Bloom In Japan

Well yesterday marked the 2-month mark for my time in Japan, and needless to say it has been a wild ride so far. The next week will bring about even more changes, as I move into Tokyo, start 2 new jobs, and wait to hear WTF is going on with my last job.

Thursday afternoon I will officially make my move into Tokyo prefecture, as I settle in a few minutes walk from the heart of Ikebukuro. I managed to get my address and find the house, and while the place itself looks like shit from the outside, the location is absolutely perfect. From front door to standing on a train at Ikebukuro Station was less than a 15 minute walk, including wait time at 3 traffic lights and dodging thousands of people. To make things better, my main branch for one of my new jobs is at the station, so I will be able to freaking walk to work. How cool is that? I will be a little sad leaving Miyoshi Town, but it’s been my goal to live in Tokyo, so this will be quite exciting for me.

I finished training for one of the new jobs yesterday, and will technically start work on Friday, although I have yet to create my schedule. I plan on working as much as possible over the next few months to build up some funds and recover from the bullshit that has gone down over the past 9 weeks. I just receieved another offer for a 2-day per week contract at a corporate training company, and I plan on accepting it. I should be able to get some valuable experience working in a professional environment, and the money will be decent. In addition I hope that living in Tokyo will open up the possibilities for teaching private lessons and getting some grub money while I await my first paychecks from the “real” jobs. Things are going to be tight for the next couple months, but hopefully things will work out.

NOVA is set to make an announcement on Thursday regarding the future of the company. Surprisingly 10+ companies have expressed interest in buying them out, so it will be interesting to see what happens as far as backed wages and everything. At the very least maybe the students will be able to use their old points, but I’d obviously like to see SOME money for the 2 months of service I “volunteered”.

At any rate, I’m still a prick and have not uploaded all the media that I have stored, but I will do my best this week in between moving and everything. Beyond that, I hope things are going well back home with everyone. I see the temps are quickly falling, luckily we are still at a reasonable range here. Anyways, I shall try to catch up with everyone soon, mata ne.