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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook: July 2013
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook. Friday, July 19, 2013. How Ya Goin’? 8211; September 2012. Getting settled in Brisbane has been a long and difficult process, but this month things started coming together. First, my luggage finally arrived! 160; I mailed my suitcase from Japan at the end of July, on the understanding that it should take about a fortnight to reach Australia. The fact that it took more than a month was a source of increasing distress to me, and I was overjoyed when a postal truck. 160; They also ...
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Spring has Arrived! It’s Time to Grill Something #freshBBQ @summerfresh | foodiePrints
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May 12, 2015. It’s Time to Grill Something #freshBBQ @summerfresh. Pan-seared Frenched Pork Chop. Why the corporate narrative? The ice breaker was a round table question, how did you fete your mother on Mother’s Day the Sunday past? Last year, we got our grill on a little late into the season. The following ended up being the last of our grilled excursions for the fall. Brined and Glazed Grilled Chicken. W/cauliflower cream, wilted baby chard, roasted corn, and chicken demi-glace cream gravy]. This year,...
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook: January 2012
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook. Friday, January 20, 2012. Tokyo - June 2011. Back in May, my acquaintance from Fukushima called me up and asked if I would be interested in joining her and her friends on a weekend trip to Tokyo to see the stage production of. After lunch and some window-shopping in Ikebukuro, we headed down to the theatre for the show. I’d seen. Once before in Toronto, but this production had the added novelty of being in Japanese! My Japanese skills are evidently still really poor, because I und...
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook: August 2012
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook. Monday, August 6, 2012. The Half-Way Point - February 2012. February is the beginning of my last six months in Japan. I anticipate it being a stressful and busy time, similar to my first six months, as I transition from my time on the JET Programme to the next stage of my life. It’s a good thing I stayed two years, and not just the one! I’M GOING TO AUSTRALIA! 160; The temperature at the top of the mountain was apparently -15°C, but it felt more like -30. I’...160; If you remem...
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook: June 2012
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook. Saturday, June 2, 2012. You know what I hate? 160; The good news is that I can lodge my application through the embassy in Tokyo; I was terrified that they’d force me to do everything via my home country. Asking about payment methods was a bit more complicated. Me: “How do I pay the fee if I file a paper application? Me: ”But I don’t want to file on line.”. FRAG: ”But the on-line application is much easier and quicker than the paper one.”. Me: ”No,. Me: ”But I don’t. 160; Are the...
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook: January 2013
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook. Wednesday, January 30, 2013. Kyoto - March-April 2012. If there was one city, other than Tokyo, I always knew I would have to visit before I left Japan, it was Kyoto. I’d considered going there for Golden Week last year, but had been forced to re-think my plans after the earthquake. So for my last spring break and my last big trip in Japan, I decided to devote an entire week to Japan’s historic capital city. Thursday was the only other day with a good forecast, and so the day I ...
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook: Summer is Coming – October-November 2012
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook. Friday, August 16, 2013. Summer is Coming – October-November 2012. They’re shiny and blue. So pretty…. The weather’s getting pretty hot here. It definitely feels like summer, and I can only imagine what it’ll be like when summer really arrives! We’ve also been getting a lot more rain than when I arrived. We’re heading into storm season now, and one weekend I was stunned to look outside and see what looked like a hurricane! In November my school celebrated Melbourne Cup day. Th...
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook: August 2013
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook. Friday, August 16, 2013. Summer is Coming – October-November 2012. They’re shiny and blue. So pretty…. The weather’s getting pretty hot here. It definitely feels like summer, and I can only imagine what it’ll be like when summer really arrives! We’ve also been getting a lot more rain than when I arrived. We’re heading into storm season now, and one weekend I was stunned to look outside and see what looked like a hurricane! In November my school celebrated Melbourne Cup day. Th...
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook: February 2013
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Blue Ice-Tea - Logbook. Thursday, February 21, 2013. Nice to Meet You, Too - April 2012. There is, however, one change that I’m taking hard: the loss of my tea lady. I miss being greeted with a warm “Ohayo, Aisu-Tii! 8221; every morning, her bright smile, the opportunity to wander into the accounting office and strike up a conversation with her whenever I feel bored. I feel exactly like Bertie Wooster without Jeeves: a helpless baby who can barely tie his own necktie without assistance! 160; I’m ...
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