Where words are written for no particular reason or benefit
After the excessive amounts of joy and glee that I had scurrying about the Studio Ghibli Museum, followed by drinking it up with Mamoru, Go and Shingo, the following day was supposed to be a bit more chilled out. “Not so“, says Japan. One thing I may not have mentioned, I switched accommodation for the…
Apologies if this ends up being quite nonsensical, as I’m attempting to write this after drinking for 4.5 hours. As much as I’d promised to avoid drinking myself into a stupor, just about every night has involved some sort of drinking activity to some extent. Not to excess, but it really is the law of…
I could’ve sworn I wrote an entry in here a week ago. But no, that’s not the case. As it turns out, I’ve neglected this blog for more than a week. Tsk tsk, Paul. Cheeky so-and-so. And now that I’ve finally got some time to sit down in front of a laptop and put some…
I’ve never entirely understood the rationale behind the phrase “back to normal”. Yet here I am, using it as a blog post title. The idea that life somehow becomes anything less than normal, or abnormal, is tricky to nail down at the best of times. I could by all means try and coin the phrase……
The fourth and final stance… Ice-Cream Stance Delicious and deadly, Ice-Cream Stance should not be underestimated. Training for this stance must take place in a large plastic tub inside an air-sealed room that shall be no warmer than -24C. You cannot be in direct sunlight for longer than 30 minutes if you choose to use…
Two stances have been revealed. The latest stance is probably the most difficult to master. It will require patience. So much patience, you may well die of it. Or you will slip into a patience coma, and then become a coma patient and you shall be admitted into the patience coma patient ward. Your concentration…
You have mastered meditation and wombat stance. Now it is time to master the next stance. Lemur Stance Lemur Stance is swift and unforgiving. There is no room for error, because you leave no room for your enemy to attack. Relentless rapid strikes are the key to harnessing the raw fury of Lemur Stance. You…
Now that you know how to meditate for Four-Stance Kung Fu, it is time you practice your first stance… Wombat Stance A wombat is a barrel of purified anger. Be wombat – don’t aim to be. Like the wombat, you must channel all of your anger and become a staunch and immovable force. Then, and…
The first nugget of wisdom I pass on to any potential student in the deadly art of my Four-Stance Kung Fu is very simple. Be – don’t aim to be. Consider the chestnut. It is a humble nut. It does not want to attract the almond, for the almond is petty and has nipples. The…
I’ve found closing out writing about this trip particularly troublesome. There’s a whole slew of reasons I could get into and spell everything out for everyone that’s going to sit down and read this, but it’s best left aside – both for ensuring your boredom levels do not reach all-time highs and me not dwelling…