Maia Does Japan, Again!: Blog

So my friend Maia is about to head out to Japan in a number of weeks to start her new, amazingly awesome post-graduation life. She has successfully become apart of JET, going abroad to teach English I think. She's going to be in Hiroshima ken and I can't wait to see her pictures. Her old blog of when she was in Japan is This, but now I get to follow her Here. I am so excited for her. I hope I'm able to visit her while she's abroad.

Well I'm bringing her up because partly because she is she going overseas soon, but also because she and I were talking about great opportunities to get back to Japan. I've already done study abroad and I'm trying to figure out what I want to do. I was considering becoming a Fulbright Scholar, but I'm a little wary since I have been in Japan for ten months consecutively and am not sure whether that will hinder or help me in getting back there. We spoke of me maybe becoming a CIR (coordinator for International Relations) through JET or any other program, since there are so many opportunities out there. Maia said that CIRs essentially just help out around offices with English and stuff. One of our old peers from our college is doing that and he's loving it. Of course, we acknowledged that probably nothing in the world could have probably kept him from Japan in the first place and that he is thankfully having a great time there.

Then Maia brought up Interac which starts accepting applications in October/November. She said that it is for teaching English, which isn't really my cup of tea, but always a great opportunity. I will definitely look into this anyways because then I can really weigh out my opportunities. So there will probably be a post in the upcoming future about Interac along with all other programs I can find.

I can't wait to meet up with her once more before she goes back abroad because I know we won't talk as much while she's away. I hope she's able to stay out there more if she wants to too because I'm know she's an exceptional person to have around.

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