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5 Ways to Make Friends at Hostels

5 Ways to Make Friends at Hostels
ホステルの友達はどうやってできる？

When I arrived in Korea at 4 in the morning, I had no friends, no plans, and no Korean language skills. Things looked bleak and lonely at…

Struggling Up N Seoul Tower

Struggling Up N Seoul Tower・Nソウルタワーを登ることは大変：
It’s 11:30 in the morning. I just got off the train to Myeongdong, a major part of Seoul, and I had one objective: get to the top of N Seoul Tower without using a map…

Living in Japan (with a Japanese Family)

Living in Japan (with a Japanese Family) アメリカ人、日本で日本人家族と住む I’m writing this post in both English and Japanese!　このブログは英語と日本語です。二年間だけ日本語を勉強していましたから、日本語の文法は悪かったら、直してください！ The main purpose for my gigantic trip around Korea and Japan this summer was to do a 3-week study abroad program in Kyoto. This program was led by a professor from my college for the academic side, thenContinue reading “Living in Japan (with a Japanese Family)”

Life Lessons from the Dojo: What Martial Arts Taught Me

Life Lessons from the Dojo: What Martial Arts Taught Me If you know me in person or have read this blog, you probably have gathered that I study Japanese. One person who I told almost immediately asked, “Why,” in an interrogative tone, and it got me thinking about how to put into words my exactContinue reading “Life Lessons from the Dojo: What Martial Arts Taught Me”

[PART 2] The 2018 US Ocarina Festival: Concert, Camping, Phuket

[PART 2] The 2018 US Ocarina Festival: Concert, Camping, Phuket To Recap… We drove up on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, got to see everyone, and rehearsed on Friday before going to an open-mic performance. Read the whole post here! This post covers Ocabanda’s concert forward. We worked really hard coming to this point, and I’mContinue reading “[PART 2] The 2018 US Ocarina Festival: Concert, Camping, Phuket”

Falling in Love with Seoul – June 14-17 – The World of Tomorrow

Seoul Trip – June 14-17 – The World of Tomorrow The Flight (June 13-15) I finished my preparations, and left for SFO with my mom to leave the country late on Wednesday, June 13th. We arrived, I made it to my terminal, and got on my flight at midnight on June 14th. I sat nextContinue reading “Falling in Love with Seoul – June 14-17 – The World of Tomorrow”

I’m Leaving America!

I’ve talked about this in a few posts before this, but tonight, I’m heading to the airport to leave the country! I’ll be spending a week in Korea, three and a half weeks on a study abroad program centered in Kyoto, then a month of solo travel in Japan (mostly in Tokyo). I have aContinue reading “I’m Leaving America!”

[PART 1] The 2018 US Ocarina Festival: Road-trip of Time

It’s 5:30 in the morning, We were up until 2 the night before due to poor decisions, packing, Fanime being the day prior, and several other causes, but we had to leave early. David and Roxy were shooting a video in San Francisco and they needed golden hour lighting – and there was no wayContinue reading “[PART 1] The 2018 US Ocarina Festival: Road-trip of Time”

Fanime 2018: Of Panels and Daddies

I went through my schedule for the week in my head: Finish finals, prepare for my panel, go to rehearsal 4 times this week, perform in 4 concerts, do my panel, get ready for the roadtrip after the convention ends, learn my Ocarina music, get ready for my Japan trip… And after going through allContinue reading “Fanime 2018: Of Panels and Daddies”

Why Isn’t My Channel Growing?

Just about everybody whose growth has slowed down, stopped, or reversed asks this question. Why isn’t my channel growing? I know I asked it many a time whenever I stagnated, and after 2 years of making videos with minimal growth and over a year of not making videos to look back on it with freshContinue reading “Why Isn’t My Channel Growing?”