Filed at 12:22 am under Island Life and Cultural by glennstu
Yokwe. Tonight I was sitting in the bar at Buffalo Wild Wings playing buzztime trivia with my friends. I was having a decent night having won one game and finished second or third in all the others and had a perfect game going into the last question when I heard a voice behind me talking to his buddy and mentioning that a basketball player had played at Kwaj. The average person would have minded his own business but then the average person does not go and live on a small tropical island for 3 years, so instead I turned around and asked the dude if he’d been to Kwaj. That might sound cheeky to you but there is a certain camaraderie amongst Kwaj and Roi survivors. As it turned out he had lived there approximately the same time as I did but perhaps a little before me but with some overlap. Naturally we discussed life there and common acquaintances etc. Turns out there is a reunion group here in Tucson and if you’re a part of it please contact me because I’d like to participate. I registered on some kind of Kwaj roll at some point or you can get a hold of me through this highly entertaining and informative blog site. But our mutual reminiscences brought to mind a story that a good friend of mine from Kwaj once told me. To protect his identity I’ll refer to him as Bob and not because my favorite singer of all time was named Bob Marley. Read more »
Filed at 9:29 pm under Blogroll by glennstu
- January 8, 2007 OSU Loses BCS championship to Florida(coached by an Ohio native)
- March 2007 OSU loses NCAA Men’s basketball championship to Florida
- June 2007 - Cav’s lose NBA championship (swept in 4 games)
- July 2007 - Injure right shoulder practicing gung-fu
- September 2007 - re-injure right shoulder playing volleyball in pool.
- October 2007 - Indians lose American league championship to Red Sox, sprain left foot hiking, fall on replaced hip at Halloween party
- December 2007 - Browns eliminated from playoffs by lackluster performance against Bungles
- January 7, 2008 - OSU loses BCS championship to LSU coached by an Elyria, Ohio native. Injure back throwing TV out the window, injure right foot kicking the cat (just kidding I don’t have a cat).
Despite all that I for some reason consider 2007 as one of the best years of my life. And while my favorite sports teams suffered some hard times just when they were on the brink of success July of 2007 saw the launching of this blog site. Since that time over 850 visiters from 29 countries in 5 continents have visited Roi Rat Journal. In the US alone we’ve had visitors from 46 of 50 states. Considering one of those states is Kentucky where they might not have heard of the internet yet that is pretty good coverage. In the fall I got the great opportunity to make contributions to www.tucsoncomplete.com. A site chock full of interesting information on the city of Tucson where I now live. I’d like to say komol-tata to everyone who has visited Roi Rat Journal. I’m working on a series of articles on sport on Roi-Namur. The first will be on diving. Stay tuned.
Filed at 5:18 pm under Island Life by glennstu
Posted 1/1/2008
The title is kind of a tease because I only know one Roi-Namur ghost story. There was a huge battle fought on Roi back during WWII. There were quite a few Japanese soldiers and a few American soldiers who lost their lives during the battle. Some of the more notable sites are signposted. You would think that with that many guys giving up the ghost some of the ghosts that got gave up would still be hanging around. So if you know of any good ghost stories or even some bad stories about ghosts on Roi or Enniburr please send them to me and I will add them to this blog.
OK here is my Roi ghost story. Read more »
