Happy 2008..
Living in Perth.. working as a roofer. Guess who has the hottest job in Australia!?!? me. I guess it would be worse if i was working in Alice Springs in the centre but still hot. Right now its summer here too so 40 degrees is always close.
The surfing is good , hope it will get better when i get a chance to travel.
Must work to pay student loans!! I hope it all works out down here.
In Australia now..
Landed in Brisbane about 10 days ago. Hung out in the city and met up with a friend. Toured around and looked for work on the harvest trail but… bad weather and all we gave it up. Went to surfers Paradise for …. surfing.. duh. Surfed with a dolphin…
Flew to Perth..
Got job and apartment…
Can you tell i dont really feel like writing … but i never do.
While after a crazy few months i’m finally leaving japan.
I went home to Canada for a month to see friends and family… and cause i already had the ticket. Then came back to Japan for 2 weeks and now im off to Australia.
I will update more from there. I leave in 2 days.
Peace.
Back home..
It doesn’t really feel much like home anymore though. Its always good to see friends and family.. and the familiarity is nice, but i’m not sure what home is anymore. I think its my Tai chi school and wherever whom i’m in love with is.
The Tai Chi school felt like home when i went back… it was nice to be there.
The party at Wichmans was good times it was great to see a bunch of friends there… always worth crossing the ocean for. And Chris has once again put up with me living with him. Now i just gotta get ahold of the rest of my friends and see them before I leave for Australia.. Nov 8th.
I should take some pictures i guess… im so bad at that now.
Now i’m at my parents house. I just hooked up my old computer that i really haven’t used since I left for Thailand over 2 years ago.. the interent has changed since then. Youtube, facebook, myspace has come and gone , everything has been updated .. weirdness.
I’m sleepy.. jetlag.
Well i’ve been in Japan.. waaayyy to long and i’m finally heading home. My flight arrives Oct 11th around 7 pm , after leaving Japan Oct 11 4pm. Go figure. I actually like the itinerary because i arrive in Chicago at 2pm .. 2 hrs before i left Japan.
I’m gonna stay with friends in Toronto (yay chris) and do my training with the tai chi school and the russians again, and ofcourse spend some time with the family. After its all said and done hopefully ill be off to Australia but I need to do a chest Xray for my visa because Japan is considered a “risky” country. One last kick in the face from Japan… man this country just keeps burning you.
…. must pack….
Guess whos 28…
Am I getting old yet?
Why im out here…
Yeah i’ve pretty much neglected the crap out this page. Oh well… cest la vie.
Japan has been pretty simple for the past while though.. Surf, teach, surf , teach, surf, teach…. which is cool.
I’ve discovered this country to be the loneliest place on earth. Japanese people generally don’t talk to you because they are either to shy, don’t speak English, or just don’t like foreigners. Which was the opposite for most other Asian countries. In Thailand or Nepal they weren’t shy, didn’t care if they spoke English or not, and liked you because you were a foreigner.
So now i’m really looking forward to leaving the country. I can’t believe i stayed a whole year.. i guess its a testament to how much i needed the money, because i wouldn’t describe myself as happy.. or capable of being happy here. I just had to stick it out. But its all over in 3 more weeks.
Right now im on holidays.. paid holidays :).. and i leave for Niijima island for 4 days of surfing and sleeping on the beach. Should be a good little thing to do before i leave this place. Where to next… ???? Ill be home in Oct. sometime.
heres a pic of me at the beach. Just one though because uploading pictures is major pain.
37 degrees with the humidity today..
Its like being back in Thailand except with humidity , which is actually worse because then even the shade is hot and sticky.
And I find once your mind is looking else where you cant think of anything else but leaving..
so..
surfing summer.. then outta here. Ill be home in the fall.
Havent posted in a while because uploading pics takes a lot of time.. and things that take a lot of time are unattractive to me. Esp.. when all that time is in front of the computer.
I’ve basically just been surfing every weekend and teach during the week. Its hot here now.. everyday is 23 - 29 degrees.. no humidity yet, but they say its coming. Surfing is awesome.. riding on moving walls of water is as amazing as it sounds.
Then Sens just lost too… but I think i won my hockey pool.. over $200.. sweet! Yet again gambling is good if you stick to what you know. I pretty much suck at poker… but betting on hockey and fighting seems to pay off. Im gonna buy a new (used) surf board. Surf Boards brand new are $400 - $1000 depending on what type or company.. and some even go up to $2000 which is ridiculous..
Ill take some pics at the beach soon enough.. Ill upload a few.. but uploading lots of pictues seems like a hassle .. i should find a better way to go about that.
Ill be down in Japan in 3 months.. coming home in fall.
I`m on 10 day road trip right now up Japan.
Right now im in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Spent the last 4 days driving up the coast and camping on beaches… but now its getting to cold and windy. Last night i almost got blown into the ocean..
Today is Sapporo Beer Factory … free beer .. and then driving more coast and hopefully staying in a hotspring tonight. Then more camping down the west coast of Japan and through Nagano back to home.
Pictures when i get back.
Sooo sleepy.