Mark
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Location | Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Introduction | I was born and brought up in the United Kingdom, but now I live in Japan. I have a bachelors degree in Philosophy, a masters in advanced Japanese, and I am a qualified teacher. From April 2012 I am a home room teacher in a private elementary school in Sagamihara City. I also write speculative fiction, and have a number of short stories published in semi-professional magazines. |
| Interests | Teaching, writing, Doctor Who, Time Travel, Natural History, Dolphins and Whales, Dinosaurs, Chocolate, Cheese, A Cup of Tea, Japan, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Existentialism, The History of Science, The Six Million Dollar Man |
| Favorite movies | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amelie, Inception, Planet of the Apes, Terminator, My Girlfriend is a Cyborg |
| Favorite music | Belle and Sebastian, Sleeper, Indigo Girls, Pulp, The Wedding Present, Dubstar, The Cranberries, C86, Shiina Ringo, Tokyo Jihen, |
| Favorite books | A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, The Dinosaur Hunters by Deborah Cadbury, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley, The Windup Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Adventures of Wim by Luke Rhinehart, I Robot by Isaac Asimov, Thousand and One Nights, The Flammable Girl by Aimee Bender, English Passengers by Matthew Kneale, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, The World According to Garp by John Irving, Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut, Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder, |