rad33
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Hi everyone,
My name is Radley and I will be moving to Okinawa around Spring of 2020. Currently I reside in Richmond, BC, an airport city that is part of the Greater Vancouver Area. I have a Japanese wife and a 3 and half year old daughter. I took a year off work when my wife got pregnant and lived in Tokyo for one year from 2016-2017 during which time I worked as an Assistant Language Teacher at two public elementary schools in Arakawa-Ku. I have been working in hotels since 2013 and started out as a banquet server at Hilton, got promoted to a Captain after about 9 months and remained in that role for 5 years while also supervising the restaurant and bar, room service, and breakfast service. Recently I have moved to the Marriott and started a position as a Dual-Property Sales and Events Coordinator representing both the Marriott and Sheraton properties on the block, and have been in this role for about 10 months. During this time I received a few accolades such as employee of the quarter twice and employee of the year in 2018.
We are moving to Okinawa mainly to improve our health and overall quality of life due to some medical predispositions. Also living in Vancouver is extremely expensive and even with a good salary it is challenging to live in the city and tough to buy a home unless you are willing to live far away from the city core. At this point we are not sure where we are going to live on the island as it depends largely on what jobs are available as we want to avoid having to commute through traffic. Recently we visited Okinawa this year in August and previously in 2017 in February when it was still a bit chilly. My sister in law recently moved to Naha from Tokyo as she was seeking a better work-life balance and I hope my father and mother in law decide to move here as well in the future.
Through this forum and by engaging with others, I hope to learn as much as possible in order to make the transition as smooth as possible for my family. I feel bright and confident about our future in Okinawa, although I do expect that there will be many challenges and obstacles along the way. I would love to eventually study at a local university or college and graduate with a post-secondary degree as I never completed it in Canada. As a family our focus is on living a healthy and balanced lifestyle with proper diet, exercise, and contributing back to the community.
I love to play tennis, am interesting in learning how to golf, and also need to learn how to swim in order to enjoy all of the awesome water activities the island has to offer. Driving is another one of my interests, eventually would like to own a "fun" car with a manual transmission and participate in some of the car groups and meetups. Coming from a hotel background, I love to travel and explore different cultures and connecting with others. My wife and I also love to eat good food (who doesn't?) as well as indulge in nice red wine and beer. I personally love Canadian Whiskey although Japanese Whiskey is very good as well.
This move will be the second biggest thing I have ever done in my life next to having a baby. I feel like I am diving out of the bubble that is my current life and into something strange and unknown, yet wonderful at the same time.
Thank you for reading this! Hope to connect with more of you here soon, and hopefully meet up some time after we move
Also I have some pictures of my recent trip to Okinawa in this thread I started last week if you are interested: Click Here
-Rad
My name is Radley and I will be moving to Okinawa around Spring of 2020. Currently I reside in Richmond, BC, an airport city that is part of the Greater Vancouver Area. I have a Japanese wife and a 3 and half year old daughter. I took a year off work when my wife got pregnant and lived in Tokyo for one year from 2016-2017 during which time I worked as an Assistant Language Teacher at two public elementary schools in Arakawa-Ku. I have been working in hotels since 2013 and started out as a banquet server at Hilton, got promoted to a Captain after about 9 months and remained in that role for 5 years while also supervising the restaurant and bar, room service, and breakfast service. Recently I have moved to the Marriott and started a position as a Dual-Property Sales and Events Coordinator representing both the Marriott and Sheraton properties on the block, and have been in this role for about 10 months. During this time I received a few accolades such as employee of the quarter twice and employee of the year in 2018.
We are moving to Okinawa mainly to improve our health and overall quality of life due to some medical predispositions. Also living in Vancouver is extremely expensive and even with a good salary it is challenging to live in the city and tough to buy a home unless you are willing to live far away from the city core. At this point we are not sure where we are going to live on the island as it depends largely on what jobs are available as we want to avoid having to commute through traffic. Recently we visited Okinawa this year in August and previously in 2017 in February when it was still a bit chilly. My sister in law recently moved to Naha from Tokyo as she was seeking a better work-life balance and I hope my father and mother in law decide to move here as well in the future.
Through this forum and by engaging with others, I hope to learn as much as possible in order to make the transition as smooth as possible for my family. I feel bright and confident about our future in Okinawa, although I do expect that there will be many challenges and obstacles along the way. I would love to eventually study at a local university or college and graduate with a post-secondary degree as I never completed it in Canada. As a family our focus is on living a healthy and balanced lifestyle with proper diet, exercise, and contributing back to the community.
I love to play tennis, am interesting in learning how to golf, and also need to learn how to swim in order to enjoy all of the awesome water activities the island has to offer. Driving is another one of my interests, eventually would like to own a "fun" car with a manual transmission and participate in some of the car groups and meetups. Coming from a hotel background, I love to travel and explore different cultures and connecting with others. My wife and I also love to eat good food (who doesn't?) as well as indulge in nice red wine and beer. I personally love Canadian Whiskey although Japanese Whiskey is very good as well.
This move will be the second biggest thing I have ever done in my life next to having a baby. I feel like I am diving out of the bubble that is my current life and into something strange and unknown, yet wonderful at the same time.
Thank you for reading this! Hope to connect with more of you here soon, and hopefully meet up some time after we move
Also I have some pictures of my recent trip to Okinawa in this thread I started last week if you are interested: Click Here
-Rad
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