My mother is Japanese and father is English,i was born in Japan but have spent most of my life in the UK.I spent 23 years in the Royal Navy on submarines,and for the last nine years have worked off-shore on an oil rig as a mechanic.Am now on my second marriage and have a son and daughter from my first,my son(24)is now in the Royal Marines and my daughter(26) is in the Royal Air Force,also two step children one who is a chartered accountant and the other a panel beater.