07/22/2019 After work on Friday, I went bowling with the company! I sat on the bus next to Rama-san, the ride taking about 30 minutes to...

07/14/2019 On Friday, Fu-san, one of my coworkers from mainland China, invited me to have dinner with his family. After work, his wife...

07/09/2019 After work on Thursday night, I went to Osaka station to buy a shinkansen ticket to meet Emily and Nora in Hiroshima. The...

06/30/2019 This week Emily and Nora Jones arrived to visit me in Japan! I met with them on Thursday evening in Kyoto Station. From Kyoto...

06/23/2019 Work has been going well! It has been a little slow for me because my mentor has a meeting with the executives of Omron in a...

06/16/2019 This week was really busy!! We had a farewell party for Diego and Terry in our English Cafe Club on Tuesday. It was so much...

06/09/2019 It's rainy season in Japan now, so this past week has been pretty wet. It was pouring rain on Friday night, so I just stayed...

06/02/2019 This past week has been a busy one. I finished my second analysis method at work, so I had to prepare a presentation for my...

05/26/2019 When I got back from work on Friday, Alex and I decided to go on a walk around the Keihanna Park. We ran into Clement on the...

05/19/2019 After work on Friday, Alex and I went to Shintanabe so that he could meet Becky, and her daughter Meg. It was a really nice...

05/12/2019 This past Friday I intended to meet up with a friend from the USA. She is doing a study abroad trip here in Japan for 2 weeks...

05/03/2019 During gold week, Yassi, Clement, and I all went to Thailand! I have limited pictures because my phone broke, but I hope that...

04/28/2019 Saturday was a lot of fun! I got up early, around 7 am because we had an appointment in Kyoto at 9 am to get dressed up in...

04/14/2019 Hey guys!! I had my midterm presentation this past Friday. It went really well! Initially, I felt like I did an awful job but...

04/07/2019 This week has been a busy one! I started Japanese class this week, it's once a week on Tuesdays. I am not sure how much...

03/31/2019 In Japan, there are many transitions in the workplace at the start of the fiscal year. My supervisor Iketani-san was assigned...

03/24/2019 This week was a lot of fun! On Wednesday, I finished analyzing data for the first portion of the project that I am working on....

03/17/2019 Yes, there was an earthquake this week! It was the first time I experienced one. I honestly thought someone was shaking my...

This past week has been pretty gloomy. It has rained almost everyday, and is consistently overcast. I haven't had a lot to do at work...

03/03/2019 This week was pretty low key. Work has been the same for the past month. We stretch in the morning, program until lunch, play...