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About Me

Graduated from UCI class of 2003 with BAs in English and Asian American Studies. Have been in Japan since 2004 teaching English as part of the JET Program. Will be here till... 2008?

My Interests

Music, Shopping, Traveling, Friends

Music:

Fort Minor, James Blunt, Black Eyed Peas, Kanye West, Def Tech, Love Psychedelico, Remioromen, Keane, Jeff Buckley, Linkin Park, Beyonce, Natasha Bedingfield, Lily Allen, Monkey Majik ... anything

Movies:

Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Crash, Oceans 11, X-men, In Her Shoes, Bride and Prejudice, Zatoichi, Swing Girls, Danny the Dog, Signs, V for Vendetta, Superman Returns, The Lake House ... etc

Television:

Heroes, Desperate Housewives, CSI, The OC... yadda yadda

Books:

Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Digital Fortress, Harry Potter, The Guardian, Silent Honor...

My Blog

When will I go back to Cali?

Seems to be the question everyone's wondering. What started as no more than a 2 year stint in Japan has been comfirmed as a 4 year commitment. Have I learned anything in my time in Japan?&...
Posted by Sharon on Tue, 15 May 2007 08:19:00 PST

Japanese students say the funniest things

Teaching English in Japan can be really draining, you try to make learning English fun and easy to understand but sometimes it just doesn't work. But then there are moments like these that make ...
Posted by Sharon on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:42:00 PST

"Gaijin"

"Gaijin" means "foreigner" in Japanese. It's not a word I hear directed towards me since almost everyone here is oblivious to the fact that I am in fact a foreigner in Japan. Even when the...
Posted by Sharon on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:36:00 PST

guys in Japan

Maybe it's just the area I'm in in Japan, but the style for Japanese guys here is so stereotypical. Plucked eyebrows, shaggy hair that's overly styled, tight pants, sometimes makeup, bright/femi...
Posted by Sharon on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:56:00 PST