The Chronicle

The Japanese, although generally a more diminutive people, can drink like vikings. Schools are a little tamer no doubt than the drinking culture a salary man would see on a daily but they are still fun and different from what I am used to back in North America. We start here in the podcast as I recall some of the funnier and fuzzier moments through the time that I have spent here. Each school is I've attended is very different as well with some partying more or less, and in some cases a specific gender group will go out all the time. The second half of the podcast incorporates something that I intend to do full-time now and that is incorporate more audience involvement in the form of reading the emails that I have received and answering them to the best of my ability, be that humorously or otherwise. Some of the details from the questions this time were: how to deal with lazy and uninterested Japanese teachers and students, could a single mother expect to make a successful move to Japan and support her family, what is the situation for finding a job teaching English if you don't have a degree, and many more.

Arriving in Japan and all the madness that ensued, the highs, the lows, all of it here on this new episode. I recount the excitement of my process to get to Japan and the first training week of my arrival. As well for good measure we touch on some of the hilariously shady business practices of the shady dispatch company Interac.

This time we continue the adventure of growing up. Due to rugby being introduced to me at a very young age, a size advantage and excellent coaching caught the eye of both private schools in my local area and it would change my life forever.

Life as an expat in Japan is a trip. Learning the culture and language is a never-ending parade of hilarious failures and awkward mistakes. Here on The Interstice I discuss in intimate detail this altogether humbling, never boring, choice of lifestyle.