This weekend was a lesson in petting frogs, experiencing nature, and self-evaluating. Like everyone else, I've been homebound for months. At the beginning of quarantine, my room was a safe haven f…
Hello, all~! A few weeks ago I received a gift from my friend in Korea who was introduced to me by my lovely friend Charis from coffeewithCharis (feel free to go check out her blog!) We did an excha…
Being 23 years old is a weird thing. In this post, I want to talk about exactly what it feels like to be 23.
As birthdays come and go, people tend to ask me every year if this particular birthday fee…
As birthdays come and go, people tend to ask me every year if this particular birthday fee…
Somehow, I haven't updated this blog in almost a month. At first, I thought I'd write a post as the ideas came to me, but as none did I started delaying the writing process hoping for 't…
In this post, I want to talk about my experience applying for the JET program, my thoughts on the application process, and why I ended up declining their offer.
To start this story, we need to go back in time a bit. When I was 15 years old, I decided I wanted to be an English teacher in Japan when I grew up. This influenced my college decision in a big way. When I went to college, I decided to major in Japanese and minor in education with the idea of becoming a teacher in the future.