Time is Slippery Like Glue

It was officially one year since I landed on Japanese soil as a JET on the 26th of July. Today is the day I took the Shinkansen to Shiga, had an awkward meeting with some government officials and taken away from the city into the winding roads of the Japanese country side to my new home in the small town of Hino to meet more government officials. Alone, miles away from the next JET, but not afraid. Just tired from the journey and excited to start a new life.

The sultry days of summer have returned once more. Now I know it is not easy to ride my bike to the next town. However, I still have the desire to try because it's something to do. I probably wont though.

Summer night in Hino

Time has passed fast. I am glad that I am staying for another year, even if it is just so I don't have to move again and fit my life back into a suitcase. I have been to new places in far off countries, and new places just beyond my doorstep. Both, just as amazing in their own right. I have met many faces, many I will never see again but never forget. And in this time, I loose track of time itself. There is so much I still want to do! So much I want to learn. So much to make me stronger. What is it? I still haven't found what I am looking for. I still have not found myself. It's slippery.

Time has passed slow. The monotony of life. The everyday work that is required so that one can survive. At my desk and in these confined walls where my mind can't wander freely, time sticks. Minutes are hours, hours are days and days are weeks. This kind of time is hard to shake loose, many times it follows me home. It makes me slower, but not relaxed. The mind becomes lazy because of lazyness. Even my free time is dictated by the next work day. Is this really free? At least I can pretend and give into the illusion that it is. It is this slow down of time that makes time so quick. For when it decides to speed up, sometimes I forget to catch up.

Is time slippery or sticky? Like wet glue! Sometimes you get stuck, but sometimes you can piece something together and make it work. If your not patient though, nothing will hold together. If your too patient, the glue's power is wasted. One year gone! One more to go. I need to find more pieces of something without getting stuck in a sticky mess.