Kat's Japanese Adventure

When I was doing the JET orientation in Toronto, they had us write letters to ourselves;  Here’s mine*.  I’ve struck out everything I’ve already accomplished

“Dear Dwight, At 8am someone poisons the coffee, Love, future Dwight

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Dear Katrina,

This is a flashback to [school trip] eh? I hope this letter is less underwhelming and concerned with [stupid boy’s name] ><. We are supposed to be writing our goals for life and our future Japanese experiences. I guess that I want to get involved with the school and students. Join a sports club. Go SCUBA diving. Go surfing. White water rafting. Climb Fuji. Explore Tokyo.  Go to a concert.  Try an onsen. Find a fish-foot-pedicure-place.  Get a cat! Swim in the ocean.  Buy a bike and a scooter.  Travel to Vietnam. Play tour guide to Mom and Dad. [Redacted]. Pick tea leaves for self and brew. Host guests. Make new friends.  Learn to read & write & understand Hiragana & Katakana.  Keep in touch with Toronto JETS.  Take up some sort of Japanese craft or Calligraphy / painting. Find another sword sport. Take photos. [Redacted]? . Sleep in a real tube hotel.  Travel to the south islands. Get painting.  Keep a blog/diary/journal.

<3  Katrina B

p.s. how awesome is it to not work at Starbucks?  love, your feet. “

How great is that? 23/33 ain’t bad!

*mega embarrassing things omitted for preservation of psyche.