Living in Japan, I often heard people ask me, “how can we Japanese learn English?” or “How come the Koreans/Chinese/Filipinos/Singaporeans speak English better than us?” It was kind of an odd question that I couldn’t really answer before, but coming back to the Philippines the answer seems so obvious: you learn English by using it. [...]
Despite our best efforts, today started off on a bit of a rough patch. Due to jet lag, we woke up at 5am and had little to do but try and steal internet and eat sandwiches with provisions (baguette, brie, and ham–we’re assholes) we had purchased the night before. Needless to say, when we decided [...]
Today is our official first start of our little adventures in Asia. It began fairly stressful yesterday–when I came down with a sore throat and a bit of a fever. However, we took it easy and I felt more or less better by morning. The flight was uneventful and I fell asleep before the flight [...]





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