Woot! I'm official! Got my new visa today and a new re-entry permit, so I'm signed-up and ready for another year in Japan! It also means that my passport is all ready for my trip back home. Only 4 weeks and 2 sleeps to go! Yippee!
There was way too many exclamation marks in that last paragraph so I'm gonna calm myself down a bit and tell you about something else...
Am still ploughing through the letters I received from my students. I'm determined to read every single one of them, even if it takes me the next 10 years! Was reading one today from one of my 6th grade students (12 years old) it's quite a long letter but at the end it says that there are three questions he needs to ask me; 1. Are you single? 2. Why did you want to become and English teacher? and 3. How much do you get paid? Cheeky little swine! I couldn't stop laughing.
On Monday night I stumbled across 'Shipwrecked 2008' on the tinter-web. Wooooo-hooooo! My favourite programme in the world! I know at home the next season has started but I didn't get to see any of last years with being out here. I've only watched the first two episodes but I'm hooked already! Loving the third island scenario!
So I've had a lot of contact with my company over the last couple of weeks, which has been strange because I've not spoken to them in almost 9 months and they completely forget I'm here most of the time (not that I mind too much - it means I can do pretty much what I want). Anyway, I was chatting away and mentioned that I had just come back from the Sapporo Snow Festival. BIG mistake! The next thing I know I'm writing an article for the Company online newsletter! I didn't even know there WAS a company newsletter! When will I ever learn to keep my trap shut?! It's only gotta be 200-400 words though so shouldn't be too much of a problem. In fact, I fear the problem will be keeping it UNDER 400 words! Although, looking at other aricles for the newsletter, they are quite informative rather than waffle - which I specialise in - so not sure how I'll get on with that. We'll see...
There was way too many exclamation marks in that last paragraph so I'm gonna calm myself down a bit and tell you about something else...
Am still ploughing through the letters I received from my students. I'm determined to read every single one of them, even if it takes me the next 10 years! Was reading one today from one of my 6th grade students (12 years old) it's quite a long letter but at the end it says that there are three questions he needs to ask me; 1. Are you single? 2. Why did you want to become and English teacher? and 3. How much do you get paid? Cheeky little swine! I couldn't stop laughing.
On Monday night I stumbled across 'Shipwrecked 2008' on the tinter-web. Wooooo-hooooo! My favourite programme in the world! I know at home the next season has started but I didn't get to see any of last years with being out here. I've only watched the first two episodes but I'm hooked already! Loving the third island scenario!
So I've had a lot of contact with my company over the last couple of weeks, which has been strange because I've not spoken to them in almost 9 months and they completely forget I'm here most of the time (not that I mind too much - it means I can do pretty much what I want). Anyway, I was chatting away and mentioned that I had just come back from the Sapporo Snow Festival. BIG mistake! The next thing I know I'm writing an article for the Company online newsletter! I didn't even know there WAS a company newsletter! When will I ever learn to keep my trap shut?! It's only gotta be 200-400 words though so shouldn't be too much of a problem. In fact, I fear the problem will be keeping it UNDER 400 words! Although, looking at other aricles for the newsletter, they are quite informative rather than waffle - which I specialise in - so not sure how I'll get on with that. We'll see...
I too wrote articles for a local paper :) But they wanted a very very short article... Like 50 words or so. I need to get my visa as well as a new re-entry permit. was your visa a 1 year or 3 years?
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