Guess who's booked her first job interview for the same day she'll be falling down snowy slopes for seven hours straight? :D ( Read more... )

So, where was I on the job front? Well, last week I had decided to only look at university advertisements sanctioned with an "Exchange student OK!" label and/or English teaching posts. Now, I'd love to work to improve people's English conversation, I'm genuinely enthusiastic about it and see it as something of a worthy cause, but teaching? Ugh, ( Read more... )

So after spending almost an entire month's scholarship on the weekend in Hokkaido and this month's bills, I'm thinking more seriously about getting a job here. Now, last night the kareshi and I went to a lovely European restaurant we've visited before and is probably my favourite restaurant in Japan. The atmosphere is very homey, the service is ( Read more... )

Anyone remember back to me applying for a hotel receptionist's job for the summer? I didn't get the form handed back before going to Canada, for which I kick myself because it was almost entirely completed, and I got a letter today saying that the only vacancies are in the housekeeping department, as a Room Maid (I'm not sure why they gave it ( Read more... )

Stayed at the kareshi's last night, and found myself living the stereotype, as he fell asleep while I was pouring my heart out over some stuff. Didn't help that I'm still trying to even out my post-jetlag sleeping, so had to read half a book on the Japanese economy to get to sleep ( Read more... )

I'm going home for a couple of days, in part for my sister's first holy communion tomorrow, in part to throw my CV about town and see what throws interviews back, and in part, if possible, to meet up with rachelmanija. *crosses fingers* Just a heads-up to people I know in RL, and I'll be back on Monday night (timed to get in at 2am, with the whole night ( Read more... )

You know, it really bothers me when you say sorry to someone and they respond with "All right." I just called in sick to work for, oh, about the third time in two years, having made it quite clear at work last night that I wasn't feeling well, and "All right" just makes it sound like he thinks I'm just skiving. No. Really, no. I will be at home ( Read more... )

Things I have said today at work, completely unintentionally:

"So you'll be getting Stoned then?"

"Right, that's The Perfect Man, due back on Monday ( Read more... )