• Blog

    This is my personal blog. Opinions and thoughts are my own.

    • Japan #1 – General impressions of the country, my interactions and the infrastructure

      Japan is a strange, alien country for a lot of people. Its exports are popular around the world and some generations are more familiar with Japanese manufactured goods and their accompanying, poorly translated text descriptions. Other generations know Japanese cultural exports – anime, manga, J-pop, cinema and video games. Regardless, Japan – from a western…

    • Bahrain – Part 1

      Sun. Sand. Pearls. Camels. Monarchs, but not that kind.

    • Video games, inserts, piracy and misinformation

      I opine the demise of video game inserts and general reading.

    • Bargains

      I love a bargain. I make no bones about it and am often relentless in finding discounts. This regularly turns into trawling Farcebook marktplaats and Kijiji. I usually find several options from which to choose but rarely at a price I am willing to pay. An interesting starting point to this tale is a video…