A week or so in Japan

Here’s a week or so in the life of me!   The week starts off with the water in the gutters all iced over. Coming from a country that is nice and warm always, stuff like this is exciting to me.   So at my middle school they were playing volleyball. At the end the winners played the teachers. OMG it was freezing inside that gym, I think I died. I didn’t have gym shoes...

Life, Priorities, Thoughts and Life… Recontracting?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about life and stuff. I know thinking is bad for your health, and I’ve concluded that the answer is 42, I’m still no closer to the ultimate question. What do I want to achieve in this life? There are many things that I want to do. I’m young but I know if you don’t set out clear plans and intentions, the days roll round quickly into...

JET Application: The Statement of Purpose

Here is my Statement of Purpose. I don’t know if it will be much use to you, but it got me an interview and now I’m in Japan, so something from it must have worked. I think the SOP is very important in the written application. Perhaps the most important part, but who knows. Here is a page where I got advice from: The Jet Programme, Statement of Purpose. Basically I went all over...

Goddess Carlie To Invade Japan

I haven’t talked about this at all here (in case I failed miserably), but I have hinted/talked about it at twitter, so if you have been following me there you may know what I’m talking about oh-so cryptically right now. That is, today I received a letter from the Brisbane Consulate of Japan to say I have been short-listed into the JET Programme. Or, in simpler terms… I’m...

Awesome Youtube Vloggers

Here is a list of some of my favourite people who blog, but with videos, hence the name “vlog”. It excludes those really annoying people who get really popular… you know who I’m talking about. tokyocooney OK, so this guy is popular and perhaps a bit annoying, but I like his videos a lot. He is working in Japan as both a comedian and within the film industry. Thus, his...