It honestly felt surreal to think that I had been in Japan for 10 months at this point. I still remember arriving in Japan like it was yesterday and it seemed only a few short weeks ago that I was counting each week I had been here. But since the summer vacation, time had literally snowballed; each week passed faster and faster and, before I knew it, December was starting. The first half of December was pretty relaxed with each day at school following the same rhythm. I was q

Hey everyone! It feels like just yesterday that I found out I have a place at the Tokyo Marathon and now it's only 5 days away. So many of you generously donated to my chosen charity, Pride House Tokyo, and I'm so grateful. With the help of my brother, David, I have completed my first ever marathon training block! It definitely was not easy, early starts and running in the dark, cold evenings made it quite difficult for me to find the motivation but even so, I got out there a

Seeing in the start of a new month with my black and blue broken finger taped up, I started off the month with a visit to Disney Sea with my friends! At this point, this was my 3rd or 4th time visiting Disney Sea and so I was pretty confident in my knowledge of how to make it the most jam packed day possible. The five of us (Me, Chloe, Luke, Erin, and Louise) set off early in the morning and spent the day trying to get on as many rides as possible! However, we didn't account