Blogs from Saitama, Japan, Asia - page 3

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Sloaner! Hello again everyone! After a week off from the blog due to some extra work and a week with a cold I'm back to give all you eager followers another message from the far far east. Let's get right to it! Here is a quick list of just some of the events that have happened since the start of December: 1. Level 5 Earthquake 2. Karaoke adventure with students 3. Shopping extravaganza 4. Samurai / Nautical Bar in Roppongi 5. Kyoto trip planned for the Holidays 6. Sick 7. Follow up training at head office in Shinjuku 8. Delicious presents from students! Ok, so now I can give you some details about that list, which seems about the average amount of excitement experienced over a span of two weeks in Tokyo. Let's start with ... read more

Hi everyone! This is my first tentative step into the world of blogging. In effort to keep all the people who want to be informed up to date, I'm going to give this a shot. So, for those of you who have found this through my facebook profile, you may not know that I'm currently living in Japan, in an area just outside of Tokyo. I've been here since the end of August '09, so I've got a lot of stuff I need to put up here. It might take me a while to fill in the gaps between the time I arrived and now, but I'll get there bit by bit, and you'll get to have a look at some of my photos along the way, so stay tuned. That's all for now. Cheers everyone! ... read more

Story Time! Wow, I was looking through my pictures that I have taken and I realized that in one week there are enough to tell at least 100 stories already. So instead of selecting just a few I decided to post a whole bunch of them to give all of you a great view of all aspects of my life here in Japan! I put details under each picture so be sure to read them to get the story behind each one. I hope you enjoy them! As for an update about the past week I can say that it was a great one and a hardworking one at Aeon. It was counseling week at school which means I had individual meetings with all of my adult students that take my classes to discuss progress and ... read more

Hey Family and Friends all over the world! Whats up? Oh, not much. Just about to leave on a pretty lame trip for at least a year. I have to go to Shiki, Japan, a city 15 mins NW of Tokyo in one of the main subburbs. What am I doing? I have to teach English to kids, teenagers and business people of all ages at a school in Shiki with a company called Aeon. Ya, I know, what could I be thinking... I mean, getting paid to go on a crazy adventure, working with an amazing company in one of the most exciting cities of the world, meeting people, playing DDR on a daily basis, eating the best sushi in the world and living on my own... who hasn't done it? All I wish is ... read more

Yo Like I said, trying to start doing shorter posts. (In the interest of making things more frequent.) This is one of those. Omiya Omiya is dangerous. Last week was Golden Week. I'll explain it more in detail later (don't get your hopes up. It'll be another post), but suffice to say it's a big holiday in Japan. With no school. Anyways, Wednesday (day 1 of 8) I found myself with nothing to do and no housemates to hang with. So, following the advice of Okaasan, I jumped on a train and headed down to the next station towards Tokyo: Omiya. Omiya is to Newnan as Miyahara is to LaGrange (Try to remember those SAT days.) In otherwords, Miyahara is kind of sleepy with little to do (although, to its credit it does have karaoke and ... read more