Typhoon

Wow, we're having a really crap day here today - I haven't seen the weather this bad before. Just glad I've got the day off work and don't have to go out - it would be impossible to get there without being saturated....or blown away.

The absolute torrents of rain are being pushed along by very strong powerful and extremely gusty winds here today and there's sirens in the distance every now and again. Quite eerie.... Last night I went to sleep listening to lashes of rain striking the roof like waves crashing against a shore.

And we are only on the outskirts of the typhoon that's striking Japan right now, I'd hate to think how terrifying being in the eye of it must be, but I saw some images on telly last night.

It's really heartbreaking to see people's homes being flooded, but what amazes me is that if I'd watched this on TV in New Zealand I would have felt it's a world away, but here I feel it's part of my world now.

I've really felt like Japan has become home in recent months and it's strange to feel so settled here after feeling so displaced when I first arrived.

Just goes to show that you can call anywhere home if you live there long enough - and I've only been here five months.

I'm still not sure what I'll do at the end of the year, wether I stay on or go further abroad, but I'll see how I feel then....right now it feels like it would be really sad to leave.

And I've never been good at farewells.