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Howdy folks, time to get this show on the road! Let’s first start out with a “Merry Christmas!” now that Spooky Season is no longer upon us This one will brief — I just wanted to talk about my trip to Saitama and Halloween. SO, Halloween in Japan is really intense. As a country, Japan …
Hey everyone, Sorry for not writing for such a long time, I think I have hit a point in my travels where I feel severely unbalanced in the time that I apply to school, friends, interests, and most importantly myself. I wanted this post to be fun, but I think it’s important to talk about …
Hey Everyone! Welcome to Japan! I hope you can live vicariously through me happily through all the struggles, adventures, and stressors (mainly from school haha). I would like to start with the hardest experience I’ve had while being in this country: Getting Home From the Airport. (DUN DUN DUUUUUUNN) Everything about my flight was amazing …
This was written a MONTH AND A HALF AGO so sorry I’ve been stupid busy Hi everyone! Hope you had a fantastic weekend. If you’re anything like me, you’re looking forward to the coming weekend already (and it’s Monday for me haha). This weekend I went to an island very close to the North …
THE SKY! HAHA GET IT? LIKE WHAT’S UP? THE SKY! HEHE… NO? NOT FUNNY? OKAY.. Hi everyone! Sorry for the long break between writing, I have been SO busy. Midterms are coming up so everyone is just living with their heads shoved in their books haha. A few really fun things have happened. First we …
Hi everyone! We are officially done with the first two weeks of the school year! For me, I have had an extremely manageable schedule — unfortunately I have classes on Fridays — but Tuesdays and Thursdays I only have one class so guess who’s going to be doing some adventuring :))) When picking your classes …
After my journey to Japan concluded and second semester kicked off, Chinese New Year was just around the corner. Seeing as I’m staying with a host family, the timing couldn’t be more perfect. About a week or two before the holiday, my host Mom informed me we’d be going to their house in the suburbs …
Continue reading “Chinese New Year and Spring Festival–過年與春節”
As first semester came to a close, a new journey would begin for me. A mere days after the semester wrapped up, Jesse–my roommate from last year, a previous exchange student from The Netherlands to Linfield–came to Beijing. I couldn’t wait to begin our travels together! I took him everywhere I knew around the …
(I am back home right now, but please try to bear with me as I write my last two blogs in a quick manner.) Konnichiwa! Two months have passed during my time abroad in Japan, which means it is near the homestretch of the program. This post will talk about events that happened during November. …
Continue reading “November 8th-30th 2018- 十一月のイベントとオリンピックの会じょう (November Events and Olympic Venues)”
Konnichiwa! The week after Oppama Y Festa, it was fall break and everyone went off to explore on their own. I will talk about my experience during fall break. じゃあ、始めましょ! Tuesday 10/30- Fall break for KGU did not officially start until the next day, but my Japanese Cultural Studies professor decided to cancel class that …
Continue reading “October 30th-November 5th 2018- 秋休み (Fall Break)”