Ok so as for the new direction i’m taking myself, this blog, and any virtual gremlins attached to it.
My short term goals include:
- Study my butt off and really build up my game dev skillz!
- Study Japanese
- Go to New York
- Go to New Zealand
- Get in shape for said travel locations
Now my long term goal is, as i mentioned in my last blog post, to try and migrate to Japan and start working there, and really get good at the language – which is gonna be tough since i had a really hard time doing that before.
So i’ve been back in Australia for almost 3 months now… And i guess its important to inform any prospective Kansai Gaidai/Japan (or other) study abroaders about MY experience post-exchange. Not only that, but it seems as though this blog, that you all know and love, is going to come back to life! Read on =)
I was looking forward to going back to Australia and seeing my friends again. The other thing i was looking forward to was actually studying games and IT again, as i felt completely out of my element at Kansai Gaidai – ive never studied history or politics! lol
But i’m back now, my friends are awesome as ever, even made a few new ones. I’m lovin University. I see Australia the same way as i saw it before – even after being away from it for so long. It still doesn’t make me want to be here. It IS a great country – i have nothing bad to say about it. My wanting to leave Australia has nothing to do with Australia, instead it has everything to do with how amazing Japan was. I want the wacky way of life Japan gave me. Riding bikes, not being able to read signs, constant politeness everywhere i went, the tiny cramped houses, beer vending machines… I also loved just stumbling across new cultural things that would just wow me. I’ve lost so much of my Japanese language ability too because i have no one to talk to (in japanese) and i dont have 8 Japanese classes a week. I miss Hirakata…
