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SAY IT’S A GAME AND I’LL COME TO NO HARM
Advertising in Japan, after an initial lustre, loses its sheen pretty quickly, kids classes on the make, and my ill-considered fascination with staring at the sun. Continue reading
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DANGER STRIKES, THE IDIOT SLIPS
Kids classes didn’t go so well in my first week teaching at an English conversation school in Japan, and the experience getting a gaijin card at the local government office wasn’t much better. Continue reading
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HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH ON THE OTHER SIDE
The panic of waking up after sleeping through the morning alarm, and meeting a new friend in Shibuya. Continue reading
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PEOPLE WON’T BE PEOPLE
First day of training at an English conversationschool in Shinjuku, and heading back to Chigasaki to learn about someone who’s done it all before. Continue reading
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FAR BEYOND THE PALE HORIZON
The Lindsay Hawker murder didn’t influence my decision to go to Japan one iota; I see the press reaction in Britain more as a narrow-minded, West-centric view of the Orient. Continue reading
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BOUND FOR MU-MU LAND
I passed my interview to get an English teaching job in Japan, but became a bit apprehensive after learning I would be living and working in the Tokyo area. Continue reading
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COLLABORATE AND LISTEN
I got a job offer from an English conversation corporation in Japan. A new phase in my life is about to begin. Continue reading
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