1) I passed the second translation exam. I will now be registered at two freelance translation agencies ( Read more... )

Well it's official. I am now the former Asahikawa CIR. I had my final translation job today, worked a bit on the translation test I still have to do, and cleaned up my work computer. As they have been for several weeks now, my coworkers were too busy to really do anything for me, and most weren't even around to say goodbye to me when I left around ( Read more... )

Last day at work! I even took part of the afternoon off, so I will done with everything as of 3:15pm this afternoon. From there I'm going to try to finish up this translation test, get it sent off, and then, uh, yeah, decide what the hell I'm going to do with the rest of my life ( Read more... )

After treating me like their personal slave for the past few weeks, my office has now informed me that if I don't find employment in Japan by the time my contract ends, I will be forced to change my current translator's visa to a temporary visitor one. Considering how difficult it is to get a translator's visa in the first place, if I lose the one ( Read more... )

I have now finished with my final event as Asahikawa CIR. My last day at work will be next Friday. I will become homeless as of July 31st ( Read more... )

It is 18:03 as I type this right now. In 2 hours and 27 minutes, I will be done with Fun Fridays forever. It will be a wonderful feeling. Then I will go back to my nightmare of an apartment and remember that I have to somehow clean and clear out everything in it in 3 weeks. Then my feelings will not be so wonderful ( Read more... )

Well I'm updating my journal for the first time in what feels like a really long time. I had a really good time in Shikoku, visiting Ritsurin Park and Yashima in Takamatsu, Konpira in Kotohira, the Iya Valley, Kochi Castle and the Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial, Takamatsu and Naruto (even though I didn't get to see any of the famed whirlpools ><), ( Read more... )

After 6 months of early morning interviews, nightmarish canceled trips and broken promises, hundreds of dollars lost, and yes, even some blood and tears, Nintendo has finally informed me that I did not get the job with them.

So, um, yeah. I have no future now. I might go hurl my DS out the window now after how they treated me.

http://freemv.b-ch.com/excp/elementhunters/Element_hunter_pv_1m.asx

Yes, the show looks awful. But I still want to watch it. Besides, Houko's in it! And the OP's by Ishikawa Chiaki! What could possibly go wrong?

So I'm going to be typing this entry while simultaneously working on the presentation for my speech on Japanese and American cuisine. Thus it will probably take twice as long as it would have if I just sat down and did each of them separately, but I'm having a lot of trouble focusing today and my eye is bothering me for some reason, so I need to ( Read more... )