SUMO THE SPORT OF BIG BOYS AND THEIR GAMES
Today I am reminded of one of my favourite times inJapan. My introduction to the sport of Sumo or Sumo wrestling. Prior to my arrival in Japan I had little knowledge of this sport. Some of the guys at work were…
MEMORIES OF A JAPANESE BUSINESS MEETING
One of my most vivid memories of doing business in Japan comes out of our weekly Project meetings with our Japanese subcontractor in Omuta, Japan during 1983 and 1984. It changed my perspective on how business could be done differently,…
AT 71 SHOULD I NEED TO LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE
OK bear with me, one more post before I return to Japan and our time spent there. This piece is an opinion, now very solid in my mind. It is one, that I have heard voiced by people from the…
23rd DAY ISOLATED AND LOST IN THE AMAZON
After 23 days in lockdown, my mind is starting to play tricks on me, and for a brief time I almost felt that I was enjoying it. NOT. I have found lots to do, I now attend an online course…
MORE RANDOM SCENES FROM AROUND JAPAN 1983-1984
As I mentioned in previous posts to this blog, we took every opportunity to travel around Japan and visit any of the sights that we became aware of. Some we did not completely understand, however in almost all cases the…
THE GREAT BICYCLE TRIP OR “TOUR DE JAPAN” 1983
As you have seen from my previous stories and memories, my life was full of bad choices or errors in judgement. Most of them costing me major abuse and Inca style punishment. Well this next one is no different. It…
JAPAN AND THE GREAT PRESENT GIVEAWAY CONUNDRUM
Now back to Japan and some more memories that will remain in my mind as long as my mind continues to function. The next one that comes to memory was called the great present giving tradition. It started off innocently…
MY TAKE ON THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 OR CORONA VIRUS
I believe that the effects, on society, of this current threat to our health, are going to become exponentially greater as time goes on. If people are not allowed to continue with life as normal, then the long range effects…
WHAT PISSES ME OFF TODAY LET ME TELL YOU
This morning I will take a short break from my memories of Japan and launch myself into a screaming, frothing rage. Something happened yesterday that seriously made me angry. I was invited to, and joined, a “podcast” or live online…
A SHORT STORY OR CHICKEN DINNER SAGA
This is an animal story and one that traumatized our baby for a long time. It started around easter (possibly) when we visited a local church for a service. In Japan most people were Shinto Buddhists, but come Christmas or…
