Neil Hopcroft

That CD was something of a disappointment, it contained mainly recordings of the interviews in the magazine, which is about as much use to me as the squiggles in the magazine itself. Oh well, I:m going to try to find another magazine with free disk tomorrow. I will find out about the music scene here, […]

First day at work today… there was something disturbing about turning up at the reception desk and everyone going “Oh, you’re Neil”. Oh well, it seems they were expecting me at least. Loads of boring work-y stuff, which I can:t really go into…seems they need someone like me though. They:re earlier in their project than […]

I seem to have survived the subway system. Its not as complicated as it was made out to be – theres enough romaji around for my poor little brain to deal with navigation without having to interpret too many squiggles. The system seems quite efficient, the ticket barriers are a little disconcerting, they appear open […]

Picking up on some posts made by sushidog some time ago, here are some of my answers… For a person you love deeply, would you be willing to move to a distant country, knowing there would be little chance of seeing your friends again? I don:t think I would love the kind of people who […]

Maybe thinking the jetlag was over was a little ambitious, I:ve just woken up after falling asleep at 3pm. I went for a wander around this morning, it seems this district is something like our very own Docklands, with a similar set of over grandised office/coffee shop atria. I:ve found a couple of MacDonalds within […]

Woah, so much to write about…

I`ve arrived in Tokyo, largely without incident (bar the usual packing crises). The hotel has a Yahoo! webcafe, where I`m now sitting looking out over the tokyo skyline and drinking bad coffee. Still, its better than no access at all. More details later once I`ve found my barings and had some food.

After weeks of ‘preparation’ (which has mainly involved procrastination) I’m flying to Japan tomorrow (1pm, Heathrow). Hopefully I’ve got most of the paperwork ready and the information I need to find both the hotel and the office when I get there. I’ll still be available on my normal email address, though my responsiveness will not […]

Erm… neil v. to relax with one’s vehicle. “Shana, I really need to neil.” neilh adj. more pretty than usual. “I need a neilh piece of jewelry, and I need it now, Shana.” hopcroft v. to think about shoes with boys. “Are you trying to hopcroft, boy?” ndh n. boys, often dangerous. “Hey, Kelly, can […]

Everything seems to be moving along rather fast these days… A lovely day out: