Here in Japan, if you try to withdraw money from an ATM out of hours, you get charged a transaction charge. But does it cost the bank more to operate their ATMs at night? No, of course not, it costs the same. I think that it is a bit of a rip-off to charge in [...]
I’ve a couple of overdue announcements to make. Chronologically second but of greatest importance is that my daughter Michelle was born on 2nd May at 5.30am. Only 2 days late. She weighed a respectable and healthy 3140 grams. There are some photos and video clips below
I have a huge amount of photos that I have to edit and upload. Photos of the house warming party, photos of Ireland, photos of my classmates, photos of Tetsu our gecko, a couple more photos taken in Hong Kong, photos of my ex-students at Koshien, photos of our friend’s baby. I guess I better [...]
I arrived back in Japan on the 21st and have just spent my second Christmas here. This year I didn’t go to the Luminarie light display in Kobe because it is just too crowded. Rie wanted to go but I didn’t think that she could handle all the walking and the crowds. Instead we went [...]
Yesterday I went house (apartment) hunting with Rie again. Ohashi-san from Apaman was very helpful. However at the end of the day there really was only one more apartment added to our ‘maybe’ list, making a total of 3. The one I am most keen on is the one in Ku-Jo but that means moving [...]
