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alchemist_18 
Question again
actually, why did you decide to live and work in Japan since you are not a japanese? And what was your first impression about Japan when you arrived there for the first time?
Hehe. This is going to be a bit of a long story...so here we go!
When I was 10-years-old I turned on the television and found a TV showed called Sailormoon to be playing. Of course, being in America, the show was in English, but there were some things that just didn't make any sense. Shinto, taking off shoes inside the home, school uniforms...so many things that were foreign to me.
So...10-year-old me went to the internet (which was just coming into the cool kids club with Netscape
) and found that the show was from Japan and then I just wanted to learn everything that I could about Japan. I did not begin studying Japanese until college, and I actually picked the school because of its study abroad program to Japan.
My host family are the reason I wanted to come back to teach. They became my second family and I still see them often. While I lived with them, I would help my siblings with their English homework, and I also worked as a tutor for Japanese exchange students for all four years of my college education. I also coached soccer in the summer starting when I was 13, so I suppose you could say that I have always known I wanted to do some sort of teaching.
So, my study abroad experience just confirmed that I wanted to work in Japan.
For those wondering, Jun was an added bonus. I had already applied for jobs before we started dating
My job...a Japanese person just cannot do it. At least not those who are in the field. Most students in Japan will never have a native English speaker teach them until college and for pretty much all these children, I am the only foreigner that they will EVER interact with
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fanficfanatict Hey Katherine! Okay so I actually have a serious question this time. Shocker right? Anyway here is my question: What is your favorite song in the LOTR musical. We discussed both of us loving it one day but I never asked you that question... so please answer! Thanks!
YOU BIG MEANIE! I have to pick one...hmmm...
Okay...picking a few...because I can
Um..in all seriousness though, anything Galadriel sings is AMAZING. Her voice sends chills down my spinex
Lothlorien &
Lothlorien reprise is definitely a favorite.
Legolas has a sexy voice as well
Um...
City of Kings is also amazing...but that is mostly because of the part of the musical it comes at
Of course...can't forget my hobbits!
The Cat and the Moon!!
and...
Now and for Always always brings me to tears
