We arrived on Sunday in a true embarrassing style. Everybody else packed into normal cars and us with a hire van twice as long as a parking slot, which repeatedly blocked other parents in dropping their dearest off o.O;. Unloaded all the boxes into my new lodgings and quickly bought a couple of tickets for [...]

Filed under: English, Livejournal (old) on September 21st, 2005 | No Comments » | Trackback

Update, update.
I’ve been talking *a lot* today. I went in to my old secondary school to give a short speech to the current GCSE Japanese class. Apparently I was supposed to induce enthusiasm or something, from my gallivanting around rural Japan and sampling the refined culture. Though they were more impressed by my fortitude in [...]

Filed under: English, Livejournal (old) on September 13th, 2005 | No Comments » | Trackback

I will give a proper update soon, but it’s 5.05am and I’ve still not got back into a good sleeping pattern. I’ve been up configuring my internet firewall, getting rid of spyware and viruses and generally catching up on my missed geekiness with all things computers. Here’s a test for added measure. *Yawn*. `Night. (-_-)

Filed under: English, Livejournal (old) on August 29th, 2005 | 4 Comments » | Trackback

My computer is in a state of stability! (he says, praying not to jinx it…) All that remains for me to is modify the graphics card cooler with a quieter one and I shouldn’t hear anything from my box at all. Then just more software installations, although the drivers are bound to throw up some [...]

Filed under: English, Livejournal (old) on August 11th, 2005 | 3 Comments » | Trackback

I came back safely last Thursday but didn’t get home until early evening. I haven’t been up to much really; doctor’s appointments, eye examinations (I’m considering contacts for certain occasions such as sports) and catching up with my family. We’ve been out to a couple of meals and went to see CatCF tonight. Sorry for [...]

Filed under: English, Livejournal (old) on August 1st, 2005 | 4 Comments » | Trackback