By tok_matthewSeptember 13th, 2004 @ 11:56 PM Uncategorized Hello Everyone. Is this the first post in the blog? Anyway, here in Mejiro we finally had our neighborhood festival and I thought I would share a picture which is below. Also, can anyone explain to me why so many otherwise sweet looking young Japanese girls are now sporting…… Continue reading Tokyo – First Post in Tokyo Metblogs
Category: Journal
My life journal.
First trip to Vietnam
From the Bach Dang Hotel – Ho Chi Minh City Met Axel at 9:30. Was not in good spirits because of money situation and was a bit nervous at the prospect of being in another Morocco. All of a sudden I missed my girlfriend and was a bit nervous to leave Japan! We got to…… Continue reading First trip to Vietnam
We are too arrogant
We are too arrogant. We believe we know what is needed to be known, yet we wallow in our ignorance refusing to admit to ourselves that we are insignificant beings with a barely a fraction of all knowledge that there is to be learned or discovered. I cannot know without being shown or taught. Until…… Continue reading We are too arrogant
How to Understand the Adult
It is important to realize that although the adult may from their outside appearance, seem as though they are confident in themselves, they were once also a child and still harbor many of the same fears and emotions.
The War in Iraq
The war in Iraq is the worst form of treachery that has been committed in the last half century. I have read the information and propaganda of both sides and have come to certain conclusions that my countrymen refuse to see. The American public does not think they are in error. In fact support and…… Continue reading The War in Iraq
The Expatriate
I am, therefore I think. I think I have grown tired of these walls, so I walk out on the veranda to a fresh view. The walls are gone. My perspective has changed. My protection shed. The hair on my body dances from the breath of the gentle breeze. I did not know they could…… Continue reading The Expatriate
Tokyo – Looking in from the Outside
As time passes our experiences shape our lives and character. Many are content to follow the current of life and are swept downstream never challenging themselves or trying to change the tide. They become complacent and live in a world where uncertainty and that which is unfamiliar is quite frightening and thus avoided. Then there are those…… Continue reading Tokyo – Looking in from the Outside
A Practical Guide to Understanding Your Children
How to understand our young is a question that has plagued the older generations for centuries. In the common mentality that pervades the thought within a generation, it seems that the young simply get worse every preceding age group. For them, morals and accepted methods of social interaction are tossed on their head, and…… Continue reading A Practical Guide to Understanding Your Children