So while I have been WWOOFing here I have had a little issue and I am trying to figure out exactly what it is that. These are the omens when I turn to just writing and so I did, I wanted to explore this issue so this was written over a period of time towards… Continue reading Figuring out my issue
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Dealing with Favouritism
I have prepared a different blog entry which I really am unsure about posting at the moment but I wanted to put something up at the end of this WWOOFing. Over the past month I have been dealing with a very severe mount of favouritism against me. It seems that no matter what I do… Continue reading Dealing with Favouritism
Communication issues in Japenglish
Some of you may of laughed at my last few posts about how so undoubtably alien I have felt in this country over the last week and rightly so. We should learn to laugh at the things that happen to us in life and if I amused you then that makes me happy, maybe there… Continue reading Communication issues in Japenglish
Confusion continues
Another backdated post for you all, catching up on the stuff I have written and not posted due to no internets. Yesterday I wake up and get showered early so that I can be ready for whatever today has to bring. Shimohara san arrives around 07:15 with breakfast in hand but tells me that there… Continue reading Confusion continues
Goaty conference
If I told you I spent all day at a conference about goats what might you say? Some of you might of gone huh? A more sarcastic response would obviously involve my current choice of beard and well done to you if you managed to think that before reading the next bit. Let me explain…… Continue reading Goaty conference
Change in the hills
I have been a bit slow to write about this but for me it’s a very significant moment in my experience here, I have finally left the comfort of the Hotani Nature Farm but not before experiencing some amazing things. The first I need to tell you about is the typhoon that passed through the… Continue reading Change in the hills
How I got on a farm
One of my lovely readers dropped me an e-mail because they were unsure of how I ended up on a farm. It was always sort of in my plan. You may or may not of heard of this thing called WWOOFing? It an acronym and it stands for Willing Workers On Organic Farms, the idea… Continue reading How I got on a farm
Japanese perfection
So first of all where am I? I’m in a town called Hotani, which is slightly North West of Osaka, the nearest city being Kyotanabe. I think I mentioned that I don’t really agree with the concept of perfection, it’s never something I feel I have strived towards or taken that much notice of, in… Continue reading Japanese perfection
Farming life
Last December (2012) my life began changing rather dramatically, having left my job I took the whole of January off to get my life in order and get things together so that I could indulge myself in the journey that I am on now, a journey that has been in my head for at least… Continue reading Farming life