A single mom and devoted worker moves to Tokyo to work for a multinational company in Asia.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Home from spring break
How did it get to be March so soon? We just spent five days on Guam, which was a ton of fun. We stayed at the Pacific Islands Club, which is chock-full of fun activities, including a water park, lots of pools, snorkeling, sea kayaking, windsurfing, and just plain swimming.
What made me decide to move my family to Japan? I grew up in Hawaii among many different cultures, and when I was a kid my mom sent me and my siblings to Japanese school after our regular school - we were the only haoles or white kids there. I learned some Japanese before we quit in sixth grade. But perhaps more of an influence were all my friends with whom I would attend bon dances, go to temple, and generally just spend time with their families. It made me appreciate my generic white American culture while opening up new worlds.
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