In 1992 I start working for Yamatake-Honeywell, a joint venture whose Japanese owners bought out Honeywell's share to become wholly Japanese-owned in 1997.
I name both kids (Adelaide, b. 1992, and Vivian, b. 1995) after Nabokov characters. We have a second ceremony in Tokyo for Japanese family.
In 1995, among other things I do at work in a small publishing unit (including DTP, feature writing, photography, news reporting, press releases, tech documents) I am asked to design covers for the corporate English-language magazine, Savemation.
Friends:
- Koichi Mori
- Masahito Sasaki
- Mitsumasa Aizawa
- Toshio Suzuki
- Karen Severns
- Fumio Shindo
- Jerry Fuseya
Photos:
- I take photos of the streets of Tokyo (8 shots) showing first reactions to the city.
- Photos illustrating what to do with left-over wedding cake (4 shots).
- In 1997, on business in Shanghai, I witness celebrations (10 shots) for the British handover of Hong Kong to the Communist regime.
In 1999, I move out of the family home into an 'apaato' (flat) in a nearby suburb. In 2000, I write a number of poems. After separating from my family and finding life in Japan too burdensome, I return to Australia.
A graph shows publication dates of books in my library, which numbered about 1300 at the time of making this page. The dip in the 1990s shows reading taking a back seat as I work on my language skills with TV.
In 1998, my cousin, Julie Isabel Bishop (b. 1956) is elected to the House of Representatives as member for Curtin in Western Australia.
