About me
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frequently and rarely asked questions…..
so, what’s your name?: martine
what’s your email?: martineatfrangipanidotinfo
where were you born?: brisbane, australia
where do you live now?: tokyo, japan
why japan?:
… a rare moment of synchronicity …
… the epiphany that one can work your way teaching english and photographing around the world with simple ease …
… japan is close to australia and yet unique enough to be in another galaxy …
… actually, i was never a japanophile – i just like a bit of adventure …
… australia can get very.very.very boring after a while…
occupation?: photographer and english teacher (high school, elementary and private lessons with adults)
loves?: photography, music, film, reading, writing, animals, sunny days, kids, old people, riding my bicycle around tokyo, spring afternoons, walking on grass, beer, coffee, holidays, travelling, asia, four sisters semillon sauvignon blanc wine (but cheap cask wine will do), file sharing & bit torrent stuff, beautiful things…
when did you arrive in japan?: christmas eve 2002
have you always lived in tokyo?: no, i lived in the beautiful fuji-go-ko national park district at the foot of mt fuji for 15 months.
what did you do before japan?: many things music-business oriented. band/venue/event/tour management. but i burned out and became a jaded old fuck. as you do. fortunately japan changed all that.
where else have you lived?: bouganville, new guinea and many places in brisbane, and north of brisbane – mooloolaba, hamilton island, green island, kuranda, cairns, port douglas… and melbourne once for 3 months while the band I was managing were doing an intense touring/recording stay there. if i ever return to australia, i think it’ll be to melbourne, my fave australian city.
where else have you travelled?: all of australia (and i really do mean ALL), lots of regional japan, north india, bangkok & sth thailand, fiji, on the to do in the near future list: the rest of thailand, cambodia, laos, vietnam, india – this time rajasthan and west india, china, korea, russia, spain, morocco, ireland.
so whats the story with this website?: it’s primarily a means of showing my life to my loved ones back in australia. it’s also a great way to develop my webtinkery and photography skills, and an interesting means of archiving my life as it happens…
what are your astrological signs? i’m a sagittarius (fire)goat. mystic medusa says the thing about saggos is our ability to stay one step ahead of adult issues by always just being somewhere else. she’s pretty right on.
Places I’ve been… (only 4% of the world. That’s soooo gotta be fixed)
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can i use your photos for my project/paintings/magazine, etc?: well, i love to share (and sell, naturally)… but all the contents of frangipani.info are subject to some copyright. here’s the speil: 
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