So I've finally decided to start writing a blog. I'm still not sure why I'm doing this, but I'm going to try to be as honest as possible and hope that nobody I know actually reads the entries.
Where am I right now? I'm in the Kansai region of Japan teaching English at a junior high school.
Why am I in Japan? I'm a lost soul. I don't know what to do with my life. While I'm figuring that out, I might as well live somewhere interesting like Japan. I wanted to live somewhere as different as possible from Canada. Somewhere so foreign, it would feel like I had left the planet. While Japan is not as different as I was hoping it would be, I'm still happy here.
Some things you should know about me: I'm socially awkward, an extreme introvert, quiet, intelligent, and I have a somewhat twisted sense of humour.
My life sometimes seems like a series of bad jokes. It began when my parents named me "Suzanne." That may seem like a perfectly acceptable name to you, but it has resulted in a great deal of annoyance for me. I get called everything: Susan, Suzy, Sue, Suz, Suzannah, and the dreaded Suzy-Q. People spell my name wrong too, ie "Susanne."
I'm very tall and very thin (5'9", 125 lbs); I tend to stick out wherever I go. I've accepted this fact. If I'm going to stick out, I might as well do it full out in Japan where I tower over all of the women and most of the men.
This is my life. Its far from glamorous but there are a lot of funny moments. I'm sure there will be many memorable incidents here in Japan, which I will try to post on this blog.
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