Facchi's Awfully Big Adventure

A Brownie In Japan

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If you haven't discovered space bags, go. Go now! These are packing's best buds. I'm using these for all my clothes so I can have more room in my suitcases.

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Happy Friday everyone!

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Finally got my international driver’s permit! Hopefully I won’t have any problems staying on the right side of the road

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I've got this song downnnnnnnn! Karaoke time!

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はじめました私わファティマです

Hi, my name is Fatima. Nice to meet you! This is my first blog so bear with me....I'm boring on paper but a hoot IRL. No really! 

Starting in March, I will be teaching English in Japan! I'm in love with the country and am happy to be able to live there. Honestly, I didn't even know this job existed at first. My friend and I backpacked through Japan back in Aug/Sep 2014 and I met someone who's boyfriend and I both went to UIllinois. She told me he works for Interac as an ALT and thus the idea was planted! 

After graduating with my Masters, I became interested in the chance to live in Japan, but didn't want to move there though until I had actually visited the country. There are so many wonderful things about Japan: the culture, the people, the FOOD (Okonomiyaki ftw), and I'm so excited to go back there. 

I look forward to this new journey and hope to keep everyone updated with little tidbits from my time in Japan! どうぞよろしくお願いします！

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Oh the things you'll see in Japan

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You probably know what a kotatsu is, but I bet you don’t know the cool history behind it~

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Kotatsu! The national treasure of Japan! I can't wait to own one!

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The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page

Saint Augustine