Author: Paul

For the first time in my life, I purchased some notebooks that weren’t very cheap. By no means am I any sort of stationery snob, nor would I ever want to be considered one. The odd thing is, I already have several notebooks in rotation as it is. But they’re full of nonsense and all…

A blow-by-blow account of the past few weeks of my life… a week spent in Melbourne with family stand-up comedy in Osaka eating all sorts of stuff that I probably shouldn’t drinking (but not as much as usual) watching Shingeki no Kyojin So I’ll start with something I completed recently – Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan)…

UMMM… is the best I could do for this third entry. The reasons will become apparent as each mascot is unveiled. おぐにん (Ogunin) Trust me when I say that Ogunin is the most palatable of this batch of mascots, it’s not a joke based on the fact that Ogunin is a garlic clove walking around. Apparently,…

 To bring you all up to speed, I spent the last week of September in Melbourne hanging out with family. After the passing of my grandfather, I made plans to travel back to Australia on the quiet so I could spend some quality time with my father and family. If you didn’t see me, or…

The title of this post is very misleading. You would not be remiss for believing that I attended some variety of race in which cars were involved, driving around a track at a blistering pace and occasionally crashing into each other. Alas, this is Japan, where nothing is ever as it seems. The ‘Yuru Kyara…

It’s tough sitting back down at the keyboard after two weeks worth of events and trying to recall everything that happened. The reason I missed a post last week is very sad. My grandfather passed away last Thursday. This news hit me very hard because I never got a chance to say goodbye in person….

Sometimes you have to take time to get words out. I found that out the hard way earlier this week when I was composing a blog post that will now remain permanently in ‘draft’ status. Earlier this week marked the one-year anniversary since my Nonna passed away. She taught me to love and cherish two…

This week held more adventures in store for me than I had anticipated. Work threw two days at me which involved teaching kids for 90 minutes. Day one was all about the Ocean, which was really fun. Day two was all about the Solar System, which was still fun, but the topic isn’t quite as…

Let’s kick this entry off by talking about things I put in my mouth over the last week. First and foremost comes one of the more interesting snack tastes I’ve tried. I’m talking, of course, about these… Now, in case you can’t tell, these are Pepsi-flavoured Twisties. That’s not a typo. They are, for lack of a…

There’s a lot of minor stories to share with the world this week, so I shan’t faff about. Burnt miso ramen. I know it sounds like someone royally screwed up their ramen preparation, but I can honestly say that this was one of the more delicious bowls of ramen I’ve sampled in my time in…