I got the idea to start a blog from a friend at work. She will be recording her adventures of traveling and teaching in South America. I might be doing something similar in Japan... cross your fingers... so I decided to start one as well. I regret not having something that recorded my experiences when I did the Disney College Program in 2006 and I don't want that to happen again. I only have my memories of my daily activities but I don't remember what I was thinking or felt on certain days. Just a general feeling of the program as a whole. When you get the chance to do something you love take the opportunity to record every minute of it. This is why I decided to start one. No promises on how often I will post though.
So... whats going on in the world of me? I graduated from The Ohio State University in March this year and I work at Starbucks. I love children so I babysit once or twice a week. I practice Nichiren
Daishonin's Buddhism and even though I am a fortune baby I have much to learn because it is only recently that I have begun to practice seriously because I feel that it is right for me. So what do I do? Attend a whole bunch of meetings. That sums up my life for right now, work, meetings, and babysitting, I haven't much time for anything else. I get my kicks playing scrabble online with one of my
BFFs April who I can't wait to see! I met her on my program in Florida and we've been tight ever since I told her of my creepy, staring roommate. "I'm watching you April"
I had the opportunity to go to
Hawai'i and Japan for a month as a grad gift from my parents. It was my first time going to
Hawai'i and we spent a week there. I love bargaining for prices so the swat meet was so my thing. It was nice to see people who look like me because I often get asked "what are you" which gets on my nerves. People there looked like me, and because I looked like them I got 20% for being a "local" which just means I didn't have to pay tourist prices. I was really surprised at how many Japanese were there. I told my family in Japan that they could visit there without worry of not understanding because Japanese translates. This trip was bittersweet because I knew it would be the last trip that I get to spend a good amount of time with my family. When I was younger the past 7 times I've gone to Japan we stay for 1 to 2 months with the
fam. I knew that once I get a "real" job that it would be impossible to take a month off for vacation. I also thought that I didn't know when I would see my grandfather again because he was already 79. I thought this might be the last time I get to see him, especially if it takes me 4 years to go back.
Unfortunatly 3 days before we left
Hawai'i for Japan, we got news that my grandfather had passed away. It was a very hard blow because I had planned to get a nice picture with me and him to put in my albums or something.
I have a friend in Japan who I
unfortunatly did not get a chance to meet up with while there. He is going to college there and is teaching EFL (English as a Foreign Language) as a part time job. While I walk around Japan I always get approached by people who want to practice their English skills on me. Which is fine, I enjoy teaching. This gave me an idea to maybe try that out as an
acutal job for a year. I was in ESL for 2 years so I understand how frustrating it can be to learn English specifically. I'm a recent grad who doesn't own anything yet and my cell phone plan contract ends soon. Now would be the perfect time to go. So I have an interview on July 16
th, and I am very nervous but excited at the same time. My only issue with living in Japan would be... Mosquitoes and Humidity which are a pretty big deal if you ask me, but not deal breakers!
So now that you spent you time reading this blog, I ask one thing. Don't judge my grammar because I'm not checking it. Its almost in diary format, where I just type what I think. I would also like to thank you for taking time to read it
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