Tennessee Williams and Bike Bells
There isn't really any connection between Mr Williams and bike bells but they will both feature in this post - so live with it. I saw a bilingual version of the 'Glass Menangerie' on Sunday, it was a really good production. The bilingual element was provided by a narrator with a violin. In a spirit of generosity we offered to help take the set apart at the end of the play, this back fired though as we managed to catch the last train but missed the connection which meant once again walking over the mountain, although as I was now no longer alone it went a lot quicker the nagans of Whiskey might have helped!
On Japanese bikes anyone contemplating cycling in this country should keep a few things in mind. It is quite normal to cycle on the pavement in fact it is the preferred option secondly the natives cycle really really slowly if you were jogging you'd be going faster. So for speed junkies like myself the most important piece of safety equipment is the handlebar bell. I ring it frequently and loudly but people seem to think I will be going at a Japanese pace and don't react quite quickly enough! I haven't killed anyone yet but it might just be a matter of time.
I went for Mumooji (that's the misspelling of the Japanese word meaning looking at red leaves at night time in the autumn - more or less) again lat night at Kodai-ji temple. Again it was a very impressive sight it could easily inspire one to start producing poetry if one were so inclined. Fortunate for you I'm not.
When I got home last night I had my first genuinely scary natural disaster, just as I was making a nice cupa tea the whole room started shaking, it was like surfing, only surfing your living room is a bit wired to say the least.
On a cheerful and lucky note, I discovered a very useful little spirit chap. He is called Daruma and he fulfils your wishes, but you have a guarantee of he'll. When you buy yourself a little statue you attach one eye to Daruma when your wish comes true you give him the other eye until then he has to manage without the depth perception, great bribing the gods!
Well all the best,
Roger
On Japanese bikes anyone contemplating cycling in this country should keep a few things in mind. It is quite normal to cycle on the pavement in fact it is the preferred option secondly the natives cycle really really slowly if you were jogging you'd be going faster. So for speed junkies like myself the most important piece of safety equipment is the handlebar bell. I ring it frequently and loudly but people seem to think I will be going at a Japanese pace and don't react quite quickly enough! I haven't killed anyone yet but it might just be a matter of time.
I went for Mumooji (that's the misspelling of the Japanese word meaning looking at red leaves at night time in the autumn - more or less) again lat night at Kodai-ji temple. Again it was a very impressive sight it could easily inspire one to start producing poetry if one were so inclined. Fortunate for you I'm not.
When I got home last night I had my first genuinely scary natural disaster, just as I was making a nice cupa tea the whole room started shaking, it was like surfing, only surfing your living room is a bit wired to say the least.
On a cheerful and lucky note, I discovered a very useful little spirit chap. He is called Daruma and he fulfils your wishes, but you have a guarantee of he'll. When you buy yourself a little statue you attach one eye to Daruma when your wish comes true you give him the other eye until then he has to manage without the depth perception, great bribing the gods!
Well all the best,
Roger
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