My wife, Chino and I arrived back in Japan on April 21 after our 3 week refuge in Australia.
I wanted to write this post much earlier, but caught a nasty cold the day after arriving in Japan which is still lingering as I type this!
Although my Australian family were afraid of us going back to ...
04.30.11 | Life In Japan | Read more
After staying in a friend's place south of Tokyo for 12 days, we have moved once again in our evacuation efforts since the situation isn't seeming to improve much around our place in Fukushima.
Now, we're in my home country; Australia, where we'll stay with my lovely but overly worried Mum for a ...
04.1.11 | Life In Japan | Read more
I thought I'd write a quick update about us and my thoughts about the Japan Crisis on my blog since many of my readers have been asking about our welfare here in Japan.
A big thank you goes out to my readers and customers for all your emails and messages of concern for me and my family.
I'm su ...
03.24.11 | Life In Japan | Read more
I can't believe almost a whole week has passed already in the new year! I've had my hands full for the last few weeks - literally so time online was limited.
2010 was an insanely HUGE year for me.
I was blessed with the birth of my first son Chino in July and in December, we purchased a house ...
01.5.11 | Life In Japan | Read more
Most people don't know this about me but I'm a total extreme sports nut!
If you're into some crazy stuff like mountain biking, skateboarding, snowboarding and just anything awesome too, you'll get a kick out of this video like I did.
Like the title suggests, people are capable of extraordi ...
11.25.10 | Life In Japan | Read more
This is an old one but it's one of the most moving stories I've ever seen.
It's about an autistic kid called Jason McElway who was the manager of his high school basketball team and finally had his wish to play with the team granted.
Jason's job was to give out water to the players and motivat ...
11.25.10 | Featured, Life In Japan | Read more
After a busy few days of back and forth to the hospital, I finally have a spare moment to post this great news to my blog!
Chino Alex Stirling was born on 14th of July 2010 at Nihonmatsu hospital.
This is our (Keiko & I) first child, a beautiful baby boy. We've been married since 2005 and ...
07.18.10 | Life In Japan | Read more