About Wade
Hi, I’m Wade and I’m 17 from Tucson, Arizona. I’ll be blogging abroad this fall from Japan, where I’ll be studying at a local high school, living with a host family, and traveling to different places around the country. I hope you enjoy reading my posts! Here’s some information about me, so you know who’s writing:
About Me: I am one of the most productive and fast paced people you will ever meet. I have interests in activities from circus performing to book collecting, and all the way to auto mechanics and cooking. Having so many interests often causes people to see me as a chaotic person, yet once you sit down and talk with me; the tables turn to the opposite. Going from hyperactive to calm and collected puts me on the border of being a social person and a reserved one, meaning I can thrive and work in both group and individual projects. Balancing this is often hard, and there are many times things become too much for me to handle, but once I step back and take a breath, I’m ready to go another round. One of my favorite qualities is may flexible and light thinking habits that help me advance forward and adapt to new situations. I have fairly good judgment on deciding what to do at what times, I weigh my options constantly, and look for the benefits of both decisions; however, this is also my weak point. If I can’t decide on something, it will often takes me a while to figure out what to do, but eventually I’ll take a step forward again. I love meeting new people, and the thought of traveling makes me run even faster. But I enjoy taking some time to remember the good times. One of the hardest things for me to do is sit still. Sometimes I can manage, especially when forced to, but at home I can often be found going from one end of the house to the next, yet at the same time I do it quietly. Good luck keeping track of me if we become friends.
Favorite Activities: Cooking, painting, reading, playing soccer, and jogging.
Interests: Culinary arts, auto mechanics, art, writing, classic books, music, movies.
Favorite Music: I like Country, modern, rock, hip-hop, most music.
Favorite TV Shows: Lost, Drop in, digimon, NCIS, CSI, Moonlight, trueblood
Favorite Movies: Rent, Life as a House, Triple X, Fast and Furious, Mr. And Mrs. Smith, Godzilla (all)
Favorite Books: Sherlock Holmes (all), Count of Monte Cristo, Any Alexander Dumas Books, The center of the World, Neil Gaiman’s books.
Favorite Quotes: “It is your Duty as a friend to listen to your friend’s problem, it is your Right to listen to it one more time, it is you JOB to tell them to quit whining and do something about it ever time after that.”
Please briefly answer the following questions:
Why did you pick your host country? I chose my host country because Japan has been a part of my life from even before I remember. From the toys I played with and the shows I watched to the books I read when I was older; it has always influenced my life.
What made you want to study abroad? I have learned a lot by paying attention to the influences Japanese culture had on my life, then I notice how much more I could learn, and I decided to experience it myself.
What will you miss most while you are abroad? I will probably miss my friends and family while I’m away, and the events I will miss when I’m in Japan. I will also miss the food I get to eat here that might not be in Japan. And what I’ll probably miss most is that comfort of familiarity I have in my life.
What are your personal goals for your time abroad? I want to learn as much as I can about Japanese art, I would also like to learn about the food biasness that over in Japan. It might help me a lot if I could make friends in both Japan and America.
