This is a tiny cake Cassie got me for Valentine’s Day. That’s right – she got it for me. In Japan, Valentine’s Day is a day when women give men chocolate – usually in the form of some sort of baked good. Men give women chocolate on White Day, March 14.
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Who We Are
We’re Teddy and Cassie McCormick.
We’re currently in the process of moving to Japan.
We’re pretty cool in general.
Food Pics
Some of our friends suggested a part of the blog just for pictures of food we’ve eaten – this is going to be that section! Japan has a ton of fantastic food that’s as fun to look at as it is delicious, and this seems like a fun way to share it with our friends!
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Time in Los Angeles, and a new posting philosophy
So I’ve realized that part of why I’ve been posting less has been that I view fewer of the things in my life as eventful or noteworthy. Problem is, I made this blog so people can see what I’m up to, not just see the most interesting things I do.
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Korea and Los Angeles
We’re back in the USA! After a brief visit to Korea to see some friends there, we took the 13-odd hour flight to Los Angeles and we’re now here, safe and sound and getting over some tremendous jet lag.
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Big News
Okay, so our departure from Japan was a bit of a whirlwind. But the good kind! I don’t want to bury the lede, so let me open by saying: we have a path to a visa!
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We’re not going to Vietnam
Whoops lol. So turns out getting Vietnam visas takes longer than we thought. Luckily it’s an easy pivot to do South Korea again – we were already going to be there for an overnight layover, so we’ve got a hotel our first night and we’ll actually be on the same flight!
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Ohana Mama
It’s been sad saying goodbye to all of our friends here, especially since we don’t want to leave and don’t know when we’ll be coming back. But the sadness is also wonderful, because it’s only so sad thanks to how many close friendships we’ve made!
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We’re going to Vietnam
The short version is our visas are running out soon – March 19th – and we have no real leads on how to extend them. The longer version isn’t much longer.
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Teddy’s Birthday!
Wow! Look! Two posts without a month in between! Crazy! But don’t be too proud of me, because this post is still a month overdue…
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Apparently We Speak Spanish?
First off, hello! It has been a long time! Partly because I haven’t been in the mood, partly because I haven’t felt like I had any stories to tell. Now I have realized we have many stories that I never got around to telling!
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Why We Love It Here
Another photo dump! Not a massive one but it’s been a minute.
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Japanese Makes So Much Sense
Cassie and I have both obviously been studying Japanese since before we left the States, and it has not been a fast or an easy process. But the more we come to understand Japanese, the more I think the hardest part about Japanese isn’t anything about Japanese – it’s just how different it is from […]
