1st August 2019 marks one year of living in Tokyo and three years of living in Japan. It is hard to believe how quickly and slowly the time has passed! Life in Tokyo has been full of energy, new experiences, bureaucratic challenges, and most significantly, change. The past year has marked some incredible and life…
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Part 3 (Of Lessons Learnt Living Abroad)
Part 3: Only you can choose. So by this lesson, I mean that deciding to move abroad is a pretty personal decision. Once you have done it, it is amazing how it opens the world up to you, and with technology like Skype, you will probably end up speaking to your loved ones more than…
Six Lessons I’ve Learnt Living Abroad: Part 1
My current job as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) on the JET programme is coming to an end this July. As it is only May, July is still a few months away. Still, I had to make the decision on whether I would recontact for 2019 in December 2017, so leaving our home in Shimonoseki…