Japanorytag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-16846742012-09-25T11:53:12+02:00Tales from Tokyo.
Expats in Tokyo. A British family experiencing their new life in Japan.TypePadA Quick Update for Youtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a428858834017c321f9702970b2012-09-25T11:53:12+02:002012-09-25T11:53:12+02:00Hello again! Yes, I know I promised to fill in the missing years from this blog, but I really can't see it happening. Which is a massive shame. Maybe one...Carole Hallett MobbsTokyo Insects and other Wildlifetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a428858834014e5f99ede3970c2011-03-07T04:53:38+01:002011-03-07T04:53:38+01:00October 2008 Another photo-prompted post. This is the time of year for some great insect sightings. Look at this magnificent praying mantis. I presume it's a female due to her...Carole Hallett MobbsHamster Damnedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a428858834014e86646ccf970d2011-03-04T08:26:47+01:002011-03-04T08:26:47+01:00End of August 2008 Now, I love all animals. All my life I've happily shared a home with everything from gerbils, chipmunks, rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, rats, birds of every...Carole Hallett MobbsSnow Monkeys – in Summertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340147e2eb34b0970b2011-03-02T10:36:01+01:002011-03-02T10:36:01+01:00Saturday 23rd August 2008 It's time to head home to stifling Tokyo from our short break in the cool mountains. Rather than set off back the way we came, I...Carole Hallett MobbsHome to Tokyotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a428858834014e86640150970d2011-02-28T21:30:00+01:002011-02-28T17:30:36+01:00Tuesday 12th August 2008 I now call Tokyo "home", not the UK. Whereas Tim still refers to going to the UK as "going home". Not sure whether this has any...Carole Hallett MobbsMiniature Pony Centre - Againtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a428858834014e860c810e970d2011-02-26T11:15:00+01:002011-02-26T11:15:00+01:00Monday 4th August – Friday 8th August 2008 Rhiannon wants to take Eve to the pony centre. I hate the drive there - all narrow windy roads which, when I...Carole Hallett MobbsDevon Daystag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a428858834014e5f206779970c2011-02-20T11:12:00+01:002011-02-10T17:40:14+01:0024th July – 8th August 2008 Again, much the same as last year! The pony centre again. Different pony, same child, but a little larger than last year. Becky Falls....Carole Hallett MobbsEngland Here We Come!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340147e27b4496970b2011-02-19T11:41:00+01:002011-02-11T17:30:38+01:00Tuesday 15th July – Tuesday 12th August 2008 It's time for our annual trip back to the UK. We're all flying out together, but Tim will be returning to Japan...Carole Hallett MobbsFish Talestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340148c86445d3970c2011-02-12T11:24:03+01:002011-02-12T12:04:03+01:001st June 2008 to date I'm going to put all the "fish stuff" in this one post regardless of timescale… Oh dear. It appears I am turning into my Dad....Carole Hallett MobbsPeeling Peas…tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340148c826f973970c2011-02-03T09:13:21+01:002011-02-03T09:13:21+01:00Thursday 13th March 2008 I said everything happens while Tim's away, didn't I? Well, now fish are dying and it appears they have constipation – which turns into bloat and...Carole Hallett MobbsGuam – Some Extra Photos of Wildlifetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340148c8076d7c970c2011-01-28T10:52:33+01:002011-01-28T10:52:33+01:00As I had 'flu and wasn't firing on very many cylinders at all there aren't the usual number of photos of my holiday. But here are a few random ones...Carole Hallett MobbsOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340148c7d01904970c2011-01-23T09:39:48+01:002011-01-23T09:39:48+01:00While we were buying new goldfish...Tim decided that he really wanted to keep tropical fish! So we ended up coming home with yet another fish tank, complete with heater and...Carole Hallett MobbsAnd Then There Were None – Goldfish, that is.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340148c7cfc894970c2011-01-22T17:09:10+01:002011-01-22T17:09:10+01:00January 2008 Over a period of a week the little goldfish died, one by one. I found a revolting parasite on the first dead one and identified it through the...Carole Hallett MobbsScooping for Goldfishtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340148c7cfa6d6970c2011-01-22T09:21:31+01:002011-01-22T09:21:31+01:00December 2007 / January 2008 Oh I dunno! Sometime then. While Mum was here we went to a strange shopping mall over in Odaiba where one floor was set out...Carole Hallett MobbsA Gratuitous Photo of my Daft Cattag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340147e1c709a7970b2011-01-20T16:55:58+01:002011-01-20T16:55:58+01:00This is Raymi. Asleep on the dining table with his face in a bowl of tangerines. Daft creature. That cannot be comfortable! And I've just noticed he's lying on an...Carole Hallett MobbsThe Adventurer Returns!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340147e1ab3923970b2011-01-20T11:04:10+01:002011-01-20T11:49:12+01:00Friday 25th January 2008 Tim went to collect Mum from the airport after her jungle adventure. Because I had the school run to do, he had to take the increasingly...Carole Hallett MobbsFirst Anniversarytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340148c76f1f6f970c2011-01-16T01:53:41+01:002011-01-16T01:59:29+01:0022nd November 2007 (Hell's bells - this post got lost amongst a heap I did recently and I forgot to press the Publish button. DUH!) So, we've been here exactly...Carole Hallett MobbsSealife Park – Oahu, Hawaiitag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340148c74d2d25970c2011-01-07T08:06:04+01:002011-01-04T17:36:18+01:00This was a trip especially for Rhiannon. Utterly obsessed with life in the oceans, she had seen signs for the Sealife Park and desperately wanted to go. However, for me,...Carole Hallett MobbsQuick Round up to Finish September 2007tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340147e11527d6970b2010-12-28T16:59:15+01:002010-12-28T16:59:15+01:00Oh lord, I am NEVER going to get this blog finished am I? Ah well, I can but try my best. Tim and I start making decorations for Rhiannon's party....Carole Hallett MobbsKasai Rinkai Koen and Sealife Centretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340133f4fa399e970b2010-10-18T16:17:14+02:002010-10-18T16:17:14+02:00September 2007 We take a day out to visit this enormous park outside Tokyo. It's easy to find as there is a huge Ferris wheel nearby which is called the...Carole Hallett MobbsSummer in Japantag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a428858834013487660756970c2010-09-24T11:37:36+02:002010-09-24T11:37:36+02:00Thursday 9th August 2007 onwards… Returning through the beautiful and efficient Narita airport was far less stressful than the UK travesty. Tim met us at the gate and drove us...Carole Hallett MobbsThings We Did in England - Part 2tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340133f446b5e2970b2010-09-20T14:13:38+02:002010-09-20T14:16:20+02:00At the end of July we hired a car and drove down to Devon for a change of scene. Luckily, I have a base there and so we stayed in...Carole Hallett MobbsMy Worst Nightmare!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a428858834013486727553970c2010-08-27T09:38:14+02:002010-08-27T09:38:14+02:00Wednesday 27th June 2007 OK, I do have far more horrendous nightmares than this, but don't all mothers? However, this one is just ugh, yukky and gross. And actually happened....Carole Hallett MobbsAn Eventful Day which Required a Certificate…tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340134864d1bd6970c2010-08-19T12:11:21+02:002010-08-19T12:11:21+02:00Monday 11th June 2007 I made Rhiannon a Star Certificate today. She deserved it. Firstly, she was stoic about Tim heading off to Seoul this morning. Usually she gets upset...Carole Hallett Mobbs“So Many Animals”tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340133f2b065c1970b2010-07-29T16:07:46+02:002010-09-06T15:58:40+02:001st June 2007 No, this is not a post about Japanese wildlife (I'll do one of those another day!). This is the title of a song the Reception children presented...Carole Hallett MobbsSea Cucumbers, TV & a Sushi Walk...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340133f247c5bf970b2010-07-14T16:41:44+02:002010-09-06T15:59:48+02:00Monday 7th -Wednesday 9th May 2007 A non-photo-prompted post! Tim's flown to Seoul (South Korea) on business. Rhiannon always plays up when he's away, so I'm not looking forward to...Carole Hallett MobbsCulture Shocktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340133f211fe20970b2010-07-05T17:38:12+02:002011-01-30T14:50:34+01:00Still May 2007 but I'm going by photos now, rather than my diary as I think it's more interesting... My days usually go like this: Am rudely awakened at silly...Carole Hallett MobbsThe School's Spring Fairtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a4288588340133f20846db970b2010-07-03T16:07:51+02:002010-09-06T16:01:52+02:00Saturday 28th April 2007 This will be a short post as my memory of the day is buried under 3 years worth of other, more interesting, memories. The School's annual...Carole Hallett MobbsOdaiba and Pet Shopstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553a42885883401310f7ec641970c2010-03-09T05:47:32+01:002011-01-30T14:54:55+01:00Friday 13th April 2007 Yes, we are packing all the trips in this week! Tim has to go back to work next week and as he's the one who does...Carole Hallett Mobbs17 Days into our New Lifetag:typepad.com,2003:post-558466902008-09-19T16:43:00+02:002011-01-30T15:36:13+01:0010th December 2006 and a few days after that... We've had to borrow someone's laptop as all our urgent stuff still hasn't arrived. Hopefully it shouldn't be much longer before...Carole Hallett MobbsTragedytag:typepad.com,2003:post-525432842008-07-11T15:32:48+02:002008-07-11T15:32:48+02:00Sunday 3rd December 2006 We returned home this evening, after a day out, to be met by the awful sight of my cat, Inti, dragging himself pitifully across the floor...Carole Hallett MobbsOur Cats Have Arrived! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-523453382008-07-07T14:26:19+02:002011-01-30T15:45:31+01:0024th November 2006 Inti and Raymi, our gorgeous two-year-old tabby boys were delivered straight to the door from the airport. What a horrible trip for them, poor things! At least...Carole Hallett Mobbs