Life is great [and other random things]
Hmmmm i figure i should make an entry.
Life is great right now. I love my school, most of my teachers, and i love my students. Apparently, a lot of students "love" me haha, but that's all good fun.
So far, i'm still in the honeymoon stage, i'm not homesick yet [i'm sure i will be soon], at this moment, i've already decided that i want to be in Japan for another year after this one, and *now* i have 50mb internet connection at home! Woooo. [yeah yeah, i know some of you people have 100mb connections]
Of course, it was hard at first, especially the first 2-3 days. I think i will always remember my 2nd day in Japan, which was a turning point. I had just been to another place, and bought lots of heavy electrical equipment [containing large kettle, rice cooker, microwave etc] and got off the train at my stop. Normally, my apartment is 5 minutes from the station, but i took a wrong turning [since it was my 2rd day and all] and somehow, i got lost, and walked around for 1 hour and a half. I was so depressed by this time, since i was carrying 5 bags of electrical goods, it was scorching at 30 degrees celsius [even at 7pm], and i was hopelessly lost.
But then, i saw the fireworks. On that day, and the day after, there were annual firework displays and i was lucky enough to view it. I got back home thanks to the beautiful fireworks, and my day was transformed from a shit day to a good one. The next day, i met my first Japanese friend [by mistake of course], and she and her husband took me to the fireworks, pretty much at the front row. I haven't looked back since then.
I have made video entries [though i am a couple of entries behind], but i'm still debating whether to upload them on YouTube or not. It's kinda personal, but at the same time, i know some people want to see them [though, these people aren't on LJ] and well, i'm still not sure.
Oh yeah, one more thing.
I got a First Class degree. Funnily enough, my final year was my best year. I got all A's in all my subjects strangely enough. I have no idea how i got A's with a couple of topics, such as Probability, but i'm not complaining.
I hope that i'm not jinxing anything, but i guess i've been very lucky in life. I've been lucky to have such a great family, lucky with my academic grades, lucky with my job placement, but most of all, i have been so lucky to meet so many amazing people down the years. Whether they are my family, or primary school friends, high school friends, university friends, or none of these [for example, Anna and Aki], i'm lucky to have known them, for all of them have influenced and shaped me to be the way i am now. Even some LJ people are pretty special, i know i would have loved to have known Steph in person, or know her better over the internet, but no worries eh?
I guess life is what you make of the cards dealt to you, and i've been lucky enough to have been dealt great cards; i just hope that i've made the most of my luck so far.
"Live life with no regrets", "Trust yourself and go" , i thought that those were my life ideals when i was younger [around 16-18] and i have tried to stick to them. At the ripe old age [haha] of 21, no more school or uni and with a job teaching in Japan [albeit, with a time limit of 3 years max], i wonder where do i go from here. What other ideals should i be making now?
I'm living my dream [even if i had to leave a lot of important people behind back home]... now what new goal or dream should i be aiming for?
Hmmm...this has been a very disorganised and odd entry, jumping from one topic to the next, no matter, life is great so far, and i hope it stays this way for a long long time.
As Ellegarden would say: "Just let it slide, just keep it going and going..."
I think i will.
Life is great right now. I love my school, most of my teachers, and i love my students. Apparently, a lot of students "love" me haha, but that's all good fun.
So far, i'm still in the honeymoon stage, i'm not homesick yet [i'm sure i will be soon], at this moment, i've already decided that i want to be in Japan for another year after this one, and *now* i have 50mb internet connection at home! Woooo. [yeah yeah, i know some of you people have 100mb connections]
Of course, it was hard at first, especially the first 2-3 days. I think i will always remember my 2nd day in Japan, which was a turning point. I had just been to another place, and bought lots of heavy electrical equipment [containing large kettle, rice cooker, microwave etc] and got off the train at my stop. Normally, my apartment is 5 minutes from the station, but i took a wrong turning [since it was my 2rd day and all] and somehow, i got lost, and walked around for 1 hour and a half. I was so depressed by this time, since i was carrying 5 bags of electrical goods, it was scorching at 30 degrees celsius [even at 7pm], and i was hopelessly lost.
But then, i saw the fireworks. On that day, and the day after, there were annual firework displays and i was lucky enough to view it. I got back home thanks to the beautiful fireworks, and my day was transformed from a shit day to a good one. The next day, i met my first Japanese friend [by mistake of course], and she and her husband took me to the fireworks, pretty much at the front row. I haven't looked back since then.
I have made video entries [though i am a couple of entries behind], but i'm still debating whether to upload them on YouTube or not. It's kinda personal, but at the same time, i know some people want to see them [though, these people aren't on LJ] and well, i'm still not sure.
Oh yeah, one more thing.
I got a First Class degree. Funnily enough, my final year was my best year. I got all A's in all my subjects strangely enough. I have no idea how i got A's with a couple of topics, such as Probability, but i'm not complaining.
I hope that i'm not jinxing anything, but i guess i've been very lucky in life. I've been lucky to have such a great family, lucky with my academic grades, lucky with my job placement, but most of all, i have been so lucky to meet so many amazing people down the years. Whether they are my family, or primary school friends, high school friends, university friends, or none of these [for example, Anna and Aki], i'm lucky to have known them, for all of them have influenced and shaped me to be the way i am now. Even some LJ people are pretty special, i know i would have loved to have known Steph in person, or know her better over the internet, but no worries eh?
I guess life is what you make of the cards dealt to you, and i've been lucky enough to have been dealt great cards; i just hope that i've made the most of my luck so far.
"Live life with no regrets", "Trust yourself and go" , i thought that those were my life ideals when i was younger [around 16-18] and i have tried to stick to them. At the ripe old age [haha] of 21, no more school or uni and with a job teaching in Japan [albeit, with a time limit of 3 years max], i wonder where do i go from here. What other ideals should i be making now?
I'm living my dream [even if i had to leave a lot of important people behind back home]... now what new goal or dream should i be aiming for?
Hmmm...this has been a very disorganised and odd entry, jumping from one topic to the next, no matter, life is great so far, and i hope it stays this way for a long long time.
As Ellegarden would say: "Just let it slide, just keep it going and going..."
I think i will.