impatience. <3
for once being impatient has really paid off! :D
so, my plan of spending only 5,000yen (~$50 USD) a week, while really REALLY hard, had been going as planned for a week and a half, but as i said it was really hard. being so tight on money on top of stressing over getting the visa in general was beyond "sucking" and so by the end of the first week i was already digging through the internet frantically trying to find a way to be able to apply for the visa sooner than payday which is still 2+ weeks away.
eventually i found out that credit card limits can be used instead of bank statements as evidence of having what aussie immigration deems "sufficient funds" to start off with ($5,000 AUD). this was awesome news because I just so happened to be approved for such a credit limit a few months ago-- w00t! how lucky is that?? D; i had already prepared all the other necessary documentation for the visa and so yesterday, with a document stating my credit limit in hand, i could FINALLY apply for the visa...!!
which of course i did and have gotten results back already...!
I WAS APPROVED!! INSTANTLY!!!
i'm so happy...... that's SUCH a HUGE weight off my mind.... :'(( for months i'd been researching and gathering documents (birth certif, transcripts, etc) and finally it's all come to a happy ending. but guess what, the approval was so instantaneous that i don't even have a chance to upload and attach ANY of the documentation i had to my application. you have to submit the application first and then upload and attach scans/photos of the necessary documentation but before i could even do that my app was already processed and approved... D; i hadn't even NEEDED passport photos... my birth certificate... evidence of $5,000... ANY of the stuff that had been listed as required.
my extreme excitement and relief was tainted with "WTF?"
...but i can't complain. i'm so fkin happy. 8D i'm one big step closer to being on my way to living in Australia. :] now that i can fkin BREATHE financially again (even if i do still need to save as much money as possible), i feel alive again. maybe i'll get to enjoy Tokyo (leaving tomorrow night) one last time after all. :) 5,000yen really doesn't go as far as $50 in America would...
anyway, now that i have a 12 month vissssssaaaaaaaaaaaaa (happpyyyyy!), i can book my flight to Australia! but i still havn't heard from T-san about me flying to Australia (see this entry). i haven't brought up the issue with her because i haven't felt like dealing with her, but i know that i'll never hear anything about the matter again unless i do bring it up. she's such an an ass like that. :/ after talking and talking to her about an issue she'll say she'll take care of it and then never mention it again as if hoping that you'll forget about it and she wont have to deal with it anymore. anyway, i need to get on her about it. -_-;
T-san aside, another thing that's stopping me from booking a flight right now is that i cant decide if i want to do one last trip in Japan before leaving for Australia. i really can't afford it... but there are places that i've really been wanting to go to. :/ it's a matter of doing stuff i really want to do vs. having a nicer cushion of money for when i'll be jobless. as awesome as it would be to see more of Japan (i havent even seen Mt. Fuji yet damnit!), it would also be reaaally nice to be able to live comfortably for longer without a job.
decisions decisions...
i think i've earned atleast an hour in a cat cafe while in Tokyo.
so, my plan of spending only 5,000yen (~$50 USD) a week, while really REALLY hard, had been going as planned for a week and a half, but as i said it was really hard. being so tight on money on top of stressing over getting the visa in general was beyond "sucking" and so by the end of the first week i was already digging through the internet frantically trying to find a way to be able to apply for the visa sooner than payday which is still 2+ weeks away.
eventually i found out that credit card limits can be used instead of bank statements as evidence of having what aussie immigration deems "sufficient funds" to start off with ($5,000 AUD). this was awesome news because I just so happened to be approved for such a credit limit a few months ago-- w00t! how lucky is that?? D; i had already prepared all the other necessary documentation for the visa and so yesterday, with a document stating my credit limit in hand, i could FINALLY apply for the visa...!!
which of course i did and have gotten results back already...!
I WAS APPROVED!! INSTANTLY!!!
i'm so happy...... that's SUCH a HUGE weight off my mind.... :'(( for months i'd been researching and gathering documents (birth certif, transcripts, etc) and finally it's all come to a happy ending. but guess what, the approval was so instantaneous that i don't even have a chance to upload and attach ANY of the documentation i had to my application. you have to submit the application first and then upload and attach scans/photos of the necessary documentation but before i could even do that my app was already processed and approved... D; i hadn't even NEEDED passport photos... my birth certificate... evidence of $5,000... ANY of the stuff that had been listed as required.
my extreme excitement and relief was tainted with "WTF?"
...but i can't complain. i'm so fkin happy. 8D i'm one big step closer to being on my way to living in Australia. :] now that i can fkin BREATHE financially again (even if i do still need to save as much money as possible), i feel alive again. maybe i'll get to enjoy Tokyo (leaving tomorrow night) one last time after all. :) 5,000yen really doesn't go as far as $50 in America would...
anyway, now that i have a 12 month vissssssaaaaaaaaaaaaa (happpyyyyy!), i can book my flight to Australia! but i still havn't heard from T-san about me flying to Australia (see this entry). i haven't brought up the issue with her because i haven't felt like dealing with her, but i know that i'll never hear anything about the matter again unless i do bring it up. she's such an an ass like that. :/ after talking and talking to her about an issue she'll say she'll take care of it and then never mention it again as if hoping that you'll forget about it and she wont have to deal with it anymore. anyway, i need to get on her about it. -_-;
T-san aside, another thing that's stopping me from booking a flight right now is that i cant decide if i want to do one last trip in Japan before leaving for Australia. i really can't afford it... but there are places that i've really been wanting to go to. :/ it's a matter of doing stuff i really want to do vs. having a nicer cushion of money for when i'll be jobless. as awesome as it would be to see more of Japan (i havent even seen Mt. Fuji yet damnit!), it would also be reaaally nice to be able to live comfortably for longer without a job.
decisions decisions...
i think i've earned atleast an hour in a cat cafe while in Tokyo.