Up coming trips

Hello,

Again sorry for the late update. Recently I have been keeping busy at work and with my private life. As of now I am planning two vacations overseas this coming year. The first trip will be in November. In November I will be traveling to Taipei, Taiwan. The trip will be a short one, only for two days. However, as many of my close friends might know, I have not left Japan for four years now.... So I am kinda looking forward to this brief vacation from my new home. Following my trip to Taiwan I will visit Shanghai, China in December. This will be my first time to travel to China and I am a bit nervous but I am sure I will be okay.

Anyhow

I will try to update more regularly and I will try to add some pictures next time

Recent update

Recently, I have been on a strict diet and continued to jog every day for the last two weeks. I feel that I have lost inches around my body but I haven`t really lost any weight. But I have been enjoying my runs with Tim for the last couple of weeks and I run an average of 10km per a day... I hope i can lose weight before my trip to Taiwan in November.

Diet plan and upgrade ...

Today marks the second day of my diet. I have become accustom to eating a healthy diet and I don't think it will be hard for me to keep up this lifestyle for the next couple of months.

As of today my current weight and measurements are

34 inch waist
185 pounds
5'11

I hope to get down to at least 170 by the end of this year but I will just have to wait and see how this protein diet and exercise plan works out for me.

Moreover, I have had some problems in my personal life as well... some of my friends and lovers have been kinda annoying me recently and after a three year relationship with my partner we are deciding if we want to continue with our current relationship or not...

I know more than anyone that I am not a hard person to get along with. However, if you cross me that is a whole different story..

So this leaves me to my question today,

Do you believe that love can last forever or is it just in the movies?

Stepping up my cookies

Over the last couple of months I have not been pleased with my current situation. I feel that I have become use to my everyday routine and I have the need to seek more adventure in my life. Thus, I have decided to step my cookies up, in other words work my ass off. I decided I need to get real about finding a new job and getting a stronger leaner body. So, from this month I have decided to take a little break from meeting friends and eating out with them in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle which will include me cooking all of my meals and exercising on a regular basis. I know this is going to be a hard but as long as I work hard I know I can do it.

Besides these two factors in my life I have also decided to travel more. So this December instead of returning to my hometown of Durango. I decided to take a one week trip to Cape Town, South Africa. Wish me luck.!!!!!

Confusion about my future

Hello everyone,

It has been only days since my last update but I am kinda of confused and need to get some things off of my chest. Today is June 22nd, my 25th birthday and I am trying to figure out what I should do with my life. Currently, I am working as an English teacher at a juku located near my house. It is a job that pays the bills, however, it is not what I want to do with my life. Currently, I am registered with two companies that are offering career seminars this coming weekend. Although it would be a good opportunity for me to attend these job fairs and aim for a career, I am starting to think this is not what I want for my life.

As you might know the Japanese hiring process is long and tiring and I know first hand how tough it can be. To tell the truth I don`t want to deal with all of these stress again. I feel that part of me wants to get the cooperate job. Yet, I feel that this is not the path in life I want to follow. Although I have lived in Japan for a total of five years and I know Japanese culture like the back of my hand, I don`t want to assimilate myself into a cooperate culture that is very different from my own.

Many people in my position would just attend the job seminar because it is an opportunity that should not be missed but I don`t feel that way.....

New Job

Hello everyone,

Once again I am sorry for the late update but I have been really busy recently. First of all I finally got a job in Japan. I am currently working as a Juku / English language teacher. A majority of my students are kids between the ages of six and fifteen. Although the this job does not differ much from my previous part time job. I feel that the kids at this school seem to be more diligent. Moreover, I also get to work close to my house. My new job is located only 10 minutes from my apartment which means I do not have to deal with all of the crowded trains in Tokyo.

Besides getting a new job I have also been planning on a August trip. I am currently planning on traveling to China. ( hopefully Beijing) But, I am unsure if I will be able to save up enough money by then as well as get a reasonably priced ticket. It has always been a dream of mine to travel to China and experience the diverse culture that the country offers as well as all of the interesting foods.

Oh yeah I forgot to mention I also graduated from TUJ. The ceremony was held on June 05 and it was nice to get in touch with all of my friends from University and get to celebrate this occasion with them. Soon after graduating I applied for a working visa and I was granted a three year working visa in Japan under the status of ""International Affairs".

Besides this nothing new has been going on in my life but I will be sure to update my blog on a regular basis and try to upload some pictures from my graduation ceremony.

Talk to you all later

Long time no update

Hello everyone,

I am sorry for my late update... I have been somewhat depressed these last three weeks. I have had both good and bad things happen to me. Shall I start with the good news or the bad news first...

Well, being the glass half full type of guy I am; lets start with the bad news first to get all of the bad karma out of the way. Early last month I found out that I had failed my final interview with Rakuten. I was quite crushed that I did not pass the interview because I have put months of hard work into writing all of the essays and preparing for the interviews. However, my good friends somewhat cheered me up because they said that I deserve to get a better job than a salary man. Many of my friends have also stated that if I had entered Rakuten I might have become a some what of an @$$. None the less, I feel like a realty TV star. In sense I had made to the finals only to lose... I can finally relate to all of my favorite contestants on my favorite show The Apprentice.

However, the good news is that I have finally graduated from University. I know right... about time. Moreover, I have also been offered a job from a small Juku located fifteen minutes from my house. I have also decided to jog every evening from this last week... I have recently put on some weight ... most due to my hard work looking for a job and doing class work. Currently I have jogged a total of 20 miles in a total of five days. I think this a good record for someone like me who has not exercised in ages.

Thanks again for reading my blog