Why I Started this Blog
When I first lived as a foreigner in Japan, I struggled doing things on my own. Everything was written in Japanese so I needed help every time I had to do a bank transfer, sign rental contracts, or make reservations for medical checkups.
There weren’t a lot of sources online that explain how to do things in English. That’s until I came across survivingJapan.com. That blog literally helped me “survive” Japan with the little Nihongo I knew.
After being in Japan for six years, I got married and decided to move to Macedonia. And since I’m encountering the same issues back when I was in Japan, I thought about SurvivingJapan and I got inspired to start my own blog.
In theForeignerin, I’ll be writing about how-to guides in the countries I’ve already lived in. Most articles will be focused on Macedonia though because this is where home is right now. I’ll also be sharing some of my travels, experiences, research, and reviews on the places I’ve been to, restaurants I’ve eaten in, and hotels I’ve stayed at.
My goal is to publish helpful articles to all foreigners traveling and living abroad.
About Me
I took up Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in English at De La Salle University Manila, Philippines. In 2016, I graduated as a scholar of Rotary Yoneyama Foundation and got my Master’s Degree in Human Science at Osaka University, Japan.
Currently, I work as an Editorial Assistant at Cloudwards.net where I spent half of the time fact checking pre-published articles and the other half doing marketing outreach.
