Neil Hopcroft

Warning: this book contains sadness, a lot of sadness. It is treated gently but that does not stop it being sad. There is also a lot of joy, with many memories of childhood friends and rekindling of relationships. [Read aloud to Adelle] – The Travelling Cat Chronicles This is a gentle story about a young […]

Alright, looks like everythings up and running now… More later.

(This entry (and the few that will follow shortly) were written back at my flat and have be postponed pending transfer to a computer with ‘net access, I’m getting a phone with access soon, but until then things are still going to be moving somewhat slowly here…)

Just about to check out, to move to my new flat…I’ll be back once I’ve got an ISP.

I went to look at a couple of flats today, two in Kawasaki and near Shibuya. I think Im going to take one of the Kawasaki ones, but I dont know yet, I need to understand how much its going to cost – I think its not too much as its only a small deposit […]

Sounds like the meeting was the standard selfcongratulatory corporate event I’d expected it to be…good job I wasn’t invited. Still, the food after wasn’t bad and it was a chance to meet some of the other people working there. Not that I actually met that many, most of the people I know already are new(ish) […]

I’ve just been sent home from work for the afternoon – they’re having an employees only meeting, and being a subcontractor I don’t get invited to such meetings, and they don’t let subcontractors on site without a permanent member of staff present. Oh well, I’m not complaining, I get to make the best of this […]

Anyone got any questions about life over here that I haven’t covered yet? Are you dying to know what colour the buses are? Or whether they stand on the same side of the escalator as we do? Or anything else?