Monthly Archives: April 2013

Nature of Friendship

I’ve been thinking a lot about the nature of friendship. The combination of 1) graduating college and 2) moving to another country has had consequences. New friends entering my life, new friendships forming. Other friends moving on, following their own … Continue reading

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Kilkenny, Drocheda, and Dingle

It’s been a while, but I have been doing things!  I visited a bunch of smaller towns recently.  It was a bit strange comparing those towns to Dublin.  First off, I dropped by Kilkenny.  They have a castle! It wasn’t … Continue reading

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The perks of being a foreigner

Recently, I’ve been having trouble navigating the foliage of Makuhari’s sprawling concrete jungle. I’ve been getting lost and quite frequently, I might add. But in a place like Makuhari, with no heinous crime issues to fret about, I’ve experienced a … Continue reading

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Finally Feeling Like a Chilean

I haven’t posted in a while, and I must give an explanation. Last week I went to the bottom of the earth—Patagonia. I spent 4 glorious days hiking around the national park Torres del Paine, seeing some of the most … Continue reading

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Brief revelation

Tonight, I had nothing short of a revelation—one that thankfully applies to other people. I finally discovered a hint toward the inexplicable feeling I keep having here in Japan; a certain sense of significance that I hadn’t, until now, been … Continue reading

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Twenty-four hours

Within the first twenty-four hours of living in the greater Tokyo area, I was overjoyed to quickly find my place amid the Chiba prefecture’s serene, though hardly idle, urban culture. After an extensive introduction to our abroad experience, which included … Continue reading

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