This year is my golden birthday. I know twenty-three is hardly old age, but as I approach this last milestone before thirty (in my eye, anyway) I've started to look back on what exactly I've been doing with my limited time. If I live to three times my age I'll have outlived my maternal grandfather and be but a few years short of my paternal. So then have I possibly lived a third of my life already? Whilst I hope it's at least that long, life is so unpredictable I could be over halfway through and never know it. With that in mind, I've decided to start a new project.
I was reading part of my textbook for Japanese literature, and certain type of early prose struck me. So-called "travel accounts" were stories based mostly on the experiences of the authors with some flair added in, written after a long cross country journey. This got me thinking... I may not have been around long, but I sure have racked up some experiences. Besides my three times living abroad, I have done many amazing things, and have been fortunate enough to do a lot of things many people never get the chance to. This has led to many strange encounters, coincidences, and all around weird stories, and I feel it's about time I started sharing some of them.
So I'll be trying to post about 1-2 times a week, more if it goes well. For all I know, I might not even make it to the next one... So much is up to chance in life! But I hope recording these stories will, if nothing else, get some stress out of me for bottling up so much in the past... And hopefully someone else may get some enjoyment out of them as well!
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