On the eve of a worldwide pandemic, and during its first months, thoughts in adventure and thoughts from adventure continue in this volume of Terrian Journals: living as a newcomer. Adventuredates include an inside look at hospitalization in Nippon, from a patient's perspective; a foray into Việt Nam; and the COVID-19 quarantine experience in the Tokyo "hot spot". As these real life adventures continue in familiar and unfamiliar settings, Canada's ruling bureaucracy attempts to declare the Terrian Journals series a work of fiction. Oh ya!