(I went to Beijing in the April of 2010 and I had written about it, but never posted it. Today I found the draft and decided to finally post it. Sorry for the lateness)

Last week of April to the first week of May, I went to China with my friend Matt. In 11 days, we traveled a lot, but our journey began in Beijing.

In Beijing, we went to the usual ( Read more... )

This past weekend, my friends and I decided to go on a road trip. Everything was done pretty last minute. We just decided that week that we should go somewhere and we did. We all decided on Kumamoto, which is a neighboring prefecture to us. Since the only thing I had ever seen in Kumamoto was Mt. Aso, I was excited.

Matt, Asha, Kim and I  left on ( Read more... )

In March, I took a trip to Hiroshima & Miyajima with my friend Asha.

We went from Miyazaki to Hiroshima by plane. Hiroshima has 2 airports, but we landed in the smaller, older airport that isn't used as much anymore - HIroshima Nishi AIrport. When we arrived, we were welcomed by Engrish signs at the bus stop.


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This is a continuation of my trip. If you haven't read Days 1 & 2, the link is here

Day 3 (February 13) National Palace Museum & Miramar Entertainment Park (Actually it's a Shopping Mall)

On my third day in Taipei, it rained all day. Since it was so nasty outside, I figured that it would be a good museum day. I went to the National Palace Museum. I ( Read more... )

"Honey, I'm Home!"

Ok, so I'm back from my vacation. I went to Taipei, Taiwan. For some of you, this is not a big shocker because I've been wanting to go there for awhile. It was a bit last minute, so I ended up going alone, but I still had fun.

Where do I begin? I guess from the top.


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I have so much to do today, which includes semi-cleaning my apartment and packing. Yes, you read right - PACKING. I'm going on a trip. YAY!  It was all last minute. I took a couple of days off,  bought train & flight tickets and booked a hostel. Where am I going? Well, I'm going..... It's a secret. lol  Yes, I will be mysterious today (^_-) . :: ( Read more... )

I went home to America for the holidays and I have to admit that I had a lot of fun. I had missed spending time with my family and friends. In the 2 weeks I was there, I ate tons of food, watched a lot of late night reruns of shows, such as Bridezillas , & received and gave a lot of hugs. I also took pictures, so that I could show my students when ( Read more... )

As many of you know, I went home to the US  for the holidays recently. I was with my family on New Years watching New Years Rockin Eve on tv. On the show, Selena Gomez sang two songs. That's when it hit me, Disney Channel is basically following the same procedure with their artists like Asian companies do, such as Johnny's in Japan or  SM ( Read more... )

So I went home in December and I have already returned back to Japan. First, I would like to post about my flight home.

I left Miyazaki on the 19th of December and because of the time difference, I was supposed to arrive on the same day (the 19th of December) at night in Jersey. It didn't quite work out that way because of the snow storm that hit ( Read more... )

I'm going to go home this Saturday. Well, kind of. I'm going back to Jersey for Christmas, but I will be going to a completely different house. Since I have been in Japan, my parents have moved from a small apartment in an urban area, where I was born and raised, to a bigger place in a suburban area. Truthfully, I think that this move was great for ( Read more... )