Sousually I talkaboutMalaysianpeople, cultureandbeautifulplacesinMalaysia.
Buttoday I'm gonnatalk a littlebitaboutmyself.
Likewhat I wasdoingbackinJapanbeforecomingtoMalaysiaHow I camehereandwhat I'm gonnadoforthenextfewyears.
Yeah, let's getrighttoit.
So I guessmystorybeganwhen I wasbackinhighschool, I metthisawesomeEnglishteacherwhospokeamazingEnglish.
Eventhoughhe's a pureJapanese, healwaystalkedabouthisexperienceis a worldlikebeautifulplaces.
Hesaw a satyr, Japan, allthetroublesHewentthrough a foreigncountries, howhemadefriendswithpeopleoffdifferentculture.
HegavethosestoriesalwaysinEnglishand 17 yearsoldmyself, I waslike, wowinwhichissocool.
I wannabe a goodEnglishspeakinglikehim.
Sothat's when I startedalreadyinEnglishbymyself.
I know I have a verysimpleperson, andafterfiveyearsofstudyingatuniversity, I becameanyway, shejurylocalhighschool.
I was 23 yearsoldandheTheteacherwasalwaysmyrolemodelwhen I electormystudents.
But I realizedatsomepointthat I don't havemuchexperiencetotell.
I don't haveanyfascinatingstorieslikehegaveme.
TeachingEnglishitselfwasenjoyable, butschoolIt's notjust a placetoteachsubject, butalso a placeTeohPCIImportantlessonsandexperiencesinlifesothatthestudentscanfindtheirownlikedreamandwaytogoinyourlife.
And I thoughttomyselfthroughthehellonlinetoteachthoseimportantlifelessons.
I'm studio.
I'm clearlynotintheplacetoteachsomebodyelse I needtoexperiencemoreandmoreimportantly, I wantedtoexperiencemore.
I wantedtoseetheBigWorld.
I wantedtoexplainmyselfto a newculture.
I wantedtoseethebeautifulthingsthatmyteacherwastalkingaboutratherthanbeingstuckin a classroomallday.
Soafteroneyearoffteachingat a highschool, I decidedtoquitandmovedtoMalaysia.
Malaysia.
Youmightwonder.
It's verysimple, butwhen I was a teacher, I hadanopportunitytogotoThailandwithmyfriendwhichwasmyfirsttriptoSoutheastAsiancountrythatactuallydomymind, eventhoughitisjust a fewhoursawayfromJapan.
Sothatway I amverythankfultoLeshaforgivingmethechance, opportunityandenvironmentformetofeelTherearestillsomanybeautifulthingsinplacesthat I needtofeelCherryMalaysia.
Soatthispoint, I don't think I'm goingbacktoJapanforatleastnextcoupleofyears.
So I guessthatexplainshow I endedupinMalaysia.
Andsomepeopleaskme, Don't shootme, Sir.
Panoffcourse.
I missyourmanoffcourse, especiallymyfriendsandmyfamily.