Reasons

I realize I should tell you my reason for traveling to the land of Amerikat. My new position as a teacher in Singapore requires that I take a course, a pre-field orientation, to come to grips with the harsh realities of living in a foreign country and rubbing shoulders with other internationals. At the moment, I am slightly sleep deprived and boggled by the sudden change in pace, and traveling all the way to American, a foreign land, to learn how to live in Singapore, a familiar land, seems a tad superfluous. Nonetheless, I am hopeful to learn something new.