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Mary

Gambatte

About Me

Konnichiwa! About me... well, I'm from a smallish town in Wisconsin, USA. I graduated from an awesome university last year, and set out to teach somewhere overseas! So... here I am in Kagoshima City, Japan, where I teach English at a junior college. I'm loving life in Japan so far. There is so much to look at and learn about, and teaching is going well. I miss all of you back home, though!! Japan is quite an amazing place - you should come visit me! :)I have decided I love to travel, so a goal of mine is to see as many places as possible while I'm on this side of the world. So far, I've made it a to a few places around Kyushu Island in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, and Cambodia. One of my goals is to trade money for life experiences. In other words, I will return to the states in a couple years broke, but with a lot of cool pictures! If anyone wants to join me in my travels, shout out! Ki-o tsukete... sayoonara!

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My Interests

I love talking to people, having a good time, listening to or playing music, watching movies, going to Starbucks, trying new things, eating sushi, playing games, traveling, biking, shopping, going on walks, watching the sun set, taking pictures, spending time in the sun, walking on the beach, eating chocolate... :)

Music:

pretty much anything... except maybe screamo or way heavy metal.

Movies:

anything that's not really scary or extremely dumb!

Television:

Heroes, CSI, Extreme Home Makeover

My Blog

time flies

Wow, it's mid-June already! Wow, how time flies!!! Before I know it, it will be summer vacation! I have been staying very busy these past couple weeks. It's nuts. There's not too much new stuff to rep...
Posted by Mary on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:46:00 PST

blah

blah number one: measles in Japan! This college hasn't been shut down yet, but dozens across Japan have been, including the university in the city (just a mile away from here). If we get a case, we'll...
Posted by Mary on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:20:00 PST

right on time

Something about Japan: they value punctuality to an extreme. Everything is on-time. All forms of public transportation are always everywhere right when they should be. I don't know how they do it! Ama...
Posted by Mary on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:38:00 PST

Comfort Zones

Here I am... half an hour left in the office. I cannot bring myself to work on anything important such as lesson plans, so I figured I'd ramble for a few minutes on here. Horray for you!So... every Am...
Posted by Mary on Wed, 30 May 2007 01:12:00 PST