by joostay
I’m writing this post on a scrap of paper from a little restaurant in the Burmese countryside. Every now and then I wiggle my fingers just to make sure I’m still alive. The reason? I’ve just been on a white-knuckle motorbike ride through Central M…
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan, Uncategorized
by joostay
Quite often when you travel you have a fair idea what to expect. You’ve seen the pictures, read the blurb and generally tried to get your head around the place before you go. Sometimes, however, all this goes out the window when you visit somewher…
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan, Uncategorized
by joostay
Don Mueang airport is a bit of a weird one. It used to be the main hub in and out of Bangkok. Now that Suvarnabhumi has taken over, DMK has been relegated to serving domestic and short-haul carriers. The place is dead. Immigration and security too…
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan, Uncategorized
by joostay
As I type this I’m flying over the East China Sea while simultaneously watching a documentary about medieval torture methods thanks to Cathay Pacific’s festive in-flight entertainment. They’ve just covered the crucifixion, and I am now blessed wit…
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan, Uncategorized
by joostay
BBC Radio Ulster recently interviewed me as part of a special series about expats living abroad over Christmas. Entitled ‘Calling Home’, it will air on Christmas Eve at 5.03pm and again on Christmas Day at 10:02am – so if you want to hear me stumb…
Categories: Uncategorized
by joostay
Categories: Tokyo Days, Uncategorized
by joostay
Last week was a bit of an odd one. On Friday night a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sendai sending news stations into a panic and leaving everyone wondering if a repeat of March 2011 was on the cards. Luckily, it wasn’t – but it …
Categories: Tokyo Days, Uncategorized
by joostay
My home country is all over the news lately, for all the wrong reasons. Northern Ireland has always had a chequered past, but in recent years it had started to turn a corner and make some progress. Which is why it saddens me to read that the petro…
Categories: Uncategorized
by joostay
Back in September I wrote a bit about how me leaving a creative job in advertising has ultimately led me to become more creative. Here in Tokyo I draw pretty much every day now – so I suppose I may as well continue posting some stuff here. I’m not…
Categories: Art Music & Culture, Art: stuff I've drawn
