So I've been living in Japan for over a month now. And I will get my first full paycheck in a couple weeks. Yeah. A full months work, so a full months salary. In my time, it has been a bit difficult getting settled and getting used to my job. I've had some slip ups especially when it comes to remembering all my students name. I would say that in this month, I've gotten a lot better at knowing who my students are and im very pleased to hear this.

Outside of my job, I bought a new 3ds in japan to play smash bros and to get the new Pokemon remakes coming out this month. I'm stoked for all of it for sure. Lots of wonderful games. Also, I streetpass people like crazy, but I don't seem to meet them more than once yet.

The only downer right now is that I haven't met any friends really. On Halloween, we had an adult party where we went out drinking after, but they are so infrequent and basically the job says you cant interact with students outside of class. Which is a bummer, but I understand its a liability for the company. Even this go out with students isn't allowed to happen, company wise, but since we're a small branch, my branch manager says its fine and I personally like it too, as it builds bonds between teacher and student. I feel in time, my friends will increase. I had a random stranger talk to me at a crosswalk in Japanese and we talked about where i was from and how Halloween is different in america than in Japan. It was nice and very unexpected. This really shocked me, but it was nice to have happen.