Samia Lila, a.k.a. ‘Goanna girl,’ is a French waitress on a working holiday visa who dragged a goanna from a New South Wales restaurant. At first, Lila thought it was a canine intruder. The goanna frightened diners. Lila then decided to grab it and drag it out. “I looked at it and thought it was a dog at first! But then I realised it was a goanna,” Lila said.
Japan is a land of vending machines. You can find vending machines on just about any street corner in cities. They mainly sell beverages, but the ubiquitous machines also sell a vast array of other items, including gifts, toys, fresh eggs, rice, birth control, cigarettes, beer, costumes and even surgical masks, as shown here.
Now THAT was unexpected. One minute, I was as happy as Larry, the next being rushed off in a meat wagon and now hospitalized indefinitely.
Walking along Route 246, I was surprised to look up and see the katakana script reading アースウィンド! びっくり仰天だった! アースis, in English, arse…or, so I thought. Arse wind, then, could only mean one thing….surely a company couldn’t have named itself after a fart? Of course it didn’t. In fact, アース is also the reading for earth. That makes Earth Wind a little easier to comprehend, even if the English is still a little awkward.
Despite the icy midwinter temperature, Tokyo was gloriously sunny today. Regardless of the day, I try to walk as much as possible. Today’s reward was getting to see a gorgeous model having her photo taken!
あっという間にまた週末が終わった。 今週末、大好きな自転車をほとんど乗れなかった。土曜日の朝で約50キロを走ったが、それっきり、、、:( 今日は都心へ。基本的に和太鼓嫌いが付き合いで見ることになった。最高だった!謙虚にならなきゃ。
After many years of not blogging, a website fix inspired me to get back into it. For several years, I had been keen on photography but let that fall by the wayside, too, mainly because carrying a camera around everywhere is bloody cumbersome and I now cycle a lot, which makes me focus on reducing the volume of stuff I carry. Yesterday, though, I took my camera with me and shot a few pictures for the first time in a long while. I’m really rusty, but liked some of the results.
This sign has been up in the Harajuku district of Tokyo for a long time. This is a tourist area, so it comes as a bit of a surprise. Betcha it won’t be around in 2020.
Well, it’s been quite a while since we posted, but we’re back. It’s unlikely Kangaeroo.com will return to daily updates as had been the case for most of 2010 through 2014, but we will endeavor to be more active than in the past few years. Another significant change will be eliminating the emphasis on Japan and Australia. From now on, the site will just be about the day-to-day bullshit undertaken by the site owner. Cheers!