Month: July 2025
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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 itโs the first thread being pulled loose from the comfort of knowing everything. My suitcase is zipped. My ID is tucked away in my…
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People keep asking why. Why this? Why Japan? Why teaching? Why now? Iโve been asking myself too. So here is an attempt of answers. Why Higo (Kumamoto)? ๐พ I didnโt know what or even where Kumamoto (็ๆฌ็) was until I received my placement there, a few google searches later something stuck out to me. Higo…
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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…