Posts Tagged ‘Japan’

In the three years that Reiko and I have lived together in Japan, we’ve moved a total of 4 times. This is an insane number to be sure, but it’s also something that will likely not change until we buy our home some time in the next five to seven years. Unfortunately, when work or family demands that we move, we have little choice but to listen.

Throughout our lives, we make conscious decisions about the things we will and will not do before they happen. Most of us are lucky enough to make the decisions that will guide our futures towards success, while others consistently make the wrong choices and end up struggling their entire lives.

How many cell phones have you owned and hated? One? Three? All of them? It’s a question that I’m running into more and more as people are unsure of what to buy when their contracts come up for renewal.

With less than a month before I move closer to Japan’s ultra-busy capital, I thought it’d be fun to post two pictures I snapped while the Mrs. and I were enjoying one of our “7時前の散歩” (Before 7am Walks).

One of the nice things about spring is that lots of new neighbors come visit the house. Here are two of them that the Mrs. and I spotted this week.

The Mrs. and I were returning home from 岐阜市 today when something that’s recently become far too common happened: we were harassed by a tailgater. Despite trying every (legal) trick in the book to make this guy back off to a relatively safe distance of 5 meters, he refused to give us enough space to safely slow down or stop without being rear-ended.

Don’t you just hate it when you’re driving down the road, see an exciting-looking sign, then find out later that the place is not what you thought it was? That happened to me the first time I came to Japan, and today I had another chance to snap a picture of the building that raised my hopes before they were so expertly dashed by my wife….

A few days ago, Kenji asked me a question that caught me a little off guard: Why don’t I write posts about Japan, anymore?

Believe it or not, I had a terrible habit back in Canada.  It wasn’t one with drugs, alcohol, women, or even excessive weight gain.  Instead it was something much more insidious. Something that, once you’ve been bitten, it’s very hard
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Who knew that a drought in Australia would have such long-lasting implications for the rest of the world?  In 2008, the land down under suffered a devastating blow when it failed to reap sufficient yields of staple grains like wheat.
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We’re often told: be careful what you wish for, because you might just get it.  While this is often the response when a person wishes for fame, fortune, or other life-altering items, it was also true for me this morning.
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Yesterday there was a strange little icon on my cell phone.  One of the great things about many cell phones in Japan is that they can show you a weather forecast for the next day or so.  Mine was showing
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A few days ago I had mentioned that a client of mine has been considering a rather large career change and had asked me for some advice.  I was ill-equipped to act as his career counselor, so opted to ask
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