8 years in Japan ,

This year, will mark my eighth year in Japan 

Man, these years have gone by so quick. I still remember like it was yesterday. Being the shy 17 year old boy getting off my plane at Narita and being so nervous about being so far away from home. However, after living here for a couple of months and getting accustom to the Japanese way of living, time has gone by so quick. 

Last week, I have met a previous classmate for dinner. She also attended KCP Language school with me back in the day. After a long discussion about our future plans, we talked about our old school days. 

We found it hard to believe that it has been almost 6 years since we have graduated. 

Life as an English Teacher

Hello,

Recently, I have been considering changing professions. I find English teaching Japan exciting and I really enjoy my students. However, I feel that I am at a point in my life where my daily activities are becoming too repetitive  for my liking..

Maybe it isn`t the profession itself but my current company. However, I have started to look for a new job more profusely now.


If you are interested in coming to Japan as an English teacher, I would highly recommend it.

Short video about my trip to China

Here is a small video I made showing footage from my last trip to China.

What`s for dinner? Silkworms ( カイコ）

A couple of weeks ago I met up with my Chinese friend from Dalian. After talking for a couple of hours we decided to have dinner together. Knowing that I love Chinese food, he decided to take me to his favourite Chinese restaurant in Shinookubo. I have been to this place many times before but I have only feasted the average sweet and sour pork or Chinese style skewers.

Yet, this time we decided to try something different. He told me in his hometown it is quite common to eat silkworms. The reason they are popular is because they are rich in protein and they don`t taste bad.
Knowing that I like a good food challenge we decided to try them.... and to my surprise I really enjoyed eating these little suckers.

Not only were they prepared well but they did not taste bad at all. They tasted more like Japanese Sakura Ebi than anything else. If I have the opportunity in the future I would like to eat this dish again... 

We also enjoyed some fried kidneys.

And some Northern China style Sweet and Sour pork. Unlike Japanese and American style the Chinese one is breaded with Mochi not breadcrumbs.

Long time no update (Cooking class )

Hello, everyone

I am sorry for the late update. Over the last couple of weeks I have been busy with work and other projects I have been working on. However, I have some news. Today I was invited to a cooking class my friends attends and I decided to join. This being my first time attending a cooking class, I was a little nervous. None the less, the teacher was very friendly and helpful when it came to cooking. To my knowledge our teacher is well known in Japan for his method of cooking. He is very strict about the amount of salt in his dishes. Moreover, about the size of the portions.

Today we cooked two dishes and he treated us with dessert.

We started out cooking Foie Gras over Risotto rice.













Then we cooked hamburg steak with a homemade sauce (everything was from scratch)

Lastly, we were served dessert with homemade coconut ice cream.

Karuizawa Trip

About one month ago I went on a company trip to the small tourist town of Karuizawa. This being my first time out of a major city in Japan, I was a little excited.

Karuizawa is a beautiful place to visit. While staying there I was able to view a lot of nature. Karuizawa reminded me a lot of my hometown in Colorado. Small town surrounded by nature. If I have the opportunity to visit again I will.

She who screams

Today I was at the gym. After a hard workout all I want to do is leave and go home to relax. While walking out of the locker room, I accidentally ran into a Japanese woman. She screamed loud as if I was about to attack her. The reason we had run into each other was because the men and women locker doors are right next to each other .  Which in the end caused use to collide with each other.


From now on I will try to be more careful when I leave the locker room...