So much for reverting to daily updates after years of mostly recessed Kangaeroo.com. It has been a week of topsy-turvy turmoil, though, so it’s a little understandable that a long-neglected blog once more fell by the wayside. Or was put aside at least. Monday kicked off the week with a huge change: a house purchase! Once assumed to be unthinkable, it was actually doable. Kangaeroo was granted a loan that will probably not be completed while remaining on this mortal coil. Tuesday saw the timely commission of a large job bringing in enough cash to cover the cost of moving…
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Spring is such a delight in Japan. One reason for that is the blooming of cherry blossoms. For a week or so, much of the company is given a glorious pink carpet as the national flower blooms, transforming often bleak landscapes into spectacular vistas. Kangaeroo spent the weekend cycling Tokyo’s central districts and suburbs, taking as many photos of the blossoms as possible. Related posts: AFL – Modern Australia’s Religion and Failed Proselytizing in Japan Aussie Kit Maker Perfuro Storming Onto the Scene Aussies Exposed to Radiation in Japan – 65 Years Ago Spring in the Step Neighborhood Stroll No…
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This has been a strange kind of week. Meetings kicked off the week, continued throughout and were punctuated by work and lots of cycling and photography. Oh, yeah. And looking after the pet dinosaur. Amid that, feelings went up and down. Mostly down. Now, as the working week draws to a close, it feels like things are getting better. The next couple of weeks are going to be demanding. The next few months even more so, actually. But for today, things are comparatively calm. And that contentment has put a spring in the step, appropriate considering the season. Related posts:…
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Cherry blossoms are on the verge of reaching full bloom in the western Tokyo area. The flowers are not quite at their peak, but they are still exquisitely beautiful. Cycling this morning was a delight. Related posts: Lyre, Lyre, Pants on Fire Tour de Kagoshima-Kyoto Day 4: Kurokawa to Beppu Riding Along the River Goings On Dino Might! May It Always Be May Aussie Kit Maker Perfuro Storming Onto the Scene San-poses! Plastic Roos and Fuji Views AFL – Modern Australia’s Religion and Failed Proselytizing in Japan Powered by YARPP.
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When Kangaeroo started back in 2010, the aim was probably to help students understand that American was not the only form of English and that Australians speak Strine. What the aim intended to accomplish remains unknown. At some point, the blog became an area to examine lesser-known aspects of the Japan-Australia relationship. For the first five years of its existence, Kangaeroo.com was updated almost daily. It’s initial aim was not accomplished because I couldn’t get enough people to read it. Same goes for its subsequent purpose, I guess. That probably goes some way to explaining why updates have been sporadic…
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More and more is going on to inspire reflection on life. It’s a constructive development. Life is good when life exists. Realizing it’s good is another matter. Fortunately, for various reasons, it’s becoming easier to find elements of all things to contain the pleasant. It’s not my nature to do this, yet I am finding myself doing it more often. What luck! Related posts: A Second Bite of Biwaichi Japan’s Crucial Role in Turning “Mad Max” into a Global Aussie Icon 憎むのが大好きだった「反豪」豪州人の最後の別れ The Strine Why Atorkin: Natchrule Strine An Aussie Chrissie …ah, so* have a Winfield: The Tiny Tale of…
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Mount Fuji is glorious!For better or worse, like much of the rest of the world, Kangaeroo has been confined to home for the past year due to the covid pandemic.It has not been all woe, though. One benefit is an almost daily opportunity to cycle along the Tama River.There’s a cycling road about 50 kilometers long running for most of the way on both banks of the river, which once served as the Japanese capital’s main water supply.Mount Fuji is notoriously shy and only shows its face with great clarity for a few months each year, unfortunately those times being…
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Perfuro certainly blew a storm for me! And so it should have, considering the Latin word for storm is the name given to a great line of Aussie cycling gear from the Gold Coast that Kangaeroo.com was lucky enough to get to try out after being picked as a contest winner. Kangaeroo.com doesn’t win too much, so wanted to treat the kit with the reverence it deserved. Perfuro founder Martin Coleman contacted Kangaeroo.com in early June to notify him of the win. Then, 2020 hit again. Japan Post has halted air mail to Australia because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but…
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May is gorgeous in Japan, even this year when the world is confronting the bleak tragedy of the covid-19 outbreak. The warm, dry, mostly sunny month brings some much-needed delight. Related posts: Socceroos to Sing The Blues to Les Bleus WARNING! Awful Song Alert! AFL – Modern Australia’s Religion and Failed Proselytizing in Japan Little Girl’s Story Opens Door to Aussie Animal Boom in Japan シドニーが年中で最も輝く一日 Japan’s Crucial Role in Turning “Mad Max” into a Global Aussie Icon …ah, so* have a Winfield: The Tiny Tale of Aussie Durries in Japan A Breakout Performance Focusing on Australia’s Cowra 日豪味深い映画「ウルヴァリン: SAMURAI」の和風ポスター盗難問題…
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A decade or so ago, Sydney comedian Richard Glover wrote a fairly comprehensive list of typical Australian behaviors that is usually reprinted around this time of year, heading into Australia Day on January 26. Kangaeroo joints the throng of reprinters by adding the list here. You know you’re Australian if: You know the meaning of the word “girt”. You believe that stubbies can be either drunk or worn. You understand that, should an Australian prime minister attempt to invent a nickname for himself, the nation would respond by choosing its own moniker, somewhat less flattering. You believe the best-looking people…
