Yesterday afternoon: my computer starts acting weird. I decide to back up all my important stuff to my external hard drive ( Read more... )

That's... pretty much all there is to report. I never got around to installing shelves and my refrigerator is rather squat, so there was never any danger of falling furniture. The building did sway for a while after the initial tremor was finished, which made me a bit nervous, but nothing happened and I am fine.

I don't think I ever realized what a wildly energetic and vital person I was before getting this job. I'm not sure if it's the job itself or just the inevitable result of taking an eight-to-five job with my sleep cycle, but the last two months I've been coming home absolutely drained. That's part of the reason I haven't been posting (also because ( Read more... )

I said I'd post, but I'm too lazy so far to do complex things like recall the previous week. Here's a picture of my cat ( Read more... )

FINALLY got actual internet in my apartment. Will post more later, but right now I have two months of internet to catch up on.

I finally found a way to access the internet properly! There's a net cafe in Nagaoka, which is merely an hour's train ride from Muikamachi ( Read more... )

Contrary to what I originally thought, today was not my first class, but my first meeting with the teachers. So it looks like I'll know things like the students' level and textbook before I start. Phew ( Read more... )

I arrived at my placement, moved in, and was promptly greeted by a high fever and matching cold symptoms. I'm writing this on my cell, which can display enoughof LJ to post, but not to read. Other methods of contact with the outside world may be unavailable for two to three weeks. Health insurance may take even longer. Thankfully my disease ( Read more... )

Still no karaoke. Tomorrow is the last day of training, in which we present, with a partner, half of a 20 minute lesson to a class made up of our peers and trainers. After the lesson is over, our lesson plan and teaching skills are criticized. I'm sure I'll get around to being worried eventually (probably all at once, five minutes into the ( Read more... )

I'm still placed in Tookamachi (knock on wood). This morning, they told me that they might have to change my placement again, but thankfully they changed their minds about changing their minds. I've signed the first of many contracts putting me on my way to getting an apartment, so hopefully there won't be any last minute changes ( Read more... )