Where are you now karmie?

It's been a month since I've been back in Canada ever since my big three year adventure in Japan. While I've been back, there have been many things that I had to do. Not only was I moving back to Canada, in a way, I was also moving again to a new area. This time with no pre orientation sessions like the JET programme nicely provided for me before and after my departure to Japan. Now that I have finally time to myself, I have had more time to reflect on this stressful period of my life. Next week, I'll be attending orientations for my master's program and it's kind of unsettling personally that I feel like I have nothing prepared for it. After further thinking about it, I don't think I have ever been prepared for anything ever since I decided to move back and go to school back in Canada. I was so sure and set that I would find myself a job back in Japan and go from there. However, even then, I thought myself, no. I'm not ready for this just yet. What is

So I have to admit, I am not the best blogger in the world. Part of me wants to delete everything and restart everything but one weakness of mine is never really finishing what I started. This is something I am constantly working on. As sort of a life update: I have decided to not re-contract as an ALT and have applied and have been accepted to school. I will be returning to Canada in August, however, I am going to be moving to Toronto. It's a shame, I didn't really do much blogging about my time here in Japan as an ALT. Now that I have the time, sort of, I guess I should really post and organize my blog a little bit better. I have to admit, during my three years as an ALT here, I have traveled a lot around Japan. I managed to see a lot of shows, concerts and enjoyed my time very nicely. Now, it's time for me to buckle down and really think about things through. My last trip as my time as an ALT here will be a three day road trip to Shimane Prefecture. I am looking fo

It is always during this time of the year where I start to feel like blogging quite a bit. Maybe it's because it's colder and I don't want to go out at all but here I am trying to type as fast as I could think. It may be just two sentences but my mind has already jumped so many times, it's hard for my fingers to keep up. Have you guys had that experience? Anyways, what I was going to talk about? Oh yeah. Well this time of year, I always tend to want to blog and right now, I feel like it's nice because it's the start of the new month, December. Essentially meaning, how will I want to end this month. I have actually done quite a bit this year. I think I posted about a new year's resolution. Somewhat. Mostly something about wanting to travel more this year. Technically I have been travelling a lot this month but at the same time... I didn't stop going to kpop concerts which inadvertently has been draining my wallet. OTL. Oh well. I have went to quite a

I know I haven't really updated... at all but after coming back from Junsu's solo concert in Nagoya, I needed to type out all my feels. Since I'm not part of the official fan club, getting tickets close to Junsu is always hard. Come to think of it, every time I go to see him (except for the very first time when they came to Vancouver), I never got to see him up close. This time was no exception. I was up in the standing area. However Nippon Gaishi Hall is wonderful. It's big enough to fit quite a bit of fans but it's small enough to see the artist on stage well enough. I was seated on the left side so sometimes the location of the screens were weird because I got a side view of everything. Let's start from the very beginning I should say. I went to the first day of the concert. 11/28. The concert started right at 5pm. Leave it to the Japanese to start concerts right on time. The set list for the concert was: 1. Out of Control 2. Turn it up 3. 알면서 4.

I haven't really updated this blog since I arrived in Japan it seems. Unlike my Korea trip, where as an exchange student, I didn't really have that many commitments besides studying and attending classes. Being on the other side of the school system definitely makes one busier. I have been travelling around Japan and even returned to Korea for a couple of days during the last 4 months of last year here. Although I can't say I have completely gotten used to living in Japan I can say in a way that I am at a comfortable period right now. Of course certain kinks need to be straighten out but that's with every thing with living in a different country, especially in the first year. Wakayama has been really nice. Many of my friends have decided to come and visit me here. To think that I was nervous about driving in the beginning, now I'm driving everywhere! Not only have I driven to Mount Koya I have also driven to the next prefecture to Osaka and Nara. Taking my friends

Monday: We started the day with practicing driving on the other side of the road and learning how to get to the office, our schools and back to our apartments. Although it was nerve wracking at first, as long as I put my watch on my left hand, I was for the most part okay. Only once did I accidentally go to the right. However, good thing there were no accidents in the process of my mistake. After a quick lunch, we switched driver seats and drove to see Oishi Mountain. Although the drive up was windy and narrow. HORRIBLY narrow. Picture below. When we were at the top, it was worth it. The view was absolutely spectacular. After taking some pictures at the very top, we went to log cabin type place where we enjoyed some Mikan Juice. Mikan or I think a certain type of mandarin orange. Wakayama prefecture is very famous for its mikan. The owner also gave us some watermelon as a service as well. Tuesday: Since school hasn't started yet, The other ALT and I have