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The work and life of a Community Education Manager in Japan

Category: Treasure Box

  • Treasure Box – 4 – Another Birthday

    Treasure Box – 4 – Another Birthday

    The last post I wrote in the Treasure Box series was about my wife’s birthday. And while a little time has elapsed, my own birthday came last month, too, so I wanted to share (and store) some memories from it. Actually, I lost most of my birthday this year. It was the day I was…

  • Treasure Box – 3 – Birthday

    Treasure Box – 3 – Birthday

    Hi all! Last week was my wife’s birthday ?? I had to write a post about it… to keep it in my treasure box 🙂 Where It All Began My wife and I have wanted to revisit Ecorin Village for some time now… Almost five years, to be exact. This place is dear to us.…

  • Treasure Box – 2

    Treasure Box – 2

    Our Golden Week Every May, Japan has a number of national holidays clumped together, forming what is commonly known as Golden Week. Most years, these public holidays create a 5-day weekend and if you take just a day or two off work, it becomes a long week of holidays. This year, Japan’s new emperor ascended…

  • Treasure Box – 1

    Treasure Box – 1

    Now that I’m through the application process of becoming a Happiness Engineer, I have spent some time thinking about the future of this blog. While I plan on continuing to write about my experiences working in Automattic and perhaps WordPress in general, I have also wondered what I could do to make this blog a…