ABANDONED IN JAPAN WITHOUT A CENT 1983
This next post is a “flashback in time” to Japan in the summer of 1983. Although, completely innocent of all wrong doing, I was subjected to a large ration of abuse for a long time. I will tell this story…
FLASHBACK! JAPAN 1983 – A TALE OF GLUTTONY
I must now take a break from my ramblings around Scotland and return to our earlier years in Japan. Deysi has reminded me of an insignificant event that has stuck in her mind. It will not be “cleared” until I…
RON DISCOVERS THE SMELLS OF JAPAN AND OFFERS CRITIQUE – 1983
And once again, while searching my mind for inspiration, I unearth a fond memory of our time in Japan. This one of our daughter Ron, who was now 4 years old and as full of life as anyone ever born.…
EDMONTON AGAIN, DROP THE BAGS AND OFF TO PERU 1984
Upon our return to Canada after Japan we once again ended up in Edmonton. No reason for this other than Deysi’s little sister (Lalitas) was still there. We had left her there working while we were in Japan. On our…
WE ARE LEAVING JAPAN UNLESS I AM BEGGED TO STAY
The time has come for me to put my memories of Japan back to sleep and move on with our adventures. I enjoyed my wanderings thru the old days in Japan. We had so much fun! I might say I…
JAPAN THE LAST SUPPER FINALLY SOME GOOD BARBECUE
I am coming to the end of our Japanese adventure and judging by the decline in readers over the last couple of days, it is probably a good thing. Today’s story is about the last dinner we had in Japan…
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,…
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…
