Genki Wren
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
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| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Introduction | I graduated from Sussex university with a degree in Philosophy last year and had no clear idea about who I am, what I want to do, or where I want to be. So I have decided to throw caution to the wind and move to Japan! I did a CELTA course in January, which to my suprise I thoroughly enjoyed. Equipped with my new found qualification, an intense drive to see the world and an insatiable thirst for adventure, it seemed obvious to do the 'TEFL' thing for a while. By the end of March I had a job offer from GEOS language corporation, which I accepted even though I had no idea where I would be sent in Japan. It was a gamble, but the poker player within me decided to go for it. I guess luck was on my side because I am heading for the capital, Tokyo - and that's where my life begins.... |
| Interests | Music, art, playing guitar, painting, Lars von Trier, self analysis, philosophy, chance, madness, gin and tonic, poker, casinos, Hunter S. Thompson, partying, experimental travel, experiments in living, writing, reading, friends, cinema. |
| Favorite Movies | Lost in Translation, City of God, Coffee and Cigarettes, Festen, Waking Life, Napoleon Dynamite, Badder Santa, Stalker, Central Station, 5x2, Roma, Eternal Sunshine, American Beauty, Beau Travail, Amores Perros, Fear and Loathing, Factotum, The Return, Breathless, Before Sunset |
| Favorite Music | Royksopp, St. Germain, Daft Punk, Sigur Ros, Frank Zappa, The Postal Service, Chuck Berry, Jack Johnson, Johnny Cash, Jose Gonzales, Manu Chao, Nina Simone, Mr. Scruff, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Rogue Wave, Tom Waits, Mushaboom by Feist. |
| Favorite Books | The Magus by John Fowles, The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson, Plato's Republic, The Dice Man by Luke Rhineheart, Music of Chance and the New York Trilogy by Paul Auster, The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley, Down and out in Paris and London by George Orwell, Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, Atonement by Ian McKewan. |