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I have never done a blog before, so I hope my novice attemp does not turn out to be a fledgling flop. It struck me as wise to start a blog since I am trying to balance my burgeoning writing career with my inexhaustible passion for traveling.
Writing a blog seems so arrogant and pompous. Think about it: the authors are assuming that other people actually care about what they think and write about. Who the hell are they? How and when did the idea enter their head that the manure festooning in their mind and/or the trivial events of their lives was worth not only noting but sharing with others? Who the hell am I? Why on Earth would anyone care what a mid-twenties career philanderer has to say? Well, to be honest, I really don't care; and, perhaps many other authors (I hate the word bloggers - it reminds me of jogger which is just a person who is a lazy runner, and a blogger is a lazy writer) feel the same as I do. By doing this, I can save space on my hardrive since I won't have to make journal entries. I can just post the ruminations of a mind mired in obscurity, philosophy, and nostalgia and the highlights of a life spent looking for that perfect environ (the closest I've come is Clemson, SC during spring break crew camp in college). Though, I can say that anyone who is considering moving to Japan may find my public epistles informative if not mildly entertaining or thought provoking. With all this in mind, I invite you to join me on my journey through the dori of Nagoya and the neurons of my wrinkled and scarred mind.
So, after quite a number of jobs that I've either left or have left me, I've decided to return, hopefully triumphantly, to Asia, this time to the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan (I read that during summer the sun actually rises at around 4AM, so I guess the tagline isn't bull).
I'll be teaching coversation English just like I was in Japan, but unlike China, I will actually have to work this time. Where in China I enjoyed a leisurely 10 hour work week, I will be working a respectable 30 hours a week in Japan. I will be teaching in Nagoya, Japan's 3rd (or 4th depending on who you ask) most populated city with 2.2 million people. Nagoya means "easy to live," but I will wait until I have lived there for at least two seasons before making my ruling.
That's all for now. Oyasuminasai おやすみなさい
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Posted by doranrower on 2008-06-09 02:20:42 | Rating: | Views: 52
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oh, don't be so hard on blogging. it's such a noble way of absolving the mind of all manner of darting thoughts. and it's not arrogant, you casually and unobtrusively invited me to read this, and i enjoyed doing so. =)
looking forward to insights on good ol' nihon.
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Posted by yalith777
on 2008-06-09 02:35:42
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