managed to get back into a semi-regular posting / writing habit. Sometimes, though, life is just boring, with nothing n...
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Vaccination Success
Just a short post to say that I’ve managed to get my first vaccination shot today.
A Short March Update
I’ve been a bit lax in terms of blogging lately. I’ve been meaning to write more, especially with the #100DaysToOffload challenge, but life has thrown a few ...
Staying in the Dark
If you’ve been living in South Africa for any length of time, you’ll know that one of the downsides of living here is that we have frequent load-shedding due...
Forty Shades of Green and Gold
This past December I hit the big 40 with the coming and going of my latest birthday. It’s crazy to think that I’ve been on earth for 4 decades now and how my...
Good Riddance to 2020
I’m sure that I don’t need to say it, but what a crazy year 2020 has been. I’m sure that for most people, 2020 was a year to throw out any plans that you may...
Future Site Plans
So after the last update I posted I thought it might be good to try and write a bit more about what I want this site to become and my other writing plans.
In With The New
With 2020 being a year that has seen almost everything normal being turned upside down, including our lives, I thought it might be high time for me to make g...
A Year in Turmoil
One of the few posts I get around to writing regularly, other than my countless Hobonichi planner posts, is my yearly recap and outlook for the year that pas...
Hello 2019, Goodbye 2018!
I’ve taken some time in the past to try to reflect on how my year is been and what the upcoming year holds in store. So with New Year just having passed us b...
Insert Grumpy Winter Comment
The coldness of winter is now a reality and my mornings see me desperately clinging to my blanket and wishing that I never have to leave from its warm embrac...
Falling Into Autumn
Another long break between updates to the site! That must mean that the intervening time has been chock full of awesome and ventures and exciting tales right...
A Stitch in Time Saves… Sixteen?
A couple of weeks ago I had to go into a local hospital for a small operation and the entire experience reminded me why I am so in love with the Japanese hea...
Some Tom Bihn Goodness!
I’m a huge fan of the Tom Bihn company, in fact almost all the bags I use are from their Seattle factory!
A Good Couple of Weeks
Seeing that it’s Friday and that I’ve finished teaching my classes for the day I thought that it might be a good chance for me to post some quick updates on ...
An Ode to Being Lazy
A few weeks ago I could feel the first onset of a cold, which was not surprising as this is the time of year that my body decides to just give up any semblan...
Bye Bye 2016, Hello 2017!
Gah! It’s already 2017! It feels like just yesterday that a bright and shiny 2016 arrived at my door with promises of awesome things to come, but now it’s go...
Back in the Saddle
So after a long break that started at the end of July when JET contract ended, I’ve had to finally get back into the groove of waking up early and going in t...
Spring Cleaning My Fitness
My recent trips to Canada and South Africa as well as a pretty great Christmas have seen me come to the not surprising revelation that I need to get out of m...
That Time of the Year
If there is one constant in Japan, it is that you will somehow end up getting the flu here at least once. And I don’t mean the flu as in a rather bad cold th...
The Snow Cometh
Its that time of the year again when most of Japan finds itself blanketed under a layer of pristine white snow and my Facebook feed is filled with posts and ...
Hitting Reboot For 2016
Wil Wheaton recently wrote a post about rebooting his life, which got me thinking about steps I could take to try and improve my life as well. The new year i...
Canada, Surgery and Backups
If you’re wondering what exactly happened with my last past where I talked about my Canada trip and visit to the doctor then fear not, you’re not just imagin...
Summer Grumbles
If there is any time of the year that I feel ‘meh’ then this is it. The change of the seasons means that we’re in that zone right between spring and summer w...
Back in the Jogging Rhythm
With spring and summer and all the awesome warm weather it bring (excluding the typhoons, humidity and numerous creepy crawly insects everywhere) it’s finall...
Checking up on 2015
Now that January is coming to a close I thought it would be interesting to see if a new year has led to any changes as such in my routine. Think of this post...
Starting Off With a Bang
It’s a brand new year and if you haven’t noticed yet the site has also been revamped with the Casperion theme so that it no longer has the basic default them...
My 2014 in Review
This is the time of year that most people take time to be with their families and spend time with people they love or haven’t seen in a long time. As for me ...
Let it Snow!
For me December has always been a time of warm sunny days that are spent relaxing at home with family or hanging out with friends at the beach. Japanese wint...
Staying Fit in the Cold of Winter
One of my main gripes with the winters here in Japan is that I lose the chance to get out for regular jogs. It’s exacerbated by the longer commute I do at my...
On Being Sick in Japan
One of the main drawbacks with working in schools here in Japan is that you’ll be exposed to a multitude of germs and viruses that almost every kid seems int...
The End of Summer
With the end of August in sight, it means that in the next few weeks classes will start up, and the summer holidays will be a thing of the past.
In the Heat of Summer
I’m just about all set up in my new ALT position after a few busy weeks of paperwork, moving and what feels like a thousand other things that are all part an...
Back in Black
Well hello there! It’s been almost an age since I’ve last had a chance to grace this site with any sort of update. You can’t say I didn’t warn you though!
Hitting the Pause Button
It’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to sit down and knock out a few hundred words for this here blog. With good reason though as I’ve been rushing to a...
A Life on the Run
A few years back if you’d asked me if there was any chance of me becoming a regular jogger I’d have probably died from laughter. Fast forward to now though a...
Jawellnofine
What a hectic past week it’s been! I’ve just returned from my trip to South Africa and it feels a little bit sad to be back actually. For all it’s crime and ...
Holidays!
Another weekend is down and this is my last week of teaching before I head back home for some much-needed R & R with family and friends in South Africa.
An Unchanging Life
It’s a few months short of three years that I’ve now being living in Japan and in a week I’ll be travelling home to South Africa for a short holiday. The onl...