In scouts there’s thousands of little lessons to learn. One of them is on packing. I learned a long time ago that you always pack your backpack twice– sometimes even three times. This is to estimate weight vs. essentials and to pullout unnecessary stuff. Often, with regards to weight, you always need to pack [...]
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If you don’t already know… One who leaves his or hers own native country to live in another country is known as an “Ex-patriot” or “ex-pat” for short. Ex-Patriot is made up of the prefix “ex-” and “patriot”. Supposedly “patriot” was coined in 1596 from the French word patriote and it’s meaning being One’s [...] According to my passport I left Japan January 4th, 2007 which means I was in the US by either Jan 4th, or Jan 3rd (with the time difference). That equates to nearly two and a half years that have passed since I last lived ‘somewhere else.’ A lot of things have happened between then [...] Late night… did the JET Orientation thing all day today and while I’m tired– I couldn’t sleep. So I loaded up the 2003 film “The Last Samurai” with Tom Cruise and watched it. It’s amazing that however inaccurate that film is or however misrepresenting of Japan– it’s the only movie that by the end [...] At church today I joined my parents and listened as the preacher preached about Greed and money… At the conclusion of the service we all got up and made to the door. My mom saw someone who worked at Clark College (where she works) and went into ‘the update pitch’.. You know.. the go-to [...] How to cancel your TMobile phone service if you’re moving to Japan without the (rediculous) fee. Let me guess… You found out you’re going to teach English in Japan? Woot! Awesome… you get the packet and find out all the fees of getting paper-work and stuff is on your dime, however. (Suck) Then on top of all that you probably have personal stuff like your TMobile Phone contract you’ll have to cancel– which isn’t cheap either. I’m in this boat and I’m thinking the cost to move is getting uncanny. So I called Tmobile today to get the scoop on moving while you’re still on contract. (To make it short):
Continue reading Tmobile: Send us a post card  Got an email today at 2pm (5pm EST) that said: “Dear JET Program Applicant: It is our great pleasure to inform you that you have successfully passed the 2nd stage screening process for the 2009 JET Program year and are now on the final short-list of ALT candidates. You have been scheduled for placement [...] So it’s been a couple of days since I’ve started James Heisig’s First Kanji Book, Remember the Kanji: A Complete Guide on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters. The report is that I haven’t given up… Somehow between the actual chance at remembering them and the fact I [...] This post I should have posted sooner I know, but I knew it would be posted someday– And here it is! Yea! My big hang up from posting this was due to the fact that I wasn’t sure how much to post. Luckily a former professor of mine asked me to tell him, in detail, what it was like… So for his benefit, and for the benefit of my readers, I wrote a lengthy email— which I’m going to relay here for anyone who wanted a ‘play by play’ of the event with what they and I said (roughly): [...] I found out my interview will be held Thursday at roughly 4:30 at the World Trade Center in Downtown Portland… I’m a tad nervous, but excited as well… Wish me luck! ~J // |
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