John Murphy:  

Life I majored in linguistics and Japanese language (hey, it was the 80's and we all thought then Japan would control the world economy). After I finished college, I went to Japan to live and work (3 years) to improve my language skills. It was an interesting place to live, but kind of stressful because people never really accept you there. With electronics, we have just caught up to what I saw 20 years ago (HDTV and pocket cell phones). I guess I got the travel bug, and ended up studying in Germany and working in Russia. Russia was quite another experience. In between those stays abroad, I lived out in LA for a year too. I taught English while I lived in Japan and Russia. I got my masters in TESOL about 10 years ago. I stopped traveling/living abroad then. After that, I worked full time in marketing services for 2 different companies using my languages, and taught ESL part time at a few local community colleges. Now I am a full time program administrator at Westchester Community College. I am currently teaching myself Spanish. I wished I had learned it when I was younger. Oh, yeah, I legally changed my first and middle names 13 years ago. That's another story. I am single now, but was in a serious relationship for 10 years that didn't work out. After I got back from Europe, I lived with my parents to help take care of my...Expand for more