Bounce
Well, ass-backward as it may seem, I've decided to transfer back to Nagano. To be honest, I put more thought into the decision to go back than I did into coming to Osaka in the first place. While it's been nice to see my friends down here, and the vastly larger selection of guitar shops and Mexican restaurants is as good as you'd expect, I've found life in the city to be really uncomfortable. There's just too damn many people. I feel kind of dirty all the time - the air's polluted, any enclosed space collects dust like a motherfucker, the tap water tastes like Megatron's asshole, and I'm surrounded every day by ten million salarymen oozing last night's shochu from their pores. Plus the summer's been pretty miserable and I can easily see the winter being gray and clammy and nasty.
Here's another thing. I never really minded working for Nova before I came down here. Now I really do feel like a cog in an uncaring machine. I'm one of the better instructors, probably top 5 or 10 percent (no point in false modesty - that's not exactly a great accomplishment), and I get treated exactly the same as any borderline incompetent piece of shit. It's depressing.
I just want to be comfortable and happy. I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to stay in Japan, and I want the remainder of my time here to be a positive experience.
Anyway, I sent in my application for the JLPT today. Taking 2-kyuu again, and I ought to pass it this time. I'm preparing by reading a book of short stories, though at some stage I'll need to focus on the crap they actually put on the test. Oh, and I got a nice new electronic dictionary, the Sharp PW-V9400.
Here's another thing. I never really minded working for Nova before I came down here. Now I really do feel like a cog in an uncaring machine. I'm one of the better instructors, probably top 5 or 10 percent (no point in false modesty - that's not exactly a great accomplishment), and I get treated exactly the same as any borderline incompetent piece of shit. It's depressing.
I just want to be comfortable and happy. I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to stay in Japan, and I want the remainder of my time here to be a positive experience.
Anyway, I sent in my application for the JLPT today. Taking 2-kyuu again, and I ought to pass it this time. I'm preparing by reading a book of short stories, though at some stage I'll need to focus on the crap they actually put on the test. Oh, and I got a nice new electronic dictionary, the Sharp PW-V9400.