Leaving for a new journey

The day has finally come when i can leave my little town. As of 5 minutes from now (after this entry) I will be pulling the plug on my modem...shipping it back to the modem place...packing my bags and embarking on a 6 week tour of South East asia...I hope to keep you all updated on my blog ... but who knows how things will work out!!!

The past year has definatly had its ups and downs...but in the end, I am glad I did it. I think that my life in Japan has taught me so much about patience, what it is like to be a minority, what it feels like to be illiterate and the understand with compassion the life of a immigrant. By no means, have I been treated as poorly as many of the foreigners in this country are treated (e.g. Koreans, chinese, Philipinnos) but I definatly have felt the ugliness of ignorance. I hope that all of the lessons I have learned (for better and for worse) will be incorporated into my next thing...whatever that may be.

For now, I am looking forward to one last visit to Kyoto and Osaka...then on Wednesday it is off to Malaysia with Kiwi-boy.

Take care...