A lot has happened in the last few months. It's a good thing my mother prompts me for new entries or I'd never update this blog, ha!
Of course the biggest news is that we've been to Vietnam recently. I'll devote an entirely separate blog entry to that adventure. I've been meaning to give an update about that but have been abysmally lazy recently. No excuses.
It recently feels like working out is taking up all of my free time. It's sad that one day I'll be back in Canada, working a regular 8 hour day like everyone else, not a 4 hour day like here, and I'll wonder how it is I didn't get more done when I had the chance. I can't believe all the things I used to accomplish back home working a 9-5 with a 3 hour round-trip commute! I used to be so much more bad-ass!
But nonetheless, the Niigata Marathon is coming up, October 10th. I'll be running the 10K, what I am now thinking will be my last one. The truth is, I hate running, and I always sign up for these things for the challenge aspect, but really, running sucks. I'd rather do 5 back to back Zumba classes than run for 30 minutes. Really. Anyways, I'm up to about 7 with 2 more practice Sundays to go to get up to 8 and then 9, so that I should be ready to churn out 10K by race day. Hopefully.
Lately I have been thinking a lot about what the future holds. Japan has begun to lose some of it's lustre. It happened pretty suddenly for me. I was content in this new life in Niigata City, until I went away and ended up in a REAL city, and realised just how mundane life has become here. Don't get me wrong, my work situation is great, I am happy with T, but we're just not feeling as though we've found our niche here. We've not made a whole lot of like-minded friends, and we are as far from the action as one can get in Japan, barring say, Hokkaido. It's remote, traveling is expensive as well as troublesome as you have to tack on nearly 300 bucks and almost 4 hours of travel time to get down to Narita and back. The winds of change have started up again. Thailand is calling.
We've started to really consider spring and a new location. Looks like a CELTA course is in the cards. Having a CELTA basically gives us the freedom to look for employment teaching English in any country, including Canada. The big question for us now is when, and where. Thailand and Vietnam both offer the courses at various times of the year. We should hopefully have a working plan in the next couple of weeks. I find myself feeling unfocused without a solid plan months in advance from making any big changes, so the sooner we get this hashed out, the happier a Jenny I will be.
Speaking of Thailand, the girls vacation is just over a month away. Bangkok for 1 day, Koh Samui for 4, Siem Reap for 2, and back to Bangkok for 1 more. My girl L from Canada is meeting me in Bangkok, coming all the way from Oz, her current stomping grounds. Should be one hell of a trip, one I plan to document on a day my day basis this time...no more lazy Jenny! I am hoping this will give me a good taste of what Thailand is all about and I will be able to see for myself if it's a place I can see myself staying for a little more extended period of time.
Imagine, life on the beaches of Thailand for a few months...life could be worse...
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