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Family
Brother needs to knuckle down to studying and sucking it up and letting me check his work. His grades have been better recently but they're still not great.
School
So I've pretty much accepted that my Masters year has been pretty crappy by all standards. The exam I took last week was a load of horse crap, I hardly studied for it and I never hardly study for an exam and it went perfectly fine which was more infuriating. Two of my three assignments for this trimester are handed in, the other is due Friday. I still have a lot of work to do on it but I'm free all this week. I hope to be out of school by the end of this academic year. If I don't get JETs then I'll go for a job, I can't afford any more education as it is and I need a break.
Lecturing
In February I covered a lecture for someone in the Life Sciences department and was supposed to cover another a few weeks ago, as agreed with the other member of my class. I was going to e-mail the lecturer in question to ask a few questions about what I should cover when it turns out that my classmate had thrown me under a bus and told the lecturer I didn't know about the lecture and that he had already written one for that session. Somehow I wasn't even angry, just disappointed. I skipped class to avoid him, not that we covered anything important anyways. I still need to get in touch with the lecturer about getting paid and I'll probably have to see that bastard again but I think I'm ready to give him a piece of my mind. I still don't understand why he did it, he knew that I could do with the teaching experience and the pay, it's not really an issue for him, he already has a full time job and a company of his own (In IT) he's not going into teaching and it's not like he doesn't make good money whereas that money would be really useful for me, sure it's not going to make or break me sure but I certainly have more immediate use for it.
Work
Urgh. I'm getting out, I want to say. Things have settled a bit after Christmas but the same issues are still present. Frankly even if I don't get a job after finishing my Masters it'll make financial and practical sense to move back in with my parents. I can job transfer to a local branch but that's worst case scenario. At least living with my parents will make it easier to save up for a PhD.
Life
Been better.
Japanese Class
I had so much fun on the beginners course, I was top of the class and I've signed up for the next level which starts next week. Looking forward to. After the final class of the beginners course we went to Sensei's house for a Japanese food party, it was a lot of fun, I haven't laughed like that in ages. Also being the good house guest I took a little box of chocolates, I have never seen someone get so excited for a little box of chocolates. I was a little shocked, but apparently she also eats cookies for breakfast. Her husband was also really nice (He's English). We got to make Maki, Okonomiyaki and had tempura vegetables.
Driving
I sucked up and brought a driving lessons package again. I think I'm getting over the whole hating driving thing and getting better.
Housemates
Urgh. Anything more and I'll be here all day.
Still haven't heard back from JETs but still hoping. It should be soon as it's April. So nervous.