Category: Discovering Japan
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Regret or Reflect
After leaving Japan for 18 months, occasionally, thoughts buried under the hatchet, will once again, resurface. “Life has a funny way of bringing things back around, reminding us that some things never truly disappear.” Truthfully, it has been a while since I thought of my life in Japan. Especially when I start having different priorities…
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Discovering Japan: Saitama
[Disclaimer: this post was written in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic] Saitama – a prefecture that I only knew from two animes: Crayon Shin Chan & One Punch Man. Over the years of living in Japan, I had a chance to move to Saitama for work and got to experience life in Saitama. However, this…
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Why I’d choose Tokyo again
Tokyo. A city that needs no introduction. Contrary to many, I absolutely love living in Tokyo. Tokyo has got to be one of the best cities I have lived in so far in Japan. All of us are different, and my opinions might differ to many. What I may think as fun may not be…
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Leaving Japan
お久しぶりです。 Since my last post in 2021 on my life in Tokyo, I felt there should be an update to the website and blog. I want to say I have been busy but honestly, life has really been a bundle of surprises. I faced my first Japanese burn out in January this year followed by…
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Tokyo Living: the two month mark
Time flies when you’re having fun. Since my last update, I was still adjusting to my new life and job here in Tokyo. Safe to say, I am absolutely in awe and enjoying every bit of life in Tokyo. My wallet not so. Despite having been in Tokyo for 2 months, I am still getting…
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Tokyo living : the third week
Hello again. I should come up with a catch phrase for my opening one of these days. I have been meaning to update on my second week but have just been exhausted lately. It has been really challenging the past few days and weeks, adjusting to my new life in Tokyo. I seem to be…
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Tokyo living : the first week
I wanted to name this post as the 7 day cycle in Tokyo initially but it did not sound as cool as I thought it would (LOL). After spending 14 months in Moriya, Ibaraki, I decided it was time for change. And, moved to Tokyo a week ago. Here’s how the first week went by:…
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2020: A recap in Japan
Here’s a recap of how 2020 went for me here in Japan. Another year again in the land of the rising sun!
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Discovering Japan: Tochigi
When I first moved to Tokyo last year, I made a list and bookmarked all the places I wanted to visit in Saitama and Tochigi, but only did two on the list. When I started working in Kobe during Covid-19, I started wondering how life would be if I took a job at Tochigi. Rather…
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