Month: July 2025

  • Letter #2: The Day Before the Day Before

    Location: Home Dear you (whomever you are), It’s almost midnight, tomorrow I am gonna leave for orientation in a different city. This is not the real beginning – not yet- but itโ€™s the first thread being pulled loose from the comfort of knowing everything. My suitcase is zipped. My ID is tucked away in my…

  • People keep asking why. Why this? Why Japan? Why teaching? Why now? Iโ€™ve been asking myself too. So here is an attempt of answers. Why Higo (Kumamoto)? ๐Ÿ—พ I didnโ€™t know what or even where Kumamoto (็†Šๆœฌ็œŒ) was until I received my placement there, a few google searches later something stuck out to me. Higo…

  • Dear Moon, I leave for Japan in three days. I’m writing this while my suitcase is half packed, and I keep walking around my room trying to figure out what I am missing, and then suddenly remembering something else. Everyone has been asking if I am excited for what’s to come. I am. I truly…