Last month during Silver Week, September 19th to the 23rd, Asha and I took a trip to the Kansai region of Japan. We stayed in a hostel, J-Hoppers,  in Osaka the whole time, but we took trains to visit Kyoto and Nara as well. The trip was a lot of fun.

We took a plane from Miyazaki to Osaka on Saturday evening. When we arrived at Osaka, we had to ( Read more... )

Ok so this post is about my current obsessions.These are the things that I've been enjoying lately in the pop-culture- media world.

MUSIC
G-Dragon is my new K-Pop guilty pleasure. G-Dragon is the leader of the Korean boy band Big Bang, who are great in their own right. However, G-Dragon released his first solo album in August and I have been ( Read more... )

I know that this entry should have been written a month ago. Oppps! Sorry!

On August 13th to the 16th for the Obon weekend, I took a trip to Nagasaki by myself. I caught a bus from Miyazaki to Nagasaki. It took about 5 1/2 hours, but the bus was comfortable and it stopped twice at rest stops, so that we could stretch our legs.

Once we arrived, I took ( Read more... )

I'm starting to believe that Japanese people can take any food  or drink and create a green tea version of that product. Since I've been here, I've had many different green tea flavored products, such as coke, ice cream and now donuts.

Mister Donut , which is similar to Dunkin Donuts back home, is now selling matcha (green tea) flavored donuts. ( Read more... )

Kim and I like to take random bike trips once in awhile. That's why back in June we decided to do a bike trip from Miyazaki city to Aya town, which is about 26 km. Basically, there is a bike route with signs to tell us where to go and how far we are to our destination.


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Ok so I wrote this like a month ago, but I never got around to post it. Without further adieu:

I found out from my friend Eric that the green tea flavored Coca Cola had already hit the shelves. Of course I had to try it. Eric had given me a bad review of the soda, although somehow he loves it now. Anyway, I had to taste it for myself. On Sunday, I ( Read more... )

Lately, my confidence as an ALT is not that high. I feel like I can't read the students and their abilities properly. I'm also not that creative with lesson plans. I'm not the type of ALT who is able to create endless games and activites when given a theme or goal for a lesson. I really wish I was. However, I do love the students and the school. ( Read more... )

Let me take some time to talk about bentos. Bentos are lunch boxes. Usually, they are home made. However, you can buy take out bentos from places like convenience stores or Hotto Motto, which is a takeout bento chain restaurant.

In the States, when I think of lunch boxes, I think of sandwiches or last night's dinner in tuberware. This is not true ( Read more... )

For some Lady Gaga news. Yes, Lady Gaga. Don't make fun of me. lol.

I do like Lady Gaga. She has some catchy tunes and her craziness keeps people interested in her.

However, I have no idea why she decided to arrive in Tokyo with this outfit.

I don't even feel comfortable enough in Miyazaki to walk around in a tank top and she is wearing ripped ( Read more... )

This week I finally got my straight perm (2nd since I've been here) and my haircut. Before I show you my hair cut, I wanted to tell you my inspiration for it. I was walking around Tsutaya book store and I wandered over the magazine section. I looked to my right and BOOM the hair that I've been wanting to pull off suddenly appeared in the form of a ( Read more... )