Keith Floyd
Written by: adekun on 15 September, 2009 9:33 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »
Source: BBC
I am saddened to read that personality and chef Keith Floyd passed away on Monday. It is almost as if I had a premonition whilst weeding the garden yesterday. He practised what he preached: “to enjoy food and drink” and lived life to the full. Rather than try to portray, I encourage anyone unfamiliar with him to delve in. Continue reading
A new hope
Written by: adekun on 31 August, 2009 7:18 am - Filed under: blog — 4 Comments »
The red team wins the election. Minshutō (DPJ) has unseated Jimintō (LDP), gaining toward three times the seats of the incumbent. The change brings an end to an almost unbroken half century reign. It also signals a real change in voters attitude; content to choose the untested in the direst of times. As a result, Taro Aso resigns as party president.
Election Day
Written by: adekun on 30 August, 2009 8:37 am - Filed under: blog — 2 Comments »
It is Election Day here in Japan. The month long ordeal of maddening speaker vans has come to a close. Turnout is expected to be high. Who will the people choose? The grandson of a former Prime Minister or the grandson of a former Prime Minister. A political and industrial elitist or a political and industrial elitist et cetera.
29th Kaike Triathlon
Written by: adekun on 19 July, 2009 11:05 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »
The morning looked reasonable for this year’s triathlon. There were no sightings of sharks or incoming typhoons. It wasn’t particularly humid or hot. It was cloudy. By the afternoon things had turned wet, very wet. It was hammering down, in stark contrast to last year. There were even warnings about the Hino River bursting its banks.
Taro Aso election
Written by: adekun on 13 July, 2009 11:38 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »
Beleaguered PM Taro Aso has at last set a date for the general election. However, not much earlier than the mandatory date. The news follows his party’s crushing defeat in Tokyo’s municipal election yesterday. Having survived several attempts to oust him, I suppose that if his party wins, he gets to keep his job.
Also brewing in the news is talk of the possibly of drink giants Kirin and Suntory merging. If it were to be realised, the resulting company’s revenues would exceed that of Anheuser-Busch InBev and Coca-Cola. Beer consumers in Japan are already faced with just four choices.
No rain, rainy season
Written by: adekun on 18 June, 2009 8:05 pm - Filed under: garden — No Comments »
There’s plenty of pictures on the TV of the rain further south in the country. Up here the rainy season has already arrived, yet there is no rain. I was quite excited last night to hear the pitter-patter of rain. However, it turned out to be just a shower and the ground looked dry as a bone this morning.
We are going back to England tomorrow for two weeks. Continue reading
Coughs and sneezes
Written by: adekun on 24 May, 2009 9:23 pm - Filed under: blog — 3 Comments »
We decided against going to the annual air show over at Miho airbase. Not due to the current influenza epidemic gripping the country, but on account of the weather. Instead we had a sukiyaki party. During which we caught a few minutes of a television debate on the effectiveness of facemasks. The panel looked a pretty fair reflection of the general population; perhaps not a healthy debate but one nevertheless.
Since the initial cases were reported overseas there have been a deluge of programmes reporting on shopkeepers stocking up. Hazmat suits the price of a small car etc. Continue reading
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