22 May 2012 23:31 :: mood | good :: Ok, I think it's time to update a bit. :) So life has been pretty good! I think my Japanese has improved a bit. I can have some small conversations and understand more. Also my phone has been helping me a lot ;D But yeah, I've been feeling more comfortable here and just generally happy I guess. :) I've been a bit more adventurous too and a little more spontaneous. Just because I need to take a train somewhere, doesn't mean it's far. Stuff like that. It might sound silly but to me it's pretty big. :) As for work, it's been good. I have some cool students and some asshole students but that's a given. In a few months though I will start looking around. While the job itself isn't hard and enjoyable, I pretty much hate my schedule because it prevents me from doing everything I love and enjoying Japan the way it should be enjoyed. In order to make the transition smoother, I'll also be looking for an apartment since this one is a company apartment so if I do get a different job, I'll have to move out anyway and I'd rather do that before and not end up homeless. I hope that with the 1 year experience teaching here and me actually being able to come and speak to people face to face, they'll forgo the whole "native speaker" thing... I'll be looking into ALT companies and international schools. The biggest problem is that part of the contract with my current company is that if I leave them to work somewhere else, I can't work in the same city. It would be fine if I only worked in 1 school but I work in 5 different schools in 4 different cities... Hmmmm what else... I really really love the new JYPE due JJ Project. I've been listening to their debut song Bounce and watching the video quite a lot. I think it's mostly from the relief of knowing they're both 18 XDDD but seriously, I love it because it mixes my 2 favourite music styles; hip hop and rock but not in an Orange Range/GReeeeN/Uverworld style. It bounces back and forth from hip hop to rock and I think it's really clever. It probably sounds like 2 separate songs weirdly put together to some people, but I love it. Right, so this has been another mini update. I wish I could find the proper words and update properly but I can't seem to be able to... It's kinda frustrating. comment

Golden Week 05 May 2012 16:19 :: mood | tired :: So I had a week vacation! I went with rotem to Kyoto. :) We went by night bus because the Shinkansen is too expensive. It wasn't the most comfortable way to travel but it wasn't that bad either. We arrived to Kyoto on Monday at 6:30am. Everything opens around 8-9 so we had to walk around the train station until something opened and then we ate breakfast. Our Ryokan's check in was at 12:00pm so we put our luggage in a coin locker and went sight seeing. We first went to a temple near the station and walked around a bit. After that we walked to Toji temple. Rotem really wanted to see the lecture hall because she learned about it in uni. We went in and while she was staring at the buddhas I went to walk around the beautiful park. ( more here! ) 2 | comment

Phone! 27 April 2012 11:56 So apparently there's an lj app for android! So this is me using it (^。^)y-~ 1 | comment

Cellphone adventures! 23 April 2012 19:15 :: mood | okay :: It seems like I'm terrible at updating huh? Well I finally got a cellphone!! While it wasn't that bad living without one this whole time, there were some times when I really needed it. Anyway, the whole experience was really exhausting. I was told that I when you sign a contract for 2 years you get a really big discount on the phone, but because my visa is only for one year, I won't be able to do that and so will have to pay full price. However they signed me up for a 2 year contract and I don't think I got the big discount. Also I had to have Yurie with me because otherwise I wouldn't have understood a single thing. The poor girl was exhausted from trying to translate things. In the end, the whole process took around 3 hours. But because I had to pay with my credit card, the monthly payment was going to come off from my account automatically. I didn't want that because that credit card is for my Israeli bank account. So I had to go to the nearest Docomo shop today. Initially I was going to go Tuesday morning with Yurie but I really didn't want to bother her again with it. It went smoothly so that was nice. I somehow managed to convey what I wanted. Also Japan is weird! :( So I get it that they like charging extra money for nothing (I had to pay an extra 3150yen for a contract fee. Basically it's like key money for apartments here. It's thanking the company for allowing me to make a contract with them... x_x) I opened the phone's box yesterday to find the charger but all I found was a USB cable, a tiny weird cable and the charger stand. No regular charger. I charged my phone through the computer but I don't want to only rely on that. So when I went to the store this morning, I asked about the charger and the lady said I had to buy it... I don't get it man! D: shouldn't it be obvious that if I buy a phone, I'll a charger for it?? Also, while the cellphone itself isn't that expensive (cell phones in Israel can be 1000nis more expensive), the other services really are... *sigh* oh well, I guess this is the "Japan is expensive" part of this experience. It was bound to show up in places that are not public transportation related. BUT the phone itself is very cool!! I got the Aquos phone SH-01D, it's an android and it comes in 3 colors, black, white and this gorgeous indigo. I really wanted the indigo but they didn't have it (it's a popular phone), so I decided to get the black one (the only one in stock really) because I can always put a pretty cover on it :P But actually, the black is really pretty!! it's a glittery black!! IT SPARKLES!!! The touch screen itself is also really nice, even though I have nails, it responds really quickly! Oh and Docomo has this cute retarded thing, you have a little character on your screen that tells you when you had a missed call or when you get a text/email. You can choose between a boy sheep and a girl sheep (or in Japanese between a hitsuji and a mei) they're dressed in butler uniform so their names are "hitsuji no shitsuji" and "maido no mei" it's adorable XDDD Also, because it's a Japanese phone, there's a shit ton of emoji you can use!! I was mailing a Japanese friend/student and all her mails were full of emoticons XD it was super cute. I've already downloaded quite a few applications, the train schedule one, the google translate, skype, facebook etc. I hope this will be a nice addition to my life here. :) I'm certainly happy I got it before Golden week. This way I'll be able to stay connected with the world during my vacation. :) 2 | comment

12 April 2012 23:53 :: mood | tired :: Oh man, I haven't written here in forever!! What's happened lately... My sister arrived to Japan and has been settling in nicely. :) I met up with her on the day she arrived and got stuck for almost 5 hours on the train on the way back home because of a massive storm. I'm settling nicely at work. I got my alien registration card so I can now open a bank account! A thing I will do on Monday. I got to see the sakura blossoms. This was extremely amazing and I still can't believe I saw it. It feels so unreal for some reason. Like a dream or something, even though I took a shitton of pictures... In about 2 weeks it's going to be Golden Week! This means a week's vacation and going to Kyoto with the sister! (I'm writing this during an earthquake lol) I'm very excited about Golden week!! I can't wait. As for social life, it has improved since the first month but not by much. I think that instead, I've kinda gotten used to being more alone? idk... I'm trying though! And yeah, that's it. :) 2 | comment

20 March 2012 14:24 :: mood | calm :: So this morning, I went to the recycle shop to try and find a vacuum cleaner. They didn't have one that could be used on carpets so I left. Because I was already out and on my bicycle I went to the nearby mall and walked around. I did buy some stuff but the best part was my encounter with 2 sales girls. The first one works in a store that I always go in but never buy anything. It's a fashion fusion shop between hip hop and traditional Japanes embroidery. I LOVE it but it's pretty expensive and their sizes are small. Anyway I was looking at some shirts and the girl came up to me and started talking, then she asked where I was from and talked a bit. I told her I was an English teacher so then she asked me to translate some stuff for her that were embroidered on the clothes. XDDD After that I wanted to try on a pair of pants but told her that it'll probably be too small (it was a large). She said "NOOO you're so thiiiiiin" (>.>) I told her that not at all and that Japanese people were really tiny and she said Japanese people are fat... IDK seriously. Of course, I didn't fit into the pants, but it was still fun. :) After that I went into another store I like, it's the hip hop crazy colorful Gyaru store! I love that style... Anyway they had some really good sales so I went in and decided to try on some pants there too. Amazingly, one pair actualy fit me! The girl that was helping me looked like she stepped out of a Gyaru magazine, she was lovely~ Anyway they had some cool caps so I tried one on and she had one, I shifted the hat to the side and it kinda looked like I was copying the way she was wearing hers so she was like "ah! the same!: )" so I told her that yeah because she's super cute. And she was like "noooooooo you're really pretty! I love your nose!" o____________O;;;; my nose is pretty terrible. XD I told her no way and that her nose was really cute! but she disagreed. So here I was in a store arguing with a girl about our noses.... So I went on to compliment her AMAZING NAILS OMG. She had candy on it. It was amazing. There were 3 salesgirls in the store and they all looked like they came out of a magazine, it was impressive. Then again, in all the more "themed" stores, the salespeople dress the part amazingly. Anyway I thought it was really amusing. :) 3 | comment

A visit to the clinic 19 March 2012 11:44 :: mood | okay :: Okay so Friday night, I started to get a sore throat. I knew it meant that I was getting sick. :( Saturday morning I woke up in so much pain I could barely stand. I called the office and told them I couldn't go to work and passed out for the rest of the day almost. Sunday I felt a little better but still, not in the best condition to teach, so again, I stayed home. But I knew I had to go see a doctor about my throat because, throat infections = anti-biotics. My boss gave me this phone number of a medical information center. Basically you call them and tell them what doctor you want to see and where you live (and if you need an English speaking doctor). They then tell you to call them within 20 minutes and they'll find a few. So that's what I did and they gave me the addresses and phone numbers of 3 clinics. One of those is right behind my house so it was pretty obvious as to which one I will go to. Apparently, you don't need to make an appointment, you just show up. So this morning, I woke up at 8am and around 8:45 I headed to the clinic. I asked the nurse at the reception if there was an English speaking doctor and she called her. Her name is Ryoko Nakamura and she's the nicest person ever! ;_; She explained to me what to write on the note and told me it would take around an hour until someone will see me. So I sat down and waited. When my turn arrived, I was shown to a non-English speaking doctor, but it was ok because he spoke slowly and he already had the note saying what was wrong with me and if I had a fever or not. He did the regular checks for which you don't really need to speak English (say AAAH doesn't really count) and checked my heart, apologizing before every move of course (this is Japan after all). He then perscribed some medicine (asking if I was allergic to anything first of course) and that was it! I left the room and waited at the reception for them to tell me how much it cost and give me the perscription. Nakamura-sensei (:P) came and explained everything to me. Now because I used me foreign insurance and not my local one, I needed to get the receipts in English so she'll actually re-write them for me and send them in the mail for me. So I paid for the visit and then she took me to the pharmacy which was right across the street. There, she explained to the pharmacist all about the insurance thing and that he'll bring the receipt to her so she'll take care of it. I waited for him to prepare the medicine (it kinda took a while o_O) but then he came out and not only did he give me my medicine but he had 2 sheets of paper with him. One was in Japanese but with color pictures of the pills, the other one was an English translation of what was written on the Japanese page. Basically it's all the dosage and stuff like that. I was impressed! :) So I paid for the pills too and left. That's it! That's my visit to the clinic adventure! I have some pictures because it's cool to have pictures. :P (except I took them on my phone and it's being an ass and won't show me the files on the computer, so here are the pictures of the papers only...) ( yey papers! ) 2 | comment

17 March 2012 0:12 :: mood | sick :: So today I went to teach my longest day. It's a tough day because it's the only school I feel uncomfortable in (i have no idea why) and I have some tough students there. It used to be 2 groups, a 3 girl group and a 4 boy group one after the other. But now the boys group has reduced to 2 boys and we moved to a new book that I love much more because there's so much more to do so there's less dead awkward time. The girl group however is quite painful. The reason is that there are 2 strong girls and one girl who's really really really REALLY weak. She is struggling and I see it on her face and she's like me, when she doesn't get something, she shuts down. Instead of looking at the textbook and listening to the other girls when they say their answers, she just ignores everything which makes things worse. Basically she needs to go one whole text book back and do that one again. I told that to the manager and she said that even the girl said so. This made me SUPER happy, because it means she knows her own situation. So I agree, the student agrees and the manager agrees. What's the problem? The girl's mother is super strict... this means she might be offended and angry if we moved her daughter to a lower class. So I asked the manager to explain the mother that right now, her daughter's situation is hurting her daughter AND the other students because I have to stay a lot longer on things that I could finish faster. Also it makes her daughter seriously hate English. (Apparently she loves math though.) I hope the manager will convince the mother. It would be so great for everyone involved. If it was a private lesson, I could stay on the same page as many weeks as necessary, but with 2 other girls, who actually get it... It's become more and more painful. For example, on Thursdays I have a similar situation. An 11 year old boy somehow ended up using a more advanced book, but he has a private lesson. So I just take it one page at a time and do extra practice. This way everyone comes out happy :) In another class, because of all the schedule changes this time of year (new semester), they put 3 students, each from a different class and each in a different place in the book. Luckily though, the one who's farthest behind is really smart so while he might be learning something new, the others are getting a good review and no one feels like they're losing anything. Yeah, this is a long weird post. I just felt like writing this down. On a more annoying note, I think I'm getting sick. :(((( comment

16 March 2012 0:54 :: mood | sleepy :: I haven't written here in forever!! I've been settling in to my routine which is great. Although I have constant schedule changes, I'm trying my very best to not let it bother me, because in the end, when I'm actually teaching it doesn't matter. It only annoys me because they "moved my cheese" or basically messed with my ocd. Other than that, there was a big earthquake yesterday. I was on my 1st out of the 3 train stations on my way home when it struck. It was a little scary and I stayed away from the platform end but nothing happened except train delays. I got home about 30 minutes later than schedule which really isn't that bad, it was just that hopelessness of not exactly understanding what was going on. Since I don't have a cell phone/smart phone and all the announcements in the train stations were only in Japanese I had to connect my information from what I could understand and what other people were doing... Not fun. Finally, I'm thinking of starting a Vlog... I have a hard time writing things I find interesting sharing, so maybe it'll be easier talking about it? idk... I think it would be nice to do a vlog about surviving in Japan... we'll see. :) I'm very bad at constant updating so... Right! It's time to go to bed but I'll try and be better about this... Shira out! comment

03 March 2012 23:36 :: mood | blah :: So I'm feeling like an emotional rollercoaster. One moment I'm super happy, the other I'm extremely depressed... It's getting very tiring. I miss my friends terribly and my family and my dogs. It's very hard to restart everything. Even though that's exactly what I wanted, it's still really really hard. The loost work schedule isn't helping my "ocd" either which is just adding more stress. And then there's the other teachers. I love how friendly they are and they really are a support system in a completely foreign country. The problem is that I'm very different. I don't come from their country, English is not my mother tongue so there is no real relaxation there because I still need to think about what I say and how. This is actually really funny because I'm writing in English and I've been speaking English a lot back home too, but I guess not that much, not that often and with the teaching it's quite a lot. This is unexpected. Also, I'm socially awkward, I don't go to bars, I don't drink, I don't enjoy these things. This autimatically sets me apart. I do try! But it's just not it. Oh and there's the fact that they've astablished their life routine by now and know where they are. They're comfortable. They know the staff, they know the messed up things also and that's good! It's a place I'll be getting to in a few months (hopefully), but then, hearing the bad things about the company now is kinda disheartning... So yeah... It's hard. But the good things are, I'm enjoying 95% of my classes. I haven't had any major clashes in any of my schools (although my schedule tomorrow is annoying me) and I'm settling into a work routine. I guess the problem is the social life. But yes, I'm working on that too. I just... I don't really want western friends I guess? At least, I don't want that to be my main friends base. It makes no sense to me. I'm not going to be unfriendly or anything! Some of the other teachers are amazing! But yes, I need to reach outside of this bubble. So it's a good thing I have my first Japanese lesson tomorrow. It's one step closer. :) 1 | comment

25 February 2012 22:31 :: mood | good :: So, things have been getting better. :) I still have my off days but I've been having a lot of good days too! Today I was really proud of myself. In the morning I found out that there's a photography exhibition in Omotesando Hills of Jin Akanishi by Leslie Kee. It's only up for 3 days. I thought about going today but then I got stressed from it and thought I wouldn't. In the end I did go and I'm really glad I did! :) I got to see beautiful pictures, listen to Jin's new album which I preordered (and got 3 postcards of unpublished pics from the exhibit) AND bought 2 new pairs of glasses! :D So I'm really proud of myself that I didn't let my usual "but you didn't plan this a week ahead!" self take over and just went for it. I also personalized my Suica so now, if I ever lose it, I can get my money back :) This is important because I have this list of things I think will happen to me while in Japan. 2 of these things already happened: 1. I got locked out of my apartment. 2. (this happened today) I missed a step and fell. Of course, I had to fall and hit my already injured leg (the one I injured in New York). Another thing on that list is losing my Suica. So now, if it happens, I'll at least be able to get my money back :) comment

20 February 2012 22:13 :: mood | happy :: The last couple of days have been great! :) I received my very first paycheck! while it was only for January which means it was mostly reimburment for transportation, it was still great to get that. :) I also went to see Gyakuten Saiban (Ace Attorny, Phoenix Wright) with Yurie. It was a very cute movie and I had a good time. :) Today I got a package from home and my Ikea delivery so that was a great start to the day. The weather was lovely so I decided to go out and make a copy of my key. I remembered that a girl in my building has Mondays off too so I decided to be brave and knock on her door to invite her to come with me. This was a very smart idea. We went to Chiba, got my key copied and then hung around and had a great time! I even finally got a stiffling brush by MAC that I've been wanting for a while! She showed me tons of new places and was generally amazing company. In the end I also got the new L'Arc en Ciel album AND we went to an imported goods store so I got myself some Cherry Cola and Nutella! *_* If the weather will be as good tomorrow, I think I'll finally do that trip to Tokyo :) Harajuku and Shibuya. I hope things will keep being this good. :) Although if they will, I'll have to rework my budget >.> comment

15 February 2012 11:33 :: mood | okay :: Okay so on Monday night I did something really stupid. I left the house to myself something to eat for dinner but I forgot my keys and ended up locking myself out of my own apartment. Luckily my neighbors were in and I could call my head teacher. He said he didn't have a spare key so I should go to the guest house and go to the office in the morning to get the master key. There was a lot of crying involved and I was not a happy camper but I went to the guest house. There's a new teacher staying there so I had company and didn't have to wallow in self pity which was good. In the morning I got myself to the head office, took the key and went back home. This was Tuesday, the day I wanted to spend in Shibuya but the weather was nasty and I was not in the mood at all the leave the house. In the evening I did go out though and met up with a Japanese coworker. We went to a coffee shop and then an Izakaya. It was so much fun. ♥ After that we went and took some purikura which turned out hilarious and then started heading back home. Just then this hot guy asked me if I wanted to go Karaoke with him and his friends but I politely declined. It was late and also, going into a dark small room with people you don't know is not a smart idea. :P BUT I was flattered and it was a good ending for the day. :) Today I'm teaching but I managed to do the laundry first which I'm very happy with. I'm running out of clothes. I'm not in the best of moods but last night was great so I'm trying to hang on to that. :) Also I have my favourite class today!! So things should be perfectly fine. :) 3 | comment

11 February 2012 22:42 :: mood | optimistic :: This week has had its ups and downs. On Wednesday, the day I was most afraid of, I came to the conclusion that it's actually a great day and that as long as I come prepared with lots of extra stuff it should go really well. It's my favourite school so far with both the staff and the students. :) I then had Thursday off and decided to explore some stores I was told. Specifically Yuzawaya, and art supply store and Marusen, a book store that sells English books. Both stores are in a city called Tsudanuma which is a 20min train ride away. The Tsudanuma station area is really nice! It looked like a great place to hang out with friends. So yes, I went to Yuzawaya and was blown away. I spent an hour just walking between the isles. So many different art supplies! They had all the tools to make bags and stuff it was super cool (also tons of fabrics!!). Because I didn't really know what I wanted I didn't buy anything, but when I'll do, I'll know where to go ;) Then I went to Marusen and immediately found the English books section. I didn't actually want a book, I wanted an English-Japanese dictionary (which I found!!) and maybe a book to learn kanji (go it!). So I got those and then I went to eat at the mall across the street. In there there was a small store with lots of stockings and socks and frilly skirts. I got 3 pairs of stockings and 2 skirts. They were SUPER cheap I regret not getting more. I will >.> Anyway, then came Friday. Man that was not a bad day. I felt really home sick for some reason + it's the day when I have 2 difficult classes. One of the classes is mostly fine, it's just that there's a girl that's REALLY weak and she's frustrated by it and I don't know how to help her because it doesn't look like she wants help. After them I had my devil children class. 4 12 year old boys. Those kids were NASTY. But I need to remind myself that starting March it'll only be 2 of them. Also I need to not let it affect the whole day because after them I have a great class! (although 3 out of the 4 are leaving). I think that day is harder because it's mostly big classes. It's so much easier to work with only one or two students. But yes, today was nice! It didn't start nice, it started kinda nasty and scary. I have to change trains in a station called Soga. From there I take a train to Minami-Funabashi. Anyway, I was on the train to Minami-Funabashi but it didn't leave the station yet, it still had like 5 minutes? Anyway these two girls sat in front of me and we were sitting right next to the doors. This guy walks in and just stands in the corner between the train seats and the train door on the girls' side. I don't pay too much attention to him but then he moves and does the same thing on my side. That when I realize that he's rocking back and forth a little and being generally creepy. I move a couple of chairs away from him. A few seconds later, one of the girls grabs her friend's hand and BOLTS to the other side of the train. Dude was masturbating in the train D: it was nasty. Anyway he ran out of the train and so the train ride was fine. But that was kinda shocking. After that the day at the office was nice. I mostly cut papers and glued them. Very exciting. XD But yes, today is my one month anniversary of being in Japan! :) I'm very excited about that. Although I am starting to feel lonely, I know things will get better and I'll get myself some new friends. Everyone is super nice and welcoming and very very friendly. It's just that everyone has different days off and so it's hard to meet. But I'm going to hang out with a couple of teachers in a couple of weeks and it'll be fun! Tuesday is Valentine's Day and Japan takes that shit seriously. I have the day off that day and I'm kind of afraid to leave the house XD I don't want to walk around seeing couples all lovey-dovey... But I really wanna go to Tokyo... I haven't been to Harajuku since I got here!! That's blasphemy! comment

04 February 2012 20:49 :: mood | okay :: !! I'm having a very important week and forgetting to update about it! So yes, I started teaching this week!! Wednesday was my first day. I was a nervous wreck! I almost burst out crying and I was hyperventilating and an overall mess. But then the first class was really nice and the second one too! And the third and fourth too!! But then the fifth class was a bit of a mess, a class with 6 kids and I didn't really know what to do with them... That was hard. But the rest of the day went by smoothly. :) Then on Thursday I went to the head office and acted as a secretary for the day. That was okay. Yesterday was my second day teaching and it was okay also except for 2 classes: a group of 3 12 year old girls that don't show any sign of understanding or not understanding. Then a group of 4 12 year old boys. Thos boys are DEVIL CHILDREN. They don't speak a word of English, they don't want to be there, they don't care. :| But right after them I have a group of 4 13 year olds who are AMAZING. So really, 1 year makes all the difference apparently! O_O Today I was supposed to go to the head office, so that's what I did. I went all the day there and when I arrived they told me that a part time worker didn't show up for work (And didn't tell anyone!!) so I need to go and sub him. The school he works in is 1 stop away from my house ;_; so I came all the way to the office for nothing. I RAN to the train and arrived at the school. I want to take over that schedule! ;_; seriously, today was so much better! All the kids/adults were amazing and interesting and fun! I had a Neurosurgeon!!! How cool is that right?? Also Andrew, my neighbor was teaching there so we went back home together and we went to eat some seriously delicious ramen! :D :D Tomorrow I'm teaching at the head office. :) I hope it'll go as well as it went today. On Monday I have a day off but then on Tuesday instead of a day off, I have a PR Event and I'm subbing. So I'll be up from around 6am until 23:00 X_X Kinda harsh, but I said I'll try. I'll get a day off on Thursday instead. It's funny, those PR events are voluntary (we get paid but it's not a mandatory thing), but they signed me up on them as if I don't have a choice so even if I don't really want to, I feel a little bad refusing... Anyway, we'll see. :) 4 | comment

30 January 2012 20:07 :: mood | ecstatic :: That's it! I moved to my apartment!! I'm so excited. I love it! It's small but not so small it's unliveable. There's tons of natural light and it's much warmer than the guest house! Also I seem to have great neighbors! I hope I'll be able to make it look and feel like home very soon. :) 6 | comment

29 January 2012 21:53 :: mood | excited :: So today I had my last observation before I start officially working. (I still have 2 more later on but I'll already be working so it'll be different). Today was different because 1. It's in the morning, which is great. Monday and Tuesday are my days off so to have Sunday end early means I start me "weekend" early! :) (by early I mean I get home around 19:30 rather than 23:00). Also, most of the day is made up of private lessons with older students so it's very laid back. Except for the very last lesson which is made up of four 3 year old childern. O_O; That shit is crazy XD It's a tiny room and the moms sit in the class too because if they don't then the kids start crying ^^; Also it's 50 minutes of making a complete fool of myself while the kids just stare. :P Oh well. Tonight is my last night at the guest house! Tomorrow morning I'll be moving to my apartment! I'm super excited about that. I want to be there already and settle down and just make the place feel like home. :) 6 | comment

29 January 2012 8:23 :: mood | amused :: Japan vs. the rest of the world: Curriers are coming around 12:00pm today to take my luggage. My job was to make sure my bags are ready, put a sticker on them and put them outside on the porch. I'm leaving for work in about 10min and that means that the bags will be outside, unsupervised for 3.5 hours. But this is Japan. This means that if it's not bicycles or an umbrella, they won't touch it. I love Japan. comment

27 January 2012 18:30 :: mood | excited :: So I have officially finished my training!! :D :D I'm not entirely done with my observations (I have 3 more, 1 on Sunday and 2 neext month) but that's something else. I have a day off tomorrow which is good because I need to pack everything. On Sunday people are coming to take my bags and on Monday I'M MOVING TO MY APARTMENT!!!!! I'm so excited about this. I want to be there and unpack everything and start making the place pretty and my own. Then on Wednesday I'm starting to teach. This is exciting and nerve wracking as I've already mentioned but I want it to happen already. I want it to be mid-march XD Why mid-march? Well because by then I should be sort of okay with the classes + the schedule will be fixed and I might get my own classes (as opposed to ones I inherit from other teachers). Also I'll be closer to getting my visa. I WANT THAT VISA. So yes. :) 4 | comment

26 January 2012 8:26 :: mood | sick :: WEIRD AS HELL. Facebook isn't working, Twitter isn't working, my Yahoo!Mail isn't working. The only things that seem to be working are my gmail, Hyperdia and LJ. O_O Since when is LJ the one to actually work? :O Anyway yeah, I'm sick. I've been sleeping terribly for 3 days now, my nose is super runny and my eyes want to get out of their sockets. I took 2 anti cold medicine pills and sprayed my nose. I still look half dead but at least I can somewhat breathe. I'm contemplating getting a face mask. I want my dad's chicken soup :( that would be awesome right now. Oh well. Off to the train station. 8 | comment

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