I've been reading a book I bought recently: Japanese Business Culture and Practices: A Guide to Twenty-First Century Japanese Business.
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So... I have had a handful of offers to go to graduate school abroad. Two of them are in Tokyo, which would be wonderful... the others have been in Norway and the UK. I'm really tempted to take up the ones in Europe, and it is relative to my studies (International Education) due to the culturally comparative nature of my research... Japan is the ( Read more... )

I had a suuuper early English lesson to teach this morning, but now I'm all (@￣ρ￣@)ｚｚｚｚねむすぎる.
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Alright, now that I've had some time to stop & think over the ending of this really amazing series...

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I went to Ippakutei today! I took so many photos. 
Here is a link to my new Flickr site. Yay for Flickr!


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This weekend was so much fun! I got to stay with my kouhai & other good friends. I really miss them, but sharing the No.6 anime epicness was just what I needed. I picked up some new anime that I had not considered watching before, as well as got some of the kouhai set up with their kitsuke accessories & kimono for the Fall. I was also convinced by ( Read more... )

I really love my students!! They are so fun to talk with & it is definitely a positive connection for me!!

This morning I was up at 7am, had some tea, started my lessons, then made asagohan for my kouhai whom I'm staying with until Tuesday morning.

They were giggling over how they could picture me teaching for the rest of my life happily. :3

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This makes me so so happy. :*:・(￣∀￣)・:*:
I absolutely love the tone of her voice. 

This afternoon at 3:30 I was on FB with a kouhai of mine. I realized at that very moment, that since my interviews had been postponed until Tuesday, that I should go visit my University since this was the last weekend that I would probably have free for some time. :3

So what did I do??

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