2020-06-01 21:03
I thought that was a pretty ingenious title.I hope you don't expect a post about "catching them all". Its about catching you all, and keeping you in my pokey balls for the duration of this b… Read More
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Hear about the funny trouble I got into during my three years in Japan as an English teacher. Unclear, Unedited and Uncut.
2020-06-01 03:03
If you have been following the news, we have a slight issue with corona virus (by slight I mean like totally life altering and totally crappy). I myself have been laid off, which in all fair… Read More
2018-02-28 18:33
My Pet Foreigner (Gaijin)! ME?Some people really enjoy having a PET. Like a dog, cat, fish. Those kind of things.I even saw in the news someone had an emotional pet peacock they wanted to ta… Read More
2017-12-24 20:54
I think I may have mentioned this somewhere in the first 20 or so blogposts of the 300 I posted. If not, please feel free to re-read them all (and somehow hopefully that will make me big buc… Read More
2017-10-04 18:39
Well sorry to let you know but this story contains no crumpets whatsoever. It was just a ploy to get you here.I'm hoping it will spark interest with people that have twisted minds (and turne… Read More
2017-09-01 05:11
This might sound like a command in English, but its more of joke used normally with children. The full expression is "Tough Titty said the kitten when the milk went dry". Tough luck basicall… Read More
2017-06-01 04:54
Being Fake is Great!Been there, done that (I mean, No I haven't).And I don't mean like fake goods, though I shouldn't dismiss those either. I did have a few Lolex (Rolex) from China. They we… Read More
2017-05-01 03:43
I sometimes wonder if Japan is becoming more Westernized due to more foreigners (evil one's of course) invading Japan or if there is a delay that trickles slowly over time. Over a few y… Read More
2017-04-01 04:11
Yes I spelt colour, colour, its the proper "British way" and I'm "fake British as a Canadian" pretending to be British. If I was American I'd say color, but I digress.Tried that before, thou… Read More
2017-02-01 04:21
As you probably know in Asia people smoke like they eat, everyday and multiple times a day.That's a cool paragraph to map out this story. I would like to only say in Japan, but really its mo… Read More
2017-01-01 06:58
I don't want to tell you the subject in the first sentence for I fear you might think the topic is full of gas and leave.As you probably know from my 10,000 other blogposts, I've mentioned t… Read More
2016-12-01 04:56
Many a time I saw some nice dressed up white people biking around the crappy rice field area's on bikes (bicycles, not cool motorcycles). As they biked around on their granny bikes they alwa… Read More
2016-11-01 06:08
I recently watched some YouTube video's about Yakuza, Underworld (not the movie the actual underworld) lifestyles and Nightlife in Japan. FYI I see there is a new Underworld movie about to b… Read More
2016-10-02 18:52
Do you ever shutter when you hear certain things, or someone makes the same mistake over and over? (I sometimes also shutter when I pee my pants, but that's for a separate blog post (hope it… Read More
2016-09-01 17:05
LOL!I'm laughing already remembering the time "I may" have met Utada Hikaru.If you don't know she is a massive JPOP (Japanese POP) star. She does have some English songs (and she has perfect… Read More
2016-08-01 05:37
OK, Green Tea with a Chance of Love or Meatballs. Whatever comes first I guess.Its supposed to sound like the title of the movie "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs", but I couldn't quite fin… Read More
2016-06-26 16:01
Reverse Racism Good Bad UglyAh racism. Based on skin only.Oh, well in this case just sounds wrong.I thought there was an expression "never judge a book by its cover", but I guess people pay… Read More
2016-06-01 04:20
That's a nice expression.I'm not sure if this is unique to Japan, or even to everyone.You probably thought, I've come to the wrong blogpost, it sounds a little off (not only off from the cen… Read More
2016-05-05 01:56
As a young boy I used to have a nightmare about a monster that cut off my pee wee (PEN15 if you catch my drift) in the night and ate it (you could become a member of our PEN15 club I used to… Read More
2016-04-30 19:04
Death by Smoking, or as I read sometimes NO SMORKING! Ha, funny! Kind of.This blogpost is a bit of a rant and rave (not the rave with a glow-stick), with an overlying tone about smoking (smo… Read More
2016-04-15 17:20
Umm OK so the title is a bit awkward but its an ode to the truth.Most people don't enjoy being molested / groped (I should say most. That sh%t isn't funny and its largely women who are the t… Read More
2016-03-06 21:51
How to Raise a Dragon (or child) or dragon-child.Yes, kids at times can be annoying, ever so slightly I admit.This title is a spin on a kid’s movies. Also, because its talking about As… Read More
2016-02-10 19:25
Hmm... well,.... uhh....How do I answer that question.Yes is the only honest answer I can give. Perhaps I shouldn't give it and lie.Yes the average Jo (not me) might lump all people that are… Read More
2016-01-21 19:54
Driver's License for Rejects PleaseI always do stupid things, I can't seem to learn. Like her!In this case the story is about me. I wasn't sure if I should just Driver's License for idiots… Read More
2015-10-24 17:56
Bragger's Never Prosper!Its definitely a cultural thing to brag.In the US and Canada if you are good at something (or have something) its OK to tell others."I'm good at basketball. I'm good… Read More
2015-09-27 14:59
New Years is a funny time in Japan.I wish I could remember many of the fun times, but alas most of them are a complete blur.I recall throwing up in a ditch once or twice. Not completely posi… Read More
2015-05-31 03:06
I should tell you two things (truths) about this topic before I begin.1. I'm not good at picking up women. (You may think I'm this Don Juan Da Marco or sexy guy on the front of a women's lov… Read More
2015-05-27 02:12
If you haven't seen the movie, you might not get my word play of the title.Indecent proposal is a movie where Demi Moore has a raunchy one nighter with a millionaire while married. Her husba… Read More
2015-03-01 06:48
Politeness ShomightnessBy the way if you didn't know shomightness it isn't a word (that I’m aware of), but it’s supposed to mean “politeness meh, w… Read More
2014-11-24 22:59
Now that Halloween is long past and out of everyone's mind, I thought it might be a totally inappropriate and inopportune time to post a story about it.Incase you didn't know, in Japan and i… Read More
2014-09-10 05:11
Holy Time Holy Crime!Its a rhyme...sorta.No offense to my Buddhist friends in this story.I was once on a trip to a place in Japan called Koyasan. It is essentially the most religious pl… Read More
2014-07-31 05:57
Square Watermelons WTF?The cost? A very reasonable $150. The taste? Sadly the same.I think the Simpson's brainwashed me. After seeing an episode where they go to Japan and eat a square water… Read More
2014-07-16 05:04
This is a short story (or should I say sh*t story) about me that my friend reminded me of, and I thought was slightly entertaining.This is my life. Seems kind of funny till it happens!I had… Read More
2014-07-16 04:58
My Terrible Advice. Or I guess more aptly put about my terrible advice "what else is new". Enjoy all that!I had student that was a little touched (I don’t mean touched by an Angel… Read More
2014-07-16 04:49
Spirited Away into the the MatrixI sometimes feel like my brain has left my body. Possibly my brain power being harnessed by robots. And by this I mean my brain is out to lunch (semi permane… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Love HOTELS and Christmas!Never a good time like good old Christmas to make a little love.Emphasis is not on the Christ I guess. Ha. You see in Japan, Christmas isn't the same as back home… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
What is this possible? Do we live in opposite world in Japan?How can all the nerds get the hottest Japanese girls? That's easy, because they are seen as "cool".The power of the ner… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Feces at KaraokeI may have mentioned before I was a student in Japan before being an English teacher.I was on a program with students from all over the world, with different personalities. S… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Tentacles and Testicles yum!A lot of Japanese think Gaijin are weird. And let’s face it, they aren’t wrong.If you’ve lived in Japan, you would probably agree that the… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Religion and the Big J!DisclaimerHopefully you don't get easily offended by anything to do with religion (its quite light hearted), if you do please stop reading this, its in jest as everyth… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Rise of the ROBOTS! Intergalactic Planetary Planetary IntergalacticAnother Dimension, Another Dimension!Robots and dancing! That's a future I like.As a side note the picture says robott… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Along came a Tanuki?Tanuki is a strange animal, its translated in English as "raccoon dog". It will probably give you rabies (yes the one that turns you into a zombie. Unless you want to bec… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Oh snap! A crime you say? What could it be?I wanted to recant the tale I enjoyed with of one of my Brazilian acquaintances. I don't want to say friend, because he wasn't my friend, and and I… Read More
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