This is the part 3 and the final installation of my eventful visit to the police station. You can read the proper posts on my site (somewhere). Me: [proceeding to use my phone] P1: Please do not turn on your phone. Me: I don't remember the time - if you want to know the exact…
That time I was questioned by the Japanese police part 2
What triggered the "crime" in question was a very lightly scratched lamp post. My friend thought he should call the rental company about the scratch even though it was barely visible on the car but the problem was when he did it, the police came and in my city, we don't really have any crimes…
That time I was questioned by the Japanese police part 1
I think all my close friends know three things about me - one, I can digress. Case in point, one time I was talking to my boss during a faculty meeting and I don't exactly remember how but I managed to bring in eating little chocolate pillows for breakfast which put the conversation to a…
Corona Diary: Life in the time of Corona
So we're technically not under quarantine anymore. My city, Nagasaki, is back to business with some social distancing measures in place. Our classes, however, are not back to regular and I'm forgetting how to use a chair because I've been teaching from home so much and I do not own a single chair in my…
Corona Diary: Small progress is still a progress
Things I did last week: I guess we're really lucky here in Nagasaki because we're not a strict lockdown. We can walk around, and go to places as usual most of the time. Most restaurants are still operating but they recommend you to order takeout instead of sitting in. I've been jogging and it's really…
My Myanmar Days Ep 3: Corporal punishment in the good ol’ land of the pagodas
No matter where I am, Burma is where I grew up and it's my home. And thinking about Burma and going to school there is incomplete without the memories of corporal punishment my friends and I endured. Government school teachers in Burma are like ninjas without a cause. They're swift and you don't know when…
How to see if your date is a jerk
I started dating not so long ago. I was in a relationship for a long time and I never really dated before that. But since I started dating, I have quickly realised that I needed to employ a mechanism to separate the good from the time wasters. A litmus test if I may say so.…
Office Shenanigans: Anal Tightening and Loosening
Last week I went to a yoga class taught in English. It was awesome except for those six or seven times my instructor kept asking me to tighten my anus muscles when I do stretches to lengthen my muscles (it's a legit type of yoga - I Googled it like three minutes before I wrote…
Nagasaki Life Ramblings: Operation Pork in the Pipe Update
Last week I had a sausage in the pipe situation and had to tell E in the office to please call the landlord to send a plumber. This week he came, he saw, and he conquered. The Japanese plumber is not the same as what Hollywood has so influenced me to expect. He came with…
Nagasaki Life Update: Flyaway bras and sausage in the drain
A recap of my week - let's start with the bra because one cannot not talk about bras as a woman. Last week we had a typhoon and it rained buckets and the wind knocked down big bikes. As I sat in my little room feeling the wind on my glass doors, I realised that…
