Monthly Archives: January 2012

London Filming Locations: About A Boy (2002)

Posted on January 31, 2012 by tokyofox

I’m no bookworm but there is one author’s work who I always read and that is Nick Hornby’s and so its always interesting to see the film adaptations of his books such as Fever Pitch, High Fidelity and About A … Continue reading →

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Living The i-Life!

Posted on January 28, 2012 by tokyofox

I can’t say I’d had too much desire to get an iPhone as I use the internet enough without checking Facebook and Twitter in between lessons. However, when my phone charger broke a few months ago I thought it was maybe … Continue reading →

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Review: Films Set In Japan – ‘Mr Baseball’ (1992)

Posted on January 25, 2012 by tokyofox

As I was watching Brad Pitt in ‘Moneyball‘ on the way back to England recently I found it very hard to not keep comparing it to ‘Mr Baseball’ which, as far as I’m concerned, is the greatest baseball movie out … Continue reading →

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Friends Reunited

Posted on January 22, 2012 by tokyofox

Whilst back in the UK over Christmas I met up with more friends than I usually bother to which was really nice. Sherwood is a lifelong friend and I have known Sam since I was about nine and we always … Continue reading →

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Great Bowden In Pictures

Posted on January 19, 2012 by tokyofox

This village is kind of like a suburb of Market Harborough in Leicestershire and on Chritsmas Day afternoon I went for a short walk round the area with my parents in the name of photographing some of the more interesting … Continue reading →

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Meeting Baby George

Posted on January 15, 2012 by tokyofox

Without doubt the highlight of my trip back to Britain was seeing my nephew for the first time and no doubt if my sister is reading this then she will be spitting her porridge out at the computer screen in … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Filming Locations: Trainspotting (1996)

Posted on January 12, 2012 by tokyofox

The reason I chose to go to Scotland was because I didn’t want to travel too far whilst back in Britain and also to hunt down some of the filming locations for ‘Trainspotting‘ (1996) which is one of my favourite … Continue reading →

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Scotland 2012 Pt II: Edinburgh

Posted on January 9, 2012 by tokyofox

Even though I ended up flying directly to Edinburgh from London Gatwick I was still on very limited time and only really had the morning of January 4th to look around the city. My University friend ‘Willy’ Steve kindly offered … Continue reading →

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Scotland 2012 Pt I: To Glasgow And Back (In A Few Hours!!)

Posted on January 6, 2012 by tokyofox

Given all the weather problems in the UK over the last few years at this time of year I have been pretty lucky to have got through my plans each time. This past festive season has seen some of the … Continue reading →

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Leicester Raid The Palace

Posted on January 3, 2012 by tokyofox

I went to my first away game since the 2002-2003 season yesterday as I made my way down to Selhurst Park with my mate Marchy to see Leicester play Crystal Palace. It turned out to be a successful day as we managed to … Continue reading →

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