The Time Has Come to Teach....

The time has come. I am about to embark on my new job. I have gotten training and have had a month and a half break, and now it is back to the grindstone. How am I feeling about this new job? At the current moment, I am feeling nervous and a bit frightened. The school system here is so vastly different from the western world and I am going to be a part of it now. This is going to be a very different experience but I am excited. More excited about getting the hang of it and understanding how the school runs and my role in the school. Right now I will be very new, clueless and trying to learn the ropes. I do not like that feeling but I know that I won't be like this the whole time. I just have to get through the first week. I just have this feeling of wishing I could already be at the "I got this" stage, knowing the ropes, knowing that I can teach English well, and knowing more of their language.

I have been learning some kanji now. I have learned five so far....I have so much more to go. But I learned the Kanji for sun (hi) 日, Year (toshi) 年, Round/Circle (Maru)円 (it is also yen), Big/Great (oo) 大, Country (kuni)国! :) I am hoping that being in the schools will help me learn the language as well, being amongst the students and teachers.

I got my bicycle!! It is so nice to be able to get places with it! I love this mode of transportation. The other day I was biking to the subway station and was thinking "Wow I am really here in Japan. Not visiting. I am staying here, I have a bike and a job here." I guess it just hit me. Or hit me again. There is just moments where you realize that you really aren't where you were a month ago. Life is different from my life back in America, and I have to embrace it and learn all I can from this time that God has for me here. How is this experience going to affect my life? We shall see.

I know it has been awhile since I have written on my blog. I have had a great month with my parents and meeting new friends. I have been able to hang out with new friends, get to know the city a little more, relax and settle into my current room (until I find my own apartment).