In scouts there’s thousands of little lessons to learn. One of them is on packing. I learned a long time ago that you always pack your backpack twice– sometimes even three times. This is to estimate weight vs. essentials and to pullout unnecessary stuff. Often, with regards to weight, you always need to pack [...]
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If you don’t already know… One who leaves his or hers own native country to live in another country is known as an “Ex-patriot” or “ex-pat” for short. Ex-Patriot is made up of the prefix “ex-” and “patriot”. Supposedly “patriot” was coined in 1596 from the French word patriote and it’s meaning being One’s [...] According to my passport I left Japan January 4th, 2007 which means I was in the US by either Jan 4th, or Jan 3rd (with the time difference). That equates to nearly two and a half years that have passed since I last lived ‘somewhere else.’ A lot of things have happened between then [...] Late night… did the JET Orientation thing all day today and while I’m tired– I couldn’t sleep. So I loaded up the 2003 film “The Last Samurai” with Tom Cruise and watched it. It’s amazing that however inaccurate that film is or however misrepresenting of Japan– it’s the only movie that by the end [...] Got an email today at 2pm (5pm EST) that said: “Dear JET Program Applicant: It is our great pleasure to inform you that you have successfully passed the 2nd stage screening process for the 2009 JET Program year and are now on the final short-list of ALT candidates. You have been scheduled for placement [...] I’ve been pondering life after college and have come up with __blanks__ ,but after recent discovery have found new careers teaching english in Japan. This isn’t some big revelation for me, i’ve been thinking about teaching english for years now. However…. Making it come true or even looking at applications is another league away [...] |
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