A tribute to "Mr. T" (my neighbour not the actor)...
It was just another rainy April day when "Mr. T" (also referred to by Ritsuko and I as "Jiji" (grandpa)) rang the door bell. He gave us a bunch of unusual looking flowers. It wasn't the first time we've received flowers from him, by any means! However these where the most unusual flowers we've received from him so far...
You see "Mr. T" is that kind of guy. He travels around the neighbourhood either by bicycle or motor scooter (one that pollutes a lot!), giving vegetables or flowers to the neighbours. He's a retired carpenter and he's even helped us fix a few things around the house on occasion for free. Now-a-days he works a field owned by a rich friend of his, who doesn't have time to grow anything. It's a good deal, "Mr. T" gets to use the field for free, his friend doesn't have to pay so much land tax because the field is in use. "Mr. T" grows vegetables and flowers in the field which above and beyond what he needs for him and "Mrs. T", he distributes around the neighbourhood...
"Mr. T" speaks very rough Kansai-ben (the local dialect), tells lots of crude jokes and is very politically incorrect. He's a bit of character, but he has a heart of gold.
Note 23/04/2011: I'm making a trip back to Australia (again) for 10 days from Thursday, so this might be my last PBLOG for a while as I get myself ready to go.
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