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JLPT BC 157 | Back to jDramas
I've been spending (or wasting depending on how you look at) with keeping my streaks up on Memrise. I think it is great to have that daily goal, but I have busy days and not so busy days and it can make it hard to keep up with keeping a good streak goi...
JLPT BC 156 | The Realities of Living in a Foreign Country
There seems to be a small subsection of the expat population in Japan, that likes to shower the world with negativity and tell you about how horrible it is to live in Japan. Some of them came over seeking the easy profits and seemingly easy lifestyle ...
JLPT BC 155 | Intensive Reading and Memrise Update
I've been trying to keep my studying pretty steady over the last couple of months and not really piling on and changing anything. This has a lot to do with me just having way too much going on for me to focus on going in a different direction.
JLPT BC 154 | Big Hero 6 vs. Baymax
A couple of weeks back I had some free time to take my family to Baymax (US title: Big Hero 6). It is a cute little movie about a boy, named Hiro, who befriends his brother's robot and ultimately goes on to fight the bad guy and save the day with his ...
JLPT BC 153 | The Inevitable Catch Up Phase
December in Japan is always unbelievably busy. There is the Christmas/Bonenkai party season. Then, you have New Year's cards to design and write. And finally, the big cleaning where you throw out as much of the old as you can to make way for the new.
JLPT BC 152 | 5 More Things I Wish Japan Had
Last month, I ranted on about 5 things that I think Japan could import from other countries. One thing that I missed on that list, and this list as well, is a work-life balance. Japan definitely doesn't have anything resembling a work-life balance,
JLPT BC 151 | Vocab Bulking through Reading
I celebrated Christmas a little early again this year. The 23rd is a holiday here in Japan. (It's the Emperor's Birthday). It is the one day that we officially have off and get paid for it, so it tends to be the day my family and I celebrate Christmas. Y
JLPT BC 150 | 10 Things I really Wish Japan Had
Japan has a lot of great things to love about it. There are convenient train systems, relatively low crime, and 24 hour vending machines. These all make life extremely nice for us all, but if I may I'd like to add some tweaks that might make it a littl...
JLPT BC 149 | The Harry Potter Method
It has been an incredibly busy couple of weeks. I was incredibly busy with Halloween and the little one. Â We were actually able to go trick or treating twice. Â Trick or treating is not yet a standard thing to do in Japan but we always arrange a small tr
JLPT BC 148 | Living in Groups in Japan
At one time, I used to teach an English class to some public servants. And it being a government sanctioned event, everything had to start incredibly early, 8am to be exact. This was not a normal time for me to be up and around, needless to say the life o