Welcome to February! Hopefully this month is kinder to celebrities than last month was. What a way to start the year, huh? Cancer sucks. On February 2nd last year, my father asked if I wanted to go to Monaco with him. It sounded great! I said yes, then scrambled to prepare as I was leaving…
Happy New Year, everybody! January is in many ways a false start. Besides the year, one of the few things to begin again are school terms. And those aren’t even the start of a new school year! At my university, the month was dedicated to intensive month-long classes, and I partook all three Januarys during…
The down jackets are out, fingers are frozen, and stores have been decorated for the holidays for too long already. Yes, that’s right: it’s December! Wherever you find yourself and whatever you may or may not celebrate, I hope this month leaves you with fond memories. For my third year, I’m finally visiting home…
November is one of my favorite months (and there’s no personal reason for that; absolutely none; nothing; no way). At least back in America, the fall colors still linger and it doesn’t get quite so bitingly cold. In Japan, on the other hand, it can get quite chilly. My first year necessitated my poofy…
Ah October. The one month of fall in Japan. Leaves are changing, autumn festivals are happening, and Halloween is heading our way! I hope to see your pretty faces at the Block 6 Halloween Party in Osaka! In my first year of college, I was incredibly excited for Halloween (okay, okay; I’m incredibly excited…
School’s starting, the heat is still blaring on, and the second month of the JET year has begun. Welcome to September! As those of us in attendance to the Hyogo Welcome Party this past Saturday were reminded, things don’t always go according to plan. Less than an hour and a half until our designated…
With August comes the continuation of sickeningly humid heat, the buzzing of cicadas, and a new year on the JET program. It is a time of beginnings and goodbyes. To all of our new JETs, I say “Welcome!†To our returners, “ãŒã‚“ã°ã‚Œ!†To those leaving, “Good luck!†My name is Brittany Teodorski and I’m…
Sayonara fellow JETs, this is my final message as editor for the Hyogo Times. I’m leaving on that “JET†plane (that’s just punny) and know exactly when I’ll be home again. After a two year absence from the States, it’s hard to hide my excitement, but obviously there is an underlining sadness to leaving…
From the start of June it’s 58 days, 1392 hours, 83520 minutes, or 5011200 seconds until my contract officially ends with JET and, though I might paint myself as someone anxiously counting down the days by knowing that, the truth is I’m nervously watching those numbers, worried that I’m running out of time. If…