This week I have accomplished a major goal for my life in Korea: I finally earned my black belt in taekwondo. I want to analyze more deeply in another post about what this means to me, but I was also thinking about my larger goals in Life... now that this main reason for coming to Korea is complete, what do I want to do next?
Moving to Japan is high on my list... I keep looking at Dave's ESL cafe's job postings...
So~ I was browsing a job board looking from jobs in Japan when I saw this :
http://www.sfusd.edu/en/
It's a job posting for bilingual teachers in SF.
I think about it and I would feel proud to be serving the SF community... I have no small amount of pride to declare that I'm from such a city as San Francisco, so I feel like it would be a worthy duty to work there again...
It got me thinking about what you asked me before... the "Me in Five years" or maybe my "Bucket List" (things to accomplish before I kick the bucket)
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Here's my list:
- work as a costume designer for film/TV/plays
-draw my fantasy comic and get it published
-draw concept art for video games/ film / TV
-translate anime Japanese ---> English
-translate English to Korean or English
-Event producer for Fanime/ Anime Expo (anime conventions) like work with the special guests or help with logistics
- cosplay/ perform on stage at Tokyo game show
-study Kung Fu or other martial arts in a beautiful surrounding (like a remote temple in China or Taiwan)
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That's why I think are my true hearts desires..... sure, I could be happy working as a teacher back in the US... but not for 3 or 5 years... I don't think I'm ready to move back and if I get my MA it would be to move into a job in the US, I think... because to get an MA, that would be a 1 to 2 year time commitment so if I move to the US for study, it would be better to think about moving back to "settle down"... at this point, it seems that way.... though life changes so much, it's hard to tell what the picture of my lifescape will look like in even 2 years.... Isn't it enough to think "I want to move to Japan, travel Japan, study Japanese, get my credential in translating Japanese to English and do something more with that later. " ?
Just a thought...
