A month later

I've lost all motivation to post anything on this blog anymore.

After the last day of school on 7/20, life had been a whirlwind of drinking and farewells and cardboard box runs. Everything revolved around packing up and saying goodbyes for 2 weeks straight, and there was simply no time nor mental room to pause and reflect. When friends ask me, "So what do you think about the last 2 years in Japan?" it inevitably triggers my reflex answer, "I think I will find out only after I've actually left Japan."

So I actually left Japan on 8/3 to Taipei. Officially, I guess. The emigration officer voided my work visa and took my gaijin card and wished me good luck. I felt little sentimentality, last 2 years did not flash before my eyes like memories flash before a dying man. Oh well at least now I could finally buy the JR rail pass only available to tourist visa holders when I come back.

And I'm at home in Taipei now, living the life in the slimy slug trail, with the drippy heat and the 127 channels of cable TV. The ironic thing is, now that I'm finally out of Japan, I'm hooked on watching Japanese soap opera(s).

Maybe after this post, more will follow.