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Yonex Extreme Product Test: Save the Egg! Japanese Promotional Video
Yonex has done whatever high school student dreams of doing more than anything... yes, more than anything. Design a foam pad capable of protecting an egg from certain doom! Watch the video to see...
Read MorePeninsula Tokyo 10 Year Anniversary Party!
The 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Peninsula Tokyo. What a terrific event this was: amazing musical entertainment including opera, big band, jazz singing, traditional Japanese instrumental music, amazing food and champagne, a heartfelt...
Read MoreHalloween at the Andaz
Halloween party at Andaz Hotel at Toranomon Hills in Tokyo.... For me, it was just a great opportunity to spend Halloween with my mom in Tokyo, and particularly memorable because she did not steal any of my trick or treating loot...
Read MoreCruising Tokyo Bay in a Traditional Japanese Houseboat - Yakatabune (屋形船)
Houseboating in Japan is somewhat different than what I am used to in North America. There is certainly the same amount of beautiful (albeit different) scenery to behold and alcohol-fuelled singing is equally present:
Read MoreEngagement at the Great Buddha!
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If anyone knows the couple in the photos below, please pass this along to them as I think it would be a wonderful and unexpected keepsake of a precious moment in their lives
Read MorePhotoshoot with Blaine
Without a doubt, the best part of the shoot was when a Japanese woman tried closing the door of the cigarette vending machine that she was restocking and was surprised and apologetic when she realized that she was closing it on Blaine...
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It was a pretty interesting walk down the alleyway to the studio space situated on a converted floor of one of Tokyo's love hotels. The experience of walking through the winding corridors of the building past the brightly lit screens of themed rooms to find the front reception was an adventure in itself..
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See if you can spot Godzilla!
Read MoreShinjuku Gyoen
Shinjuku Gyoen is a beautiful national garden about a ten minute walk from Shinjuku station in Tokyo. The garden was completed in 1906 on the site of a private mansion during the Edo period. The site is 144 acres (58.3 hectares) and has a circumference of 3.5 kilometres and is said to blend three distinct styles: French Formal Garden, English Landscape Garden, and Traditional Japanese Garden...
Read MoreHow a Spider Bite Introduced Me to the Magic of Honduran Hospitals
The nurse, too, seemed to enjoy the process as a cruel grin and maniacal flash of sadistic pleasure crossed her face as she unapologetically pressed with white-knuckled force on either side of the incisions causing the abscess explode in an eruption of blood and pus. The colours kind of reminded me of the Canadian flag... and home...
Read MoreHonduras Trip 2013
Kenny took us diving in his Zodiac while Lyndon navigated for us on the surface. The best part (aside from the actual diving) was getting to be human sonar and hopping in on either side of the Zodiac with masks on holding onto a rope and looking down into the depths below hoping to see a good dive spot...
Read MoreEast Coast Family Vacation 2012
There was grand adventure, great food, better conversations, moments of suspense, awe, and intrigue. At no less than four distinct occurrences can I remember being afraid for my life; and although we set out on this grand voyage as a merry band of travellers, those of us who did made it back were changed by the journey and can only reflect upon the people we once were before the adventure as though pale faded memories of a forgotten time long past...
Read MoreNew York
These are a collection of photos taken during my three week stay in New York City in the Spring of 2007.New York had long been a place I had really wanted to visit, and it was amazing and unique in a way that was so different from what I had thought it would be through my dreams and most fanciful, romanticized wonderings...
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