Late-night prayer
Dear Lord,
I pray that at least one of these companies will hire me. Most importantly, I pray that I do not regret applying and/or accepting any of them. If it is your will that I do not go and kick myself for 12 months for signing up with what may be the deepest ring of eikawa hell, then so be it. But you've gotten me this far, and so I'm going to keep trusting you.
Amen,
Love MAB
As you can see, interview #2 is upon us! Even if they don't choose me, I'm keeping this nifty body chart frog_summoner helped me with. For something I pulled from my bum in 20 minutes, it's pretty bitchin'. I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that AEON, AEON Amity or ECC will snap me up like the eager, three-eyed fish I am. I'm just hoping that I'm doing the right thing. After crunching some numbers, I'm not going to save up as much as I thought I would be, and after perusing through Let's Japan message boards (and the interview itself) it appears that the job is more retail-oriented than I thought. And then there are the usual paranoias like earthquakes. Thanks a lot, "World's Deadliest Earthquakes" special. Of course it goes into details about every other country and Japan gets a two-minute blurb before the specialists go into detail speculating the huge earthquake that will "eventually" hit New York. Nothing about earthquake technology engineered into buildings or subway systems, no emergency safety tips, NOTHING.
And bananas! Are bananas going to eat little 10 000-yen holes into my budget?! What about getting a phone? And where to buy a maki maker? And why in sam heck do we not get a microwave? I mean COME ON! It's going to take me at least a week to figure out how the damn gas stove works, I guarantee it. Culture shock makes me forget things, hence the reason I drank so much my first time in Ghana and I forgot how to walk. IT HAPPENED. *panics* Sweet merciful crap I'm going through culture shock already. Must watch something stupid and North American on TV - STAT.
Ah, "The Wrong Coast." And their satirizing "When Harry Met Sally." This cartoon is horrible. Ooh, "Independence Day." Now I feel a bit better. Thanks, Action Network.
P.S. I can't remember who I talked to about how awful NOVA is, but I found that anecdote about the butt-stained smouldering apartment. Turns out the company is GEOS. Either way, I'm not complaining. Enjoy.
I pray that at least one of these companies will hire me. Most importantly, I pray that I do not regret applying and/or accepting any of them. If it is your will that I do not go and kick myself for 12 months for signing up with what may be the deepest ring of eikawa hell, then so be it. But you've gotten me this far, and so I'm going to keep trusting you.
Amen,
Love MAB
As you can see, interview #2 is upon us! Even if they don't choose me, I'm keeping this nifty body chart frog_summoner helped me with. For something I pulled from my bum in 20 minutes, it's pretty bitchin'. I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that AEON, AEON Amity or ECC will snap me up like the eager, three-eyed fish I am. I'm just hoping that I'm doing the right thing. After crunching some numbers, I'm not going to save up as much as I thought I would be, and after perusing through Let's Japan message boards (and the interview itself) it appears that the job is more retail-oriented than I thought. And then there are the usual paranoias like earthquakes. Thanks a lot, "World's Deadliest Earthquakes" special. Of course it goes into details about every other country and Japan gets a two-minute blurb before the specialists go into detail speculating the huge earthquake that will "eventually" hit New York. Nothing about earthquake technology engineered into buildings or subway systems, no emergency safety tips, NOTHING.
And bananas! Are bananas going to eat little 10 000-yen holes into my budget?! What about getting a phone? And where to buy a maki maker? And why in sam heck do we not get a microwave? I mean COME ON! It's going to take me at least a week to figure out how the damn gas stove works, I guarantee it. Culture shock makes me forget things, hence the reason I drank so much my first time in Ghana and I forgot how to walk. IT HAPPENED. *panics* Sweet merciful crap I'm going through culture shock already. Must watch something stupid and North American on TV - STAT.
Ah, "The Wrong Coast." And their satirizing "When Harry Met Sally." This cartoon is horrible. Ooh, "Independence Day." Now I feel a bit better. Thanks, Action Network.
P.S. I can't remember who I talked to about how awful NOVA is, but I found that anecdote about the butt-stained smouldering apartment. Turns out the company is GEOS. Either way, I'm not complaining. Enjoy.