It has been a shamefully long time since I last posted.
For that, I am sorry.
As you can see from the title, though, I have a big announcement--I'm in East Asia!! I was in Tokyo, Japan in February, but now I am in Seoul, South Korea, where I'm just started my new semester as an international student at Yonsei University.
People often criticize me for not being transparent about what I do. And I 100% admit to that. Pulling from my grandmother's wisdom, I don't really like people knowing my "waka"--which in Peguin English, literally means 'walking', but refers to my movements, or how I conduct my business.
And as I work to increase my online presence through content publication, I find myself struggling with this more and more. How in the world do I expect to run a blog or Youtube channel with the intention of people following me, if I obscure my movements and intentionally don't let people follow me?! It's counter-intuitive, I know. And I'm working on it, I promise.
The anti-transparent thing isn't why I haven't posted anything here though; it's simply because I haven't had time. In Tokyo I was apart of an intensive 2-week program, so my schedule while I was there was jam-packed. Then immediately after I had to haul myself out to fly to Seoul, where I am now. Thankfully, though, now that I am starting school, I am beginning to get back into the flow of my student lifestyle, so I'm thinking I'll have more time these days.
Since we are talking about transparency, I'll end by just giving a rundown of what the hell I'm doing here to begin with.
I am part of a program called the 3-Campus East Asia. There are two variations of this program; I am in the half year one. That means that I spent two weeks in Tokyo under Keio University; then I have a semester at Yonsei University in Seoul, lasting four months; and then I'll conclude the program with a summer internship in Hong Kong.
So this essentially means that I will be away from my home country for a total of about 6.5 months.
How do I feel about it? Absolutely stoked. I love getting out of my comfort zone, especially culturally, and this allows me to do just that. And so far, it's been wonderful.
As I let you guys know already, I started a Youtube Channel! I haven't been able to post anything new yet (video editing software issues), but I'm in the process of editing some of the film I have from my Tokyo trip! Please stay tuned for that. >.<
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