Interview
Name: Blitz
Role: Dancer
Age:25
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Who are you and what do you do?:
Now I live the moment in Latin America. I was an Educational Organizer. I would go to local public schools in east Oakland to talk with teachers while they are eating their lunch too see who is down for improving Educational standards. I would go door to door and eat dinner with parents and see if they are interested in getting involved with improving education to create strength in numbers. I also would go into class rooms to sing happy songs and tell them how wonderful their smiles are!!
What is important to you in this world?:
Communities, food, and hot springs
Your childhood dream, your adult dream?:
Childhood dream: I wanted to be something like Brad Pitt. Current dream: something like Bob Marley.
What inspires you about TEMA and why are you contributing?:
The idea of a bunch of happy, smiling youth artists with creative hearts having fun together totally blows my mind and I am here. My contribution would be lots of random dance scenes on the trip!! I am also a great team player and hard worker!
What are you passionate about?:
Positive changes and positive energies coming form positive hearts.
What is your favorite food?:
Mexican Sushi!!!
Have you ever left the country?:
I was born in Japan. When I was 19, I went to Nepal for a project with my dad to establish a language school. Then I came to California, fell in love with Latin cultures, started exploring South: Mexico, Central America, South America, and ended up in Brazil playing Capoeira.
I have traveled to China and Europe as well. When I was 22, my buddy and I hopped on a 27-foot sailing boat to sail to Cuba from Texas, but the boat broke down from a storm and we almost killed ourselves in the Gulf of Mexico. Since then I haven’t made it to Cuba yet which is my next destination.
Educational Background:
I hold a BA in International Development Studies from UC Berkeley. My concentration was community development in Latin America.
Memorial Moment
Nov.11, 2008, I got a phone call from my good crazy friend Katie. She told me that we gotta hang out before she leaves for the magical project in two and a half weeks. I asked her what her magical trip was? She told me the magicalness of the project and also invited me to join the project.
I said: “There is no way I can take off for two month in two weeks.”
It was around 8 pm on Tuesday night, and I was working in the office by myself to prepare for a conference in LA the next day. I checked the website anyway.
The next day, I told my boss that I cannot come to LA because I am going on a magical trip to teach Japanese and spread the happiness to local kids in Central America.
Funny thing was I made all these choices before I talked to either of Ryan or Summer. And here I am, I knew it!!!
tell us a joke:
Un hombre estaba en la tienda de las ropas. La vendedora le pregunto “que busca?”
“un brajer para mi esposa” el hombre respondio.
“que tamano?” la vendedora.
“oh no se,,,” el hombre.
“como lechugas?” la vendedora
“no!! mas chiquitos.” el hombre
“como naranjas?”
“no!! mas chiquitos.”
“entonces, como huevos?”
“oh!! si si!! pero fritos!!” el hombre respondio.
