Little bit of excitement looms as the warning has gone out for an anticipated typhoon this weekend, in our region. When asking one or two people, we understood it was going to be a little more windy. We didn't think much about this, cos we would welcome a breeze in this stincking heat! I then hoped onto good old google and found out a little more about this wind. Well, perhaps wind is the only term the Japanese know to explain this natural disaster. I would ...

I have turned up again! Welcome black...no no, that's not right! It's a turnip; and it sure is white! Yippee, my first turnip turned up ;-) One massive white carrot for those who haven't met before. How to cook, when to use, more about it fullstop; please speak to google not me :-) Sumimasen (Japanese). Sorry I can't help (Eng).

The Japanese men, I can only assume, are confident enough in their sexuality to pull out their fan and use it in public and in the office to help manage in these high temperatures. So organized, folds away to almost nothing and gets slipped into garments for ease of use for when required! Yet, always close at hand! No wonder such a peaceful nation! Cos, if there is no "hot", how can there be any "bothered"? They are a pair ol 'hot and bothered' aren't th...

Dinner last night had a taste of Japanese, as we endeavor to develop a palette for Eastern cuisine. Funny moment to share was working out how best to consume...especially if chop sticks are served with this vegetable! Peas are hard to come by-I think they think these are peas? Each pod has to be opened to pull out the maximum of two small peas! Ro will tell you matter of fact-they are NOT peas! They didn't quite hit his pea taste spot! He is kinda right...sl...

This gadget in our car is new to me, I am however loving it! Since reversing one's car into parking bays is the norm for the Japanese, I really don't want to give away my western nature by not complying! Now reversing has always been my mom's chosen parking style, and thus I have harnessed her ways myself (like mother like daughter-a girl's role model she is inspired by). Reverse parking is no problem, only now these reversing skills are required when pull...