When I was much younger, way before Japan even existed on my radar, I would spend about two months of my summer vacations either at sleepaway camp or visiting relatives. It might be a personality thing, but even at a young age, I’ve always been relatively content wherever you place me. For this reason, I… Read More Dealing With Homesickness
As I mentioned before, I am currently studying for the JLPT N1. In addition to this, I am also considering taking the Kanji Kentei in June (which I will do a separate post on). As part of my JLPT studies, I use Memrise to drill vocabulary and kanji. I don’t think Memrise is enough on… Read More Memrise Courses for Japanese N1 Vocabulary and More
There is a special level of patience that you need in order to date someone that doesn’t share the same mother-tongue as you. My boyfriend and I speak/understand enough of each other’s language to make fairly complex conversations possible, but there are times when our thoughts don’t reach the other person. Not being able to… Read More Intercultural Relationships and Communication
Even though I have been here for two years, I still stumble upon moments of cultural differences that surprise me. This was the case on Friday in my 6th-grade class. Since we are nearing the end of the school year, I thought it would be a good idea for us to make skits using the… Read More Random Thoughts #1 – Learning/Teaching Moments