We arrived in Japan the week of the Pokémon World Tournament and I was disappointed when I didn’t get any entry tickets in the lottery. Looking back, it was probably for the best as those days were pretty full on with moving into our apartment, finding basic furnishings, being present for the appointments for the…
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JET Reflection 3: Baking in a rice cooker
Out of all of the apartments in Japan we were looking at prior to arrival, only one had an oven. We didn’t go for that apartment as it was built in the 1970s and you really want to avoid living somewhere that was built prior to the 1980s or even 2011 if you can avoid…
I did a book thing!
I finally published my book. It had a contract with a traditional publisher who prepared the cover for me, but due to things (*cough, Covid*) the contract was unable to be fulfilled. I still got to keep the advance though. So, may I introduce to you: Red Mage!
Sneak Peak
This is my current WIP, I hope to have it ready to represent NZ in this year’s Kotobukiya Stand River Battle competition. https://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/event/hmmzoids_standriver2023/
Garden Bragging Nov 2021
Its been a year since moving into the new flat, and that meant that I was able to get gardening much earlier. After harvesting the last of the peas and pumpkins and removing the dead or dying remains of the plants I neglected the gardens for the winter. September I weeded the hardy winter weeds…
Being more eclectic
I was thinking about the purpose of my blog and why I have one. I came to the conclusion that it is similar to the reason behind why I’m a teacher; because I want to share with others the things around me which bring me enjoyment (well, maybe not all parts of all teaching subjects…
Garden bragging
Last year I moved flats in late spring and the new flat that I’m in has some small garden beds. Sadly they had plants already growing in them but my landlord said I could have free reign over them as long as I left their cumquat tree alone. So I went at it!
Sticky!
Its about time that I made another post, so today I’m introducing the resident stick insect, affectionately known as Sticky.
Isolation day 33: Gendered Hobby Stereotypes
I have lots of different hobbies, some of which I spend more time doing than others. However, there are some of my hobbies which are stereotyped as ‘for women’ or ‘or men’. While I may be an introvert at heart (as shown by many of my hobbies being individual rather than group activities), and I…
Eclectic Hobbies 