06/07/2008: "I've made it!"

In Nagoya

Well, contrary to what the picture says (which was taken in Nagoya), I'm in Shunan now (sometimes called Tokuyama, seeing as it was only renamed 3 years ago). Unfortunately, my apartment isn't ready yet (the old teacher is still living there), so I'll be living at my boss' house for the next week (I move into my apartment on Saturday, or so I hear).

So now I'm trying to find a nice balance between unpacking (I kinda need my stuff to start work this week) and not unpacking (I don't want to repack in only 1 week). I'll let you know how it goes!

Other than that.. I'm doing all right. Had a really good time in Nagoya, and enjoyed spending time with Risa's family (they're all really great people). Yesterday, I went to Nagoya castle and spent a few hours there.. it's pretty interesting. Would I recommend it? Not really, if you have anything else to do. But luckily for me (?), I didn't! So it was a good way to spend a few hours.

I'm not sure what else there is to say other than.. I'm still kicking, I've finally made it to my new 'home city', and that I have about another week to kill before I can start the process of making a life. I'll probably wind up making a flickr account in the next few days and just uploading a ton of pictures, since I'm too lazy to do it manually. Tomorrow, I'm meeting some of my coworkers (both the non-native Japanese teachers and the native speakers like myself), and otherwise have the day free. Here. At my boss' house. I should iron some clothes so I have something nicer to wear for my first few days.

This week, I need to open a bank account (should take a week or so), and then I'll be able to purchase a cell phone and get a plan for that. Fun, fun.. should (ideally) have one within the next two weeks or so. I'll have internet at least for the next week (till I move out of my boss' house), and then I'm not sure when I'll regularly be online again.

Well, that's about it for now. Wish me luck! I'm gonna go pretend I'm a teacher this week!


Jason

On Sunday, June 8th, kat said:

this is so exciting!...wishing you luck teaching. i'm sure you'll do great. i can't wait to hear about your new apt.
Take care,
Kat