I heard about this a couple of weeks ago but only found the story recently. It not something I wanted to comment on without seeing myself but now it’s here for all and sundry to take a look at. Those in the diving community know that multiple dives per day are allowed by all major [...]
Nukes in Japan… they’re “Regrettable”
Posted By Dave on March 10th, 2010
Another world news story involving Japan hit the streets in the past 24 hours and made me smile. As soon as I read the headline “Japan confirms secret pact on US nuclear transit“, I knew that somewhere in the story would be the word “regrettable”, in quotation marks and offered by a Japanese government member. [...]
Doctor in Okinawa Decides the Diving Rules Should Change
Posted By Dave on March 2nd, 2010
I heard about this a couple of weeks ago but only found the story recently. It not something I wanted to comment on without seeing myself but now it’s here for all and sundry to take a look at. Those in the diving community know that multiple dives per day are allowed by all major [...]
Magnitude 7 Earthquake Strikes Okinawan Coast
Posted By Dave on February 27th, 2010
This morning at 5:31am there was a huge earthquake which struck 80km east of Naha, and around 29km underground. It was classified as a magnitude 7 quake and was easily the strongest I’ve experienced in my 5 and a half years here in Okinawa. Put it this way: I have never before considered hightailing out [...]
A Few Photos From a 60s Bar in Naha
Posted By Dave on February 14th, 2010
Been pretty busy with work recently and so haven’t had as much time as I’d liked to write here. But it’s Sunday morning and I woke up early so what better time than now to start tapping away at the keyboard. No huge news of note, but I wanted to share with you a few [...]
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Top 10 Rugby League Bit Hits
Posted By Dave on January 30th, 2010
The 2010 Superleague season is now officially underway as the Leeds Rhinos ran out 34-6 winners against the Crusaders in a snowy Wrexham. Snowy rugby league in January – so tell me again about this summer rugby! Ah well, hopefully the grounds will harden up in a few months and we can start to see [...]
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Polls working again!
Posted By Dave on January 30th, 2010
Just a quick post to let you know that the polls that you see on the right hand side of this webpage are working again. Looks like a little gremlin got into the system and meant you couldn’t register your votes, but all is fixed now and hopefully you can tell me what you want [...]
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“Peters wide to Farrell, Farrell wide to Renouf…”
Posted By Dave on January 23rd, 2010
Anyone who’s a Wigan Warriors RLFC fan will probably know those words, and know exactly what followed it on a summer’s night in 2000. As the 2010 Engage Superleague season is swiftly approaching, I thought I would take the time to look at a few of the more memorable moments of my 16 years of [...]
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Okinawan Police Learn Drifting from Tsuchiya
Posted By Dave on January 16th, 2010
One of the biggest motorsports to come out of Japan in recent years is drifting. Everyone is getting in on the action, even the police it seems! These cops in Okinawa had the chance to go up to Nago Circuit in the north of the island and get drifting tips from the Drift King himself, [...]
Headgasket Change on the Alto Works… What a Pain
Posted By Dave on January 2nd, 2010
What an absolute mission that headgasket replacement was! Started it at about 9:45 on Wednesday morning and finished up at about 4:15am on Thursday morning, and that’s with no real stops for food or drinks. Although to be honest, from 11am to about 5:30pm we were stuck in a certain spot and trying different was [...]
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Back to Basics with the Alto
Posted By Dave on December 26th, 2009
Make no mistake: my first foray into upgrades for my 1993 Alto Works RS/X was an unmitigated disaster. The combination of parts didn’t work, the turbo was duff and my car ended up off the road as an indirect consequence. But that”s because I was upgrading far too much far too soon. The car had [...]
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