Having been in Japan for 9 months now, I have come to realize the many prejudices Japan holds over the rest of the world.  Most, if not all, of them are pretty negative.  Let’s start off by talking about each different type of prejudice you will encounter during your stay in...

I decided that today’s post, will be a funny story.  Living in Japan, certainly allows for some interesting cultural differences from time to time, and I happened to have encountered one that I thought everyone would appreciate hearing about.   One of my bras made it into the dryer on...

I would like to apologize in advance for how unorganized this post is.  I just went right into writing without any type of planning.  I am pretty sure my train of thought changed courses while writing this.  I hope you still enjoy it none the less. Everyone has thought about learning...

With the school year approaching its end, I thought I would write about what it is that I like to do in my spare time when I don’t have any classes.  First, I will talk about what I do when there is no school and I am just a desk warmer, then I will talk about what I do normally during the...

Hello!  Long time no read.  I have gotten some requests on what I should talk about, so I will be posting information about those once I have written out an outline for them.  For now, I thought I would tackle the easiest request first, and that is, what is my schedule like?  It...

Culture shock.  It is something that over 70% of travelers and those living abroad experience.  So that does not mean everyone feels it in their life, but then why does everyone assume it will happen to you?  Perhaps the answer is that we are often confusing culture shock, to...

The 32nd annual speech contest is taking place on Sunday, January 10th.  It is the national competition so the top contestants from all 47 prefectures will be there.  My student is giving her speech then.  She will be the 39th student to go.  There are two sections....

The 3rd and final semester of the school year begins this week on January 7th.  I am sure the students are so excited to get back to learning English in my classes.

      I know this isn’t my typical post but I have something on my heart I want to share.  I also apologize for the length, it is sometimes not easy for me to articulate what I want to say in English.  My thoughts also get jumbled and don't seem to make much sense, but I...

So, I started typing this, I didn’t get very far, the teacher sitting across from my desk dropped a bottle of blue pen ink between our desks.  He wasn’t able to reach it so I grabbed it for him.  Little did I know, it had opened and me grabbing it, completely covered my fingers in blue...