My name is Donia, I moved to Manchester in 2010.

I came from Afghanistan.

The first school that was a bit tough, I had no friends, couldn't speak English and felt a bit left out.

My high school teacher was very supportive.

She matched me up with friends that spoke the same language as me.

Having friends gave me a lot of confidence.

I felt like I'm not being left out.

Thinking about teaching, to get advice on your application funding and courses,

search get into teaching events.

Wow!

Hello and welcome to the Roger Pan podcast.

Probably the best way of learning about life in Japan without actually being in Japan.

I'm your host Chris Broder, and we join as always by England's top Japan enthusiast,

Mr. Pete Donaldson himself.

Pete, how the devil are you today?

Oh, good morning, somewhere cluster Sendai.

I'm reporting live from Stokanovo or other stack headquarters.

Forgot about the rebrand briefing there.

It's been a busy week for me.

I've rebranded my own life by moving house completely.

And I did it by just renting a van and getting a friend to help me move.

And yeah, it's stupid, stupid idea.

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