heat

i was in hmv in nagoya yesterday. they have an international magazine section. i saw a copy of heat and picked it up. i remember buying the first copy of heat from the campus shop at university 2 maybe 3 years ago. it was new then. this one, in nagoya, had some news about charlotte church, celebs without make up, simon cowell and other people. some fat woman from wife swap. some other guy from a soap opera. someone from somewhere. i read in a caption that barry evans is dead. how the fuck did he die? i loved barry evans. i work with an english guy from sunderland. he has been in japan for 3 years now, but goes back at least once a year. we were standing at the railways station waiting for the train to go home. he said that things are always different when he goes back. i said yeah, i guess that shops must go bust, people move about, things come and go. he said its nothing to do with that, i change. he started boring me with how he bows and says arigato by accident, blah blah. i just looked down the track.


guam

guam. had a good time in guam. it is an island in the pacific with all the things you would expect from an island in the pacific. white sandy beaches, warm sunshine, clear blue water, looming palm trees, roaring B52 bombers... we hired a car and drove around the island. we went banana boating and fed the fishes. the food is pretty mediocre, had some nice snow crab though, and the baby back ribs were good too. i was the only non japanese non native person there. on the whole island. i also went to k mart and bought 300 multi vitamin tablets and 120 ibuprofen.

book

started reading mrs dalloway. its a bit confusing. nearly finished harry potter 3. i am also dipping into the rape of nanking by iris chang between lessons at work. not the best way to prepare really.