Well, it's not really a check, but I did send out my contract for GEOS today. Tomorrow, GEOS will recieve my signed contract offically making me an employee of the GEOS Language Corperation. Cost a small fortune to send that thing off, but it'll be worth it in the end.

Japan, here I come!

Sayonara

This morning after a mostly sleepless night, I finally made my call to Toronto to hear the results of my interview. The phone was answered by Makoto-san, the same woman who gave me my last interview. She recognized my voice and transferred me to Steven, the other person who interviewed me. He informed me that the results had just come in and he ( Read more... )

Well, today it's all over. I've done all I can do. I gave the best lesson I knew how, and it's all past tense now. Then, I had to get my last interview. This is what happened ( Read more... )

Last night, I discovered why they call this the city that never sleeps. You can't sleep because of all the noise. Couple that with excitement about making it to stage three, you get a very sleepy Jordan ( Read more... )

This is a retry when my first post got cut off. Stupid internet. Right as I post, it cuts me off ( Read more... )

Today, has actually been a good day, but it ends on a totally depressing note. First the good news. First of all, I worked out today. Ran a decent mile, and put up a new max bench of 185 pounds. Then, got my first information from GEOS. I'm excited about the interview, but the hours listed in the information packet are kinda bad.... I'd work ( Read more... )

This morning, I've been a busy person. I called Cheap Tickets Gold (of which I am now a temporary member) and have booked my trip to New York. I'm going to be flying in to NYC around 2 in the afternoon on Thursday and I'm going to have a whole day in Manhattan to enjoy myself. Then, at 11 on Friday, I'm going to go to the Empire State Building ( Read more... )

As everyone knows, I got shot down from JET because of a small mistake in my application. I believed my dream of becoming a teacher in Japan was dead. Then, I found out about GEOS and AEON. I've been biding my time waiting to apply, and I did yesterday. Today, I got an email back from GEOS ( Read more... )

Today, I finally got to do something I've wanted to do for a long time. I played with Gallium! It wasn't quite as I imagined it since it takes so long for it to melt, but once it melts, it's WAY cooler than I thought. For those of you that don't know, Gallium is directly under Aluminum in the periodic table and has many interesting features. ( Read more... )

Today, I ran my first timed mile. I clocked in at 7:12. Not bad for a first try. If I can just shave a little over one second per lap, a quite modest goal, I can break 7 minutes. Here's hoping.

Sayonara