Those of you with a calendar will have noticed that the most recent Friday (at the time of writing this post) was May 25th. This is an important date for a whole bunch of reasons – most of which can be found at the wikipedia entry for 25th of May Read more…
Hey guys! Having left it a while since my last post (mainly because I’ve been doing very little), I decided that the best way for me to get back into the swing of things is to post something a little different. This is something that I had prepared earlier. Trying Read more…
Those of you who visit this website quite often will have realised by now that I really like to read. Some might call me a bibliophile. When I think about it, thought, I worry that I don’t read enough to be classed as a hardcore bibliophile. But when I looked Read more…
Recently I’ve been quite busy. What have I been up to? The answer? Not much. Audible Listenings As I’ve mentioned on Google Plus and Twitter, I purchased a few new albums recently. They’ve all been Japanese albums, too. A great way for me to test the postage systems of the Read more…
This is going to be a post about a favourite topic of mine: The Battle of Sekigahara. For those who don’t know, The Battle of Sekigahara (I’ll refer to it simply as Sekigahara after this point) was a turning point in Japanese history. Up until Sekigahara, Japan had been divided Read more…
A few weeks back, I started re-reading the Ring trilogy of books. Back in my college days, a friend of mine had told me about an amazing Japanese horror film. One that was about a cursed video tape; if you watched the video tape, you were destined to die within Read more…
Today I received my police badge, and I shall be taking my new position entirely seriously. Except for when I’m not, obviously The Watch I received my Watch badge today; which means that I’m not a member of the Ankh-Morpork Watch. Commuting will be a bit of a pain, but Read more…
As I’ve pointed out in several older posts, I’m a big fan of literature, and travelling back and forth from the West-end of London last week has told me that I didn’t have nearly enough in the way of literature (read: “I didn’t taken nearly enough books with me to Read more…
Note: this post contains Japanese characters that might not render correctly with your browser. So if certain parts appear as a succession of boxes, that’s why. Don’t worry though, as I’ve put the reading of these characters next to them (mostly actor/character names). This Weekend Throughout this past weekend, I’d Read more…
I’ve not been on here much these past few weeks. That’s mainly due to my ISP having cut my off for no apparent reason for a week and a half. Nice, eh? Most of my posts since the beginning of March have been typed up while I’ve been out and Read more…