Three Month Anniversary

Yes that’s right. I have been in this amazing country for three months now. At times it feels like I have been here forever and others like I just got here yesterday. I can honestly say that this is the craziest place I have ever been, let alone lived and I love it. It’s been a challenging few months and I feel like I have learnt so much yet I still can’t even read a menu in a restaurant. I have finally settled into my job. Teaching is not a job that I could ever see my impatient arse in, but I’m doing ok. I have good days and bad. Days when I laugh all day with the students and days when I want to bash their heads together. Days when one of them will say the most profound thing in their clumsy, broken English and days when they refuse to open their mouths and simply sit and stare at me like I’m an alien. Which I guess is what I am here, no matter how long I stay and I doubt that I will ever understand the complex Japanese mentality. I have met the most amazing people here and I have made some of the funniest mates ever. You can’t beat Tokyo for an unforgettable night on the razz. Japan is a country full of contradictions. It’s modern and historical, cosmopolitan and traditional, old fashioned and chic, anal and accepting, efficient and unproductive, conservative but so outlandishly outrageous all at the same time. There is no place on earth like this wicked country and I feel so privileged to experience life here, yet it’s so much fun to take the piss (maybe I’m more Japanese than I thought). As fabulous as this wonderland is, I still miss you all so much. I think about everyone in their own little place in the world and it makes me smile. Anyhow, this posting is far too serious for this site. I’m going to have a Chu-hi and stop contemplating. Love ya guts, wherever you are x x