Coming to Portland from Southern Oregon was a big change for me and getting used to living in a metropolitan area was not easy. Driving downtown seemed difficult to even think of (although as months went by, it was just fine). Portland traffic, especially after work-shifts, gets a bit crowded. When I see no hope… Read more

It’s more than halfway through summer already. It seems only like yesterday that Portland was bombarded with rain and gray clouds. Students tend to take the summer off after an intensive year of school, and it still applies at the university level too. But for some of us, we like to take a class. I… Read more

I was asked to be in a video that will be shown at a reception this month in Tokyo hosted by PSU President Wim Wiewel. I was not sure that I was the right person to be in the video because I didn’t think I could speak English well enough. But I accepted the offer, because I realized… Read more

I have lived in Portland for three years now, but I have never been to the Portland Gay Pride parade. I am surprised myself since it is heavily promoted. It happens annually, and this year it landed in the middle of July. I was invited to go and volunteer. The parade itself was in Chinatown,… Read more

Almost everyone who visits Portland falls in love with it; I did too, I admit! Having attended PSU for two years, and recently graduated, I was concerned that I might not be able to stay here any longer for one reason or another. I believed that because this is usually what happens with me: after… Read more