Happy birthday blog! 🎉🎂 You're nearly old enough for kindergarten! I was going to write a longer, perhaps sentimental, post, yet sadly-- I failed to draft this appropriately ahead of time, woke up with a killer migraine, and slept over half the day. Welcome to life. 😬😴 Five years ago, I had just made the difficult… Continue reading 5 Year Blogiversary
Author: Melinda
I'm a 33 year old TCK with a travel bug turned globe trotter. I'm in the confusing process of writing to (eventually) publish. 頑張ります!
Cinematic Short Story Contest Update!
Squeeeeeee! 🤩 Ahem, forgive me. The email took me by surprise this morning (pros of living in a different timezone?), but very excited to announce I'm a semifinalist for Screencraft's Cinematic Short Story Contest!! 😍 I'm part of the top 12%?? Wow. 😲 WOW! 😳😁 Now I have another month (ish) to wait for the winners announcement, but I… Continue reading Cinematic Short Story Contest Update!
Cinematic Short Story Contest Update!
I have Very Exciting News! I mentioned in my first post of the year that I'd entered a Cinematic Short Story Contest, and I'm thrilled to announce I made it through the first round!! 😄 It's so enthralling, and yet surreal, to see my name as a Quarter-Finalist! One of about 400 to be selected from… Continue reading Cinematic Short Story Contest Update!
2018: Clean Slate
G'day, hi, and hello! First of all, Happy New Year! I hope 2018 will prove kind in its teachings, and bring you joy, peace, and accomplishment(s). You might've noticed I was conspicuously absent for a little while. Okay a long while. Half of 2016, and all of 2017 to be exact!? Blimey! I guess it's… Continue reading 2018: Clean Slate
3 Year Blogiversary
G'day, mates! Wow has it been a while, or what? I just realized I only published three posts since my last anniversary post. Oops? To be fair (read: list of excuses), a lot happened, just not writing wise. As you know, I packed up and relocated again, somehow made it halfway through grad school with… Continue reading 3 Year Blogiversary
2 Year Blogiversary
I can hardly believe my blog is turning 2! (Don't worry, I'm not a doting parent...) A lot has happened since I started this back in Japan and a lot more is about to change. I'm happy to report I got admitted to grad school, and will be starting my new adventure in Australia… Continue reading 2 Year Blogiversary
Horizons A Changin’
A new year, a new semester and new horizons ahead! I might've sort of hurried this week's lesson planning because I'd planned to go meet friends in Paris (one of whom I hadn't seen in 12 years!) and go to this awesome art exhibition, but it was definitely worth it. I'm sort of on a… Continue reading Horizons A Changin’
2015: Step Up To Yourself
A belated yet happy new year to you! May 2015 bring joy and happiness daily. I hope you all had a wonderful time, enjoyed some tasty food, spent time with friends and family and hopefully, gave yourself some time off. I know I did, and it was wonderful. 2014 ended on a nostalgic yet grateful… Continue reading 2015: Step Up To Yourself
A Survivor’s Voice – Part 2
Another tale from 1945 Hiroshima, retold as understood through the interpreter. Again, tread carefully, this story is even more potent than Part 1 and contains some graphic descriptions. Part 2 is the account of Taeko Teramae. When the bomb went off, Taeko was 15 years old and a mobilized middle school student, 550 meters from… Continue reading A Survivor’s Voice – Part 2
A Survivor’s Voice – Part 1
Recently I recalled moments of my time in Japan as a student and looked everywhere for pieces of my journal I couldn't find. But I found them at last, so I'm able to share a part of my experience with you. However, today's content is quite potent, so tread carefully. When I studied abroad in… Continue reading A Survivor’s Voice – Part 1
Melinda's Musings 