Slice of Life: Taking the Driving Test
Friday morning was the dreaded driving test that (among a group of about 100 surveyed foreigners) has an average pass rate of 2.5 attempts… some people passed on the first try, some took… Continue reading
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Slice of Life: School Lunches
Here’s an article from the Washington Post about healthy school lunches and how lunch time at school is quite different from school lunch times in the US. I will admit I hardly ever… Continue reading
Slice of Life: Moving, Driving, & Coming-Of-Age!
Moving/ Winter! We’ve been back to work from our “vacation” for a week now, and we are enjoying the break from hosting any guests for the next 2 months to focus on studying,… Continue reading
Arts & Crafts: Japanese Calligraphy
We had 2 whole weeks to complete our homework for our most recent Japanese class, and when do you think we actually did the homework? If you guessed within 2 hours before the… Continue reading
Slice of Life: Happy New Year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! IT’S NOW 2013! This New Year’s was an incredibly different experience compared to the past 8 years or so. For one, it’s the first time in 7 years that I didn’t… Continue reading
Slice of Life: Tokyo Host Club
I’ve been prodded to write about going to a host club in Japan. Before we moved to Japan, I watched a really interesting documentary about Host Clubs, called The Great Happiness Space: tales… Continue reading
YEARLY REVIEW: End of the Year Recap
Last year at this time, I was finishing up a Spanish class & HR management class. We had applied to several teaching jobs in Japan and come up empty handed. When Joe had… Continue reading