August the 6th

On August the 6th 2006 I landed in Tokyo and began my life in Japan; the date not only marks my arrival in Japan but also the 25th time I’d travelled around the sun since the first time I first drew breath.

August the 6th 2007 was the start of the 26th year of my life and the 26th time I would travel around the sun and the first time I travelled around the sun from the land of the rising sun. Because as significant as my birthday was to me, more significant was the anniversary of my arrival in Japan. I made it, with my sanity intact, with a lot to show for the journey and a lot to be thankful for.

This blog entry is late, but I still wanted to put it up. Yay for a year in Japan, sometimes its tough, but its never dull.

He said, She said

And so it starts
The bitter ‘he said’
Followed by the sour ‘she said’
Neither one of you
Will lay it to bed
So it rages on
But in no place is the battle more violent
Than inside your own head

And so it is
The lines are drawn
Rook takes knights pawn
Then the games keep on playing
Because no one is saying
Exactly what they think
Grid reference A 4
Watch your battleship sink

And so it goes
Each side has its casualties
Yet each player acts so casually
Pretending to know what each thinks
Oh they act so effortlessly
And deny oh so professionally
Tiptoeing in circles on the rink

Daisies Stereoview

Daisies Stereoview
Originally uploaded by novar45

Do you remember these? Magic eye pictures... i loved them as kid, especially the ones that looked like psychedelic swirls and turned out to be VW Beetles or Aliens.

Just relax your eyes so that the two images cross over and you will see a 3D version of the picture.

Go to FLICKR and search for "Stereoview" for more pictures like this.