Showing posts with label the kindness of strangers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the kindness of strangers. Show all posts

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Meeting up in Osaka

Backstreet, Namba
Because I know absolutely nobody in Osaka, I went on to meetup.com and looked there for people, and arranged to have dinner at a Canadian pizza restaurant north of the main station. Because I enjoy partaking of local customs, and when in Osaka, what could be more culturally appropriate than Canadian pizza?

Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Help

Frankly, I've been shocked today by how helpful everyone has been. It's meant that little tribulations like the buttons on the back pockets of my trousers getting trapped in the vents of my chair and tearing off have seemed like the trivialities that they are.