{"id":13,"date":"2003-11-25T21:00:16","date_gmt":"2003-11-25T21:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mtheory.co.uk\/wordpress\/burly\/?p=13"},"modified":"2008-04-08T22:39:38","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T22:39:38","slug":"what-jose-had-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mtheory.co.uk\/wordpress\/burly\/archives\/13","title":{"rendered":"What Jose Had to Say"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jose sent a short email describing are trip to visit him in Japan. Cause I’m lazy and I’ve been to busy to write anything I’m cutting and pasting it here..<\/span><\/div>\n
Hi everyone<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes it has been an eternity since i last pulled my finger out and sat down to email you….<\/span>
\nas always my appoligies…. What can i say – i have become a terrible correspondant..<\/span><\/p>\n

Well the 1 year mark has been passed…..i have to say that my time in Japan thus far has absolutely flown… Especially since I arrived in Tokyo FIVE months ago!!<\/span><\/p>\n

So i recently had the pleasure of entertaining the 3 Amigos (Namely Darwin, Dewart and Burly)..<\/span>
\nA good time was had by all…… i hope (the photos seem to back up my brash statement).<\/span>
\nYou can ask any of them when you see them what their highlight of the trip was…..<\/span>
\ni am guessing that:<\/span>
\nSushi at dawn at the worlds largest fish market<\/span>
\nBeers on Kamakura beach<\/span>
\nImpressive views of the Tokyo Skyline from a restaurant on the 49th floor in Shinjuku<\/span>
\nGeishas in Kyoto<\/span>
\nCRRRRRAZZY Burly<\/span>
\n“Angry Joe’s” problems with Taxi Drivers<\/span>
\nDarwin’s relentless consumption of sandwiches<\/span>
\nMy hair – Yes it is Currently awful<\/span>
\nMy ‘American’ accent – probably the only thing worse than my hair!<\/span>
\n– Will all figure high on the list…<\/span><\/p>\n

I am now trying to go throught a huge amount of photos on my hard drive to organise them into a CD – time consuming considering the inevitable reminissing that goes hand in hand with hunting through photos…<\/span><\/p>\n

On top of that – the Kyoto tip was a harsh wake up call towards my Japanese ability – My speaking isn’t too bad (i was able to order beer for the guys – so they were happy) – but my Kanji is abysmal – out of about 2000 Kanji needed for every day life , i know about 50 – so not so good on that front – plenty of study needed to improve on this area.<\/span><\/p>\n

Well it is FINALLY getting cold in japan – although it was 24 in Tokyo on friday – night time see’s a dramatic drop in the temperature.. so that means i need a vacation somewhere warm….<\/span><\/p>\n

SINGAPORE!!!<\/span>
\nyup i am off to Singapore for xmas this year – i had considered going home for a bit but the price of flights at this time of year is a bit extreme – so i will definately be home for a bit sometime next year…<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently i am still enjoying the job – the students are still very quiet at times and still make strange thinking noises (EEEEHHHHHHH???!!!) – Ask Darwin!!<\/span>
\nBut now i have Sundays off so i can enjoy the best nightlife that Tokyo has to offer on Saturday nights – even if it does cost an arm and a leg!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Well i am going to cut this email short as i am pretty tired – deadly all-nighter last night at an all you can drink night club (needless to say it was almost entirely populated by Gaijin {foreigner})<\/span>
\nHope to hear from you guys soon (this side of xmas would be nice :-))<\/span><\/p>\n

As before anyone wishing to come and vist is more than welcome – just no more than three at a time thanx….<\/span>
\nMarch or April will be a good time to visit as it will be getting warmer (but not too Humid) and it is the time of year for drinking parties in the park!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

take care and i will be in touch soon..<\/span><\/p>\n

Joe<\/span><\/p>\n

‘the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean’ – japanese proverb<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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