I’m a twenty-something university grad living in the Bay Area with hopes of returning to the world of academia for Japanese, linguistics, or East Asian Studies.
My obsessive-compulsions include stopping the microwave only when the time remaining is divisible by five and reading the fine print on commercials.
My first sip of tea was out of my baby bottle. I make one of the best cuppas you’ll ever taste.
If you’ve ever wanted to visit Japan, this may be your chance. In a desperate attempt to lure tourists back to a country plagued by radiation fears and constant earthquakes, the Japan Tourism Agency‘s proposed an unprecedented campaign – 10,000 free roundtrip tickets. The…
Reblogged for Selina.
This is a very subtle hint that I not only need to go, I need to encourage others! :-) I have the time off, my passports going, and now I just need some mates to meet up for coffee or tea with.
(via nomi-malone)
ESL teachers abroad
When I was still living in Sacramento and going to my weekly Japanese language meet-ups, a few people from our sessions were “auditioning” for JET. [JET] seemed to have a slightly more stern approach to their prerequisites, but I have heard of Japanese ESL companies that have the same mentality as the Chinese companies in this article.
I think it’s a bummer that if you know the language of the country you’re going to it pretty much disqualifies you, hence one of my JLM friends faked not knowing Japanese (she’s bilingual and it was her undergrad major at UCR) so she could get the job.
random conspiracy #3
I’ve been holding off on this one but a lot of my blogs I follow here or on Google Reader seem to share the sentiment.
8 Abandoned Theme Parks that you can still goto and explore.
Click-through for more pictures, locations, and other information.
More evidence for my “I have to go to Japan” self-fulfilling prophecy - 5/8 of the parks are there. I wanna go!!!!!!!!!!!
I also still need to find The Blue Lagoon in Vacaville as I remember going all the time, but I don’t remember it ever being torn down.
Sometimes I’m so juvenile; B&E and trespassing like I’m 16 still. >=)
This website is reminding me why I want I need to go to Japan. I can afford $584/week for a condo in Shinjuku.
just for a bit
I want to walk into SFO and jump onto the next connection to Narita airport.
kowai こわい (恐い) pronounced cola-why-thee: scary
kawaii かわいい (可愛い) pronounced caterpillar-why-thee-ee: cute
In case you’ve ever wanted a couple of other examples of [almost] homophones and a blog about living as a ‘foreigner’ abroad.
My goal is to complete Level 4 within the next six to eight months and Level 3 within the next 18 months - yes, I’m overestimating here. The website estimates that you can complete L4 after three semesters (Y2S1 completed) and L3 after six semesters (Y3S2 completed). If I’m lucky, I’ll be ahead of both their schedule and my own.
