Welcome to my site

Well after over 2 years of self-imposed isolation here in my little corner of Japan, I thought I'd would start the New Year by coming out of hibernation and assimilating some of my thoughts and ideas via the medium of the Internet.

The purpose of this site is three fold:

• My own benefit - There are only so many books you can read, websites you can bookmark and scraps of ink scrawled paper that can accumulate before you lose track of where you started. Hopefully, this site will allow me to impose some order over these thoughts and free up some space.

• For anyone who's interested - Living on my own in a foreign culture has perhaps given me a unique insight to life. Although still very young and naive about the world, I hope some of my ideas will be able to benefit others in some way and stimulate further contemplation on my part.

• Despite the distinct lack of correspondence with friends and family over the last 2 years, you are all seldom absent from my thoughts. Hopefully this site will enable us all to keep track of each others unique and ever-evolving lives.

I'll leave it there for now, but next time I'll go into some detail about what my life is like here in Japan and what I've been up to.

So I wish you all the best for 2007 and look forward to making contact soon.