7:38pmTodd
how long have you been in japan?
7:38pmTimothy
3 months..
7:39pmTodd
where before that?
just tassie?
7:40pmTimothy
brisbane
sydney
7:41pmTodd
what has led your way? the lady or something else? what lead to the buddhist break up? any hard feeling by the head monk?
7:42pmTimothy
a little bit
7:42pmTodd
he was dissappointed?
7:42pmTimothy
yes
:(:(
7:43pmTodd
there is too much pressure in such scenes for my liking, that's why I'm a professional window looker!
7:43pmTimothy
good plan...
open the windows..
7:44pmTodd
I did wonder how long you would last- you are basically an independent person and life is so long...
7:44pmTimothy
yes i sure am...
it was to restrictive for me..
7:45pmTodd
No path should last for life, unless one is the human equiv. of a tortoise, methinks! I'm glad you're out!
7:45pmTimothy
thanks brother..
hows life for you these days? feeling good_
?
7:47pmTodd
Up and down- I met a girl I liked recently but it didn't really work out so I have been a bit down of late, I'm keen to move on to a new life situation.
7:47pmTimothy
lifes all about newness...
a new life every day
7:48pmTodd
you don't know what's around the corner, but I do feel that the time for a fresh scene may be upon me. I thought of Africa but I am open to suggestion (by the universe).
7:49pmTimothy
well, just be open, im sure the universe will give you a nice friendly shove soon
7:49pmTodd
yeah, things have been really moving the last couple of days, I just need to let go, I guess!
7:50pmTimothy
yah, but thats the hardest thing to do..
7:50pmTodd
I think hearing of you in Japan has helped me. Maybe I'll drop by on my world tour. will you been in Japan for long?
7:51pmTimothy
forever
well, long time i hope
7:52pmTodd
'cause you love it? or for the lady?
7:53pmTimothy
hmm., i dunno, guess i just want to really get the feel of the place..
7:53pm
Timothy and Bine Lessmeister are now friends.
7:54pmTodd
Cool. sticking to the city?
7:54pmTimothy
aye
7:54pmTodd
do you need a qualification to teach?
7:55pmTimothy
not reallly, i just got some pokey online certificate
7:56pmTodd
did you turn up cold or have things in place?
7:56pmTimothy
cold as a fish
7:58pmTimothy
i just put on a nice suit thats all
7:58pmTodd
back to a one backpack lifestyle?
7:58pmTimothy
trying to..
7:58pmTodd
the good ole suit! you should post some pictures of your Tokyo lifestyle!
7:59pmTimothy
i will sometime, im a bit lazy
7:59pmTodd
do you travel with laptop?
7:59pmTimothy
nah... but i have plenty of spare socks
8:00pmTodd
so who's computer are you using now?
8:01pmTimothy
wifes
8:01pmTodd
is she there? cooking dinner perhaps?
8:01pmTimothy
shes at work
8:02pmTodd
she works and you play?
8:03pmTimothy
haha, i work also, but im not there today
8:03pmTodd
what time is it there?
8:03pmTimothy
703pm
8:04pmTodd
late workers, those japanese? how is the language area, any barriers?
8:04pmTimothy
its a real problem sometimes, but im learning
8:06pmTodd
the language of love?
does that cross the divide?
8:07pmTimothy
sometimes no...
do you use msn?
skype?
8:08pmTodd
no. is it any good? have heard of skype, fill me in.
8:09pmTimothy
its ok, just good for chatting like this.. but this is fine anyhow
8:11pmTodd
i didn't recognise you initially. what's with the long hair- railing against years of buzz cuts?
8:12pmTodd
i'm not against long hair, mind.
8:12pmTimothy
its a good look, but not for all
8:15pmTodd
do the Japanese mind the locks?
I imagine them as the short hair types.
8:16pmTimothy
dunno, but as it is something which is quite unique here, i really love it
they pay big money to have curly hair like mine
8:16pmTodd
Cool. when did you quit the order?
8:16pmTimothy
couple of years ago now, i was only there for about 18 months
8:17pmTodd
as a monk? wasn't it longer than that?
8:17pmTimothy
nah..
8:18pmTodd
who's still in launnie that I know?
what was the final straw for you?
8:18pmTimothy
dunno who you know.. i know lena is in melbourne, shes pregnant
louise is in brisbane
final straw.. well, i fell in love with a girl..
and my mum got really sick..
8:19pmTodd
are you good mates with lena? so you got up and left?
8:19pmTimothy
got up and left...
me and lena keep in touch
8:20pmTodd
did anyone try to restrain you? I never got to know lena.
8:20pmTimothy
the Lama tried to talk me out of it, but i had to leave, i had had enough
8:21pmTodd
glad to hear it... I must say all the baggage that goes with religious movements I find difficult to deal with.
8:21pmTimothy
i can dig it, religion can be a beautiful idea.. but its hard to keep it in check sometimes
8:23pmTodd
yeah, its important to get people to focus on important matters that are often ignored in the clamor of life.
8:23pmTimothy
yes, especially in a place like japan
8:24pmTodd
do you and your wife have your own aprtment?
8:25pmTimothy
we rent.. its far too expensive to buy here...
8:26pmTodd
Love makes all things good?
8:27pmTimothy
really? why?
8:28pmTodd
I am thinking of my girl I like- she is out to a performance with my housemate tonight. She said she only wanted to be my friend. I would go anywhere with her if she returned my feelings.
8:28pmTimothy
unrequieted love is painful
did you ever know a girl in tasmania called kerstin, with red hair?
8:30pmTodd
in launceston, you mean?
8:30pmTimothy
yups
8:31pmTodd
no, why?
8:31pmTimothy
just wondering.. but anyhow, go on, about is girl....
8:33pmTodd
did you love kerstin, I am wondering now!
8:33pmTimothy
loved her lots!
she was the reason i took of my robes
8:33pmTodd
what happened?
8:34pmTimothy
long story, but i gave her my love and she didnt want it, she ran away..
8:34pmTodd
did she ever accept your love, or not at all?
8:35pmTimothy
she did, but then i think she got scared, she thought i would abandon her
8:35pmTodd
did she tell you that?
8:35pmTimothy
yah
8:36pmTodd
would you have abandoned her? where did she run to?
8:36pmTimothy
i wouldnt have, she didnt run anyway, just kind of shut me down, avoided me.. now shes in canada with husand and daughter
8:37pmTodd
shietzer!
8:37pmTimothy
you know it
8:38pmTodd
god is very bad, I am sure of it!
8:38pmTimothy
no he isnt... just because humans are bad, doesnt mean that god is..
he is just. and sometimes that sucks hairy arse
8:39pmTodd
was she a young girl? and god is good but I hate him sometimes!
8:39pmTimothy
my age...
and we are bad, but god loves us always..
haha, sorry i wont get preachy on you
8:40pmTodd
was she young emotionally? compared to you, say?
8:41pmTimothy
younger and older.. she had a lot of pain... its like, someone who is old, is closer to being a new born baby again..
she was just emotioanlly a bit sore
8:41pmTodd
kid gloves, I guess!
did you end up hating each other?
8:42pmTimothy
yah, but i wasnt capable
we dont hate each other, we are still friends
8:44pmTodd
in contact? we live and learn and mostly by loss, I think.
8:44pmTimothy
yes, life is a painful journey
8:45pmTodd
I have a song for you: left bank by Air
8:45pmTimothy
could ya email it?
i love air
8:46pmTodd
what's your address? I could even mail a CD. the whole pocket symphony album is a doozy!
8:46pmTimothy
sweet
my adress is....
#206 3-13-2 Higashi Nogawa, Komae City, Tokyo, 201-0002
8:49pmTodd
that's a lotta numbers!
8:50pmTimothy
i know.. they like numbers.. the 3-13-2 is the street name
haha
8:51pmTodd
i would like to see a picture of this kerstin, was she at the centre? (buddhist near park) i loved a kirsten once.
8:52pmTimothy
she lived near the centre, but never went, shes more of a pagan
kerstin is a beautiful name.. you can see her on my list of facebook friends
8:52pmTodd
how did you meet? and in what year, may I ask?
8:53pmTimothy
well, she wrote me a letter one day, to introduce herself to me, seems she had seen me around, taken a fancy to me, and got my contact details from the berkana
8:53pmTodd
i'm wondering where I was.
8:53pmTimothy
mayde devonport
8:54pmTodd
were you a monk then?
pretty rad getting a letter.
8:54pmTimothy
yah, it was a bit of a shock, but i knew who she was, had seen her often on the street, and was already very attracted to her
she changed me a lot, and not all of it for the better
8:55pmTodd
freaky, I am fascinated!
----
freaky, I am fascinated!
8:56pmTimothy
well, i really had a big heart break, after it, i just havent been as light..
8:57pmTodd
you will need to tell me over one of them japanese spirits!
8:57pmTimothy
sounds like a plan stan
8:57pmTodd
that is kinda sad, I dunno, I think all breaks can be healed with time and meeting when ready.
8:57pmTimothy
yes, it will take time..
8:58pmTodd
maybe even in heaven with god or jesus there, for respects.
8:58pmTimothy
perhaps i was just bought down to earth a bit, back in the days, i was very light, but perhaps too light
8:58pmTodd
you took up your space and was very grounded yet, yes, light as a feather!
8:59pmTimothy
yah, but not so much these days,,
Break---
9:00pmTodd
i am glad to hear of your powerful feelings and love for a girl, it is heartwearming!
9:00pmTimothy
thanks... glad to share...
