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My Japanese Apartment (5 Ways to Make a House a Home)
My apartment in Japan changed quite a bit over time. As some of you know, when you don’t live in a Leopalace like most English teachers...
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Finding Kendra
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Interac Training: Your First Lesson Prep
UPDATE 03/18/16: So apparently not all branches do the pre-lesson thing. You lucky ducks don’t have to worry about this! When Interac...
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The Great East Japan Earthquake--5 Years Later
March 11, 2011 may not be a date that means anything to most of you. Maybe it’s a birthday or perhaps an anniversary. A day like any...
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6 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Coming to Japan
Ever do something and realize your expectations were so completely different from the truth they weren’t even in the same orbit? Yeah,...
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Top 8 Things I'll Miss About Japan
The one where I tell my stories and share my overwhelming love of this incredible country I've come to call home and will miss terribly.
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Video: How to Turn Dreams into Goals
The one where I awkwardly outline how I turn an idea, thought, or dream into a concrete, attainable goal and show how you can too!
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Thoughts on Leaving Japan and How I Hate Change
This is the official Everywhere To Be Found announcement that I’ll be leaving Japan and moving back to California sometime in early April...
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What You Should Know Before Moving to Japan
Now that I’ve put out there the things you should and should not bring to Japan, my personal to-do list before moving to Japan, and most...
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6 Things to Do Before Moving to Japan
The one where I get excited all over again about living in Japan and give you a few things to do to make time go faster until your move!
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100 Life Goals--Why Having Goals is Important
The one where I explain why having tangible goals is so important and what my goals will be for the next ten years.
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Teaching Public Speaking (Ibaraki Prefecture English Speech Competition)
Every year, in Kasama City, Jr. High students from all over Ibaraki come together with their teachers and their ALT’s to present their...
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Kairakuen's Plum Blossom Festival (+ Japan's Volunteer Tour Guides)
Located in Mito City in Ibaraki Prefecture, Kairakuen (偕楽園) has been designated as one of the three most beautiful parks in Japan. And...
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Japanese School Life--Sports Day
Summer break is over, the homework is turned in and 2nd term has started. You know what this means? You got it! Sports Day! The late...
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How I'm Learning Japanese (+ JLPT)
I’ve now been living in Japan for a year and a half and I have yet to write anything about learning Japanese. Shameful! The truth is, my...
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Stories from China: May I Take Your Picture?
Hey all! Being one of two Westerners in a rural Japanese town leads to some staring. They still stare into my shopping basket in the...
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A California Girl's Guide to Surviving the Seasons: Fall and Winter
Here we go! The year is moving fast and it’s time for a new survival guide! Hope it helps and let me know if you have any more questions....
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Bored in Japan: What to Do When You're Stuck in the Teacher's Room
It’s happened. You’re in Japan. You finished all the training. You have all your materials and your ALT Survival Kit is ready for...
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Surviving Typhoons in Japan
The one where I share everything I've learned about typhoon preparedness and survival because I'd never experienced them before.
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Daring the Ryujin Bungee Jump (Tallest in Japan)
Okay, here's the story. Few things scare me as much as needles. The very idea of a shot makes me woozy! My mom literally had to pull...
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Experience Hiroshima: Past and Present
The one where I take a weekend trip to Hiroshima and give you a tour of this beautiful city that was rebuilt from absolute devastation.
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