Archive | July, 2002

14 July 2002 ~ 0 Comments

Okinawa International University visit

I visited the Okinawa International Univeristy earlier in the day. I participated in a talk to some freshers who are learning English. It was kinda free-form but we talked about using English, Ireland and various other topics. I enjoyed it immensely and hopefully I will be able to see or talk to them again. Since [...]

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04 July 2002 ~ 0 Comments

Typhoons, Cheesecake and special thanks

Experienced a couple of ‘firsts’ this morning. One was the first typhoon experience in Japan which wasn’t that bad as the centre didn’t hit Okinawa. The other was Cheesecake flavoured cornflakes! I was a little apprehensive but actually they taste good! Special note of thanks to Rael Dornfest who not only wrote the blosxom script [...]

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03 July 2002 ~ 0 Comments

Typhoon’s coming to Okinawa

It seems that a typhoon might be coming round to Okinawa. It is expected to arrive sometime late tonight. It is a big one (in radius) so it already is extremely windy outside. It isn’t my first experience of a typhoon but Okinawa is a lot more exposed than Hong Kong is so the effects [...]

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