The last 3 months have literally just disappeared before my eyes.
And now, after a horrible month, I'm ready for the New Year!
Bring it on!
It's funny how up and down a year can be. My year started off so boring - I came back from New Zealand and then just worked. And then since turning 30....I dunno - so much stuff has happened and sometimes it's kinda hard to get my head around it all!
But I have decided to keep on looking forward and I feel ready to start working on the next step. Which is this DELTA application which I had actually planned to submit last month.
It's full of really annoying questions which are just time consuming and recently, not only haven't I had the time to work on it, but I just hate those kind of questions and haven't wanted to answer them - lol! But I've realised that doing my DELTA is a massive part of next year and I need to know whether it's actually going to happen or not.
My friend has already applied, had the interview and been accepted. But his application looks exceptional next to what mine will look like. I've already been told that I'm applying for it much earlier that other people who have already completed a CELTA. Apparently, most people wait like 4/5 years - but I'm applying just after 2. I've realised that there is a good chance I won't be accepted onto the course at this stage...but I have a plan B, which I can't tell you about right now....but it's SUPER exciting.
So it's a win-win situation really. Of course, I'll be disappointed if I don't get onto the course, but at the same time, I'll have other exciting things to work on, so it won't be the end of the world.
In the meantime, I need to get back on track and focus on having a healthy mind and body and getting my direction back. May as well start now, ne!
xoxo
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Thursday, 31 October 2013
Arigatou!
I just got back from the Immigration Office.
3 more years!!
I think this country doesn't want me to leave! LOL!
It's weird to think that I've been here so long. The paperwork now classifies me as a mid-long term resident. I never would have thought that when I first came here!
But it's all good. It gives me time to get where I want to be. What is scary though, is that if I stay until the expiration of my visa, I would have been here a whopping 9 years. THAT freaks me out!
Getting a new visa has kinda given me a kick up the arse to keep pushing on with what I came here to do. I'm aiming to take my first attempt at the JLPT 1kyuu next December. I'm not expecting to pass, but I think if I can really spend the next year applying myself, then by July 2015 I should be there. That's the aim anyway.
I wish I could afford to just not work for a year and spend an entire year in one of those intenseive 5 hours a day study courses. That would be awesome and way more effective than trying to study the way that I am now. Which is not very hard!
Hell, even a month long intensive course would be seriously beneficial. Not at this stage, but maybe some time next year. Trying to negotiate that around work is going to be tough, but I think it's worth a shot.
Thank you Nippon!
xoxo
3 more years!!
I think this country doesn't want me to leave! LOL!
It's weird to think that I've been here so long. The paperwork now classifies me as a mid-long term resident. I never would have thought that when I first came here!
But it's all good. It gives me time to get where I want to be. What is scary though, is that if I stay until the expiration of my visa, I would have been here a whopping 9 years. THAT freaks me out!
Getting a new visa has kinda given me a kick up the arse to keep pushing on with what I came here to do. I'm aiming to take my first attempt at the JLPT 1kyuu next December. I'm not expecting to pass, but I think if I can really spend the next year applying myself, then by July 2015 I should be there. That's the aim anyway.
I wish I could afford to just not work for a year and spend an entire year in one of those intenseive 5 hours a day study courses. That would be awesome and way more effective than trying to study the way that I am now. Which is not very hard!
Hell, even a month long intensive course would be seriously beneficial. Not at this stage, but maybe some time next year. Trying to negotiate that around work is going to be tough, but I think it's worth a shot.
Thank you Nippon!
xoxo
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Homeland
So a couple of weeks ago, my friend told me I should watch Homeland.
I'd never even heard of it before, but since I was up to date or had finished watching everything else, I thought I'd give it a go.
OMG...I LOVE IT!!!!
And today I finished the latest episode in season 3. So I am completely up to date.
I love the kind of shows that let you get your emotions out and that's one of them. I don't know if it's coz I know people in the military and military wives that it connects so strongly, but it also makes me worried sick about them and their lifestyle!
LOL!
I need to stop getting so involved in TV programmes! HAHAHHAHAHA!
Actually, no I don't....coz I love it!!
On another TV note - can you believe the winner of the Great British Bake Off?! What an outrage!!!! I was literally like WTF at the TV! Going off the showstopper challenge alone, then fine, but if they were supposed to be taking the whole season into account, then one of the other two were much worthier winners. Very disappointing.
And speaking of cake, my beautiful red velvet is nearly finished! >_< And for the first time ever, I didn't eat it all myself!
Right, now it's time to find something new to watch!
xoxo
I'd never even heard of it before, but since I was up to date or had finished watching everything else, I thought I'd give it a go.
OMG...I LOVE IT!!!!
And today I finished the latest episode in season 3. So I am completely up to date.
I love the kind of shows that let you get your emotions out and that's one of them. I don't know if it's coz I know people in the military and military wives that it connects so strongly, but it also makes me worried sick about them and their lifestyle!
LOL!
I need to stop getting so involved in TV programmes! HAHAHHAHAHA!
Actually, no I don't....coz I love it!!
On another TV note - can you believe the winner of the Great British Bake Off?! What an outrage!!!! I was literally like WTF at the TV! Going off the showstopper challenge alone, then fine, but if they were supposed to be taking the whole season into account, then one of the other two were much worthier winners. Very disappointing.
And speaking of cake, my beautiful red velvet is nearly finished! >_< And for the first time ever, I didn't eat it all myself!
Right, now it's time to find something new to watch!
xoxo
Monday, 28 October 2013
Stars
And just a lil one to thank everyone who has been super supportive this month!! You guys are WONDERFUL and AMAZING and thank you!!
xoxo
xoxo
Moving On
My goodness me, this has been a very difficult month in more ways than one.
As much as I would LOVE to go into all the details....there are just too many of them! LOL!
I've been keeping super busy this month and it has been really wonderful to catch up with friends.
I swear that something is happening this season. So many people that I haven't seen for years are appearing in Japan and it has been so fun seeing friends from the UK, old friends from Kyushu and catching up with friends in Okinawa.
But I think the biggest catch up has been with a childhood friend, who before Saturday I hadn't seen for a whopping 21 years! LOL!
I never go out for Halloween, but this year I decided to hit up one of the big parties and I am so glad that I did! It was nice to glam up, put on the stilettos, guzzle champagne and meet a load of new people. Laughing is so good for your health and it has definitely been missing this month!
It's also been great to have a friend staying with me since I got back from Okinawa last week. Brutally honest - he doesn't sugar coat anything and he just reinforces what I already know myself. I had a great time last night cooking a 3 course meal which ended in a red velvet cake - I'm not gonna lie, I was upset with the cream cheese icing, but it still tasted good! I guess my point is, is that it's been good to have someone around to stop me dwelling on stuff that has happened.
Everything is clear - I just need some time. My horoscope has been scarily dead on for the last few weeks, but today summed up the whole month. I was spending a long time waiting for something, that happened and I got my answer. Now that I have the answer, there is only one way to go and that's forward. Because that is the answer and it's NOT going to change. So there is nothing that I need to wait for anymore.
Onwards and upwards. Time to make an effort.
Strength. Power. Drive.
xoxo
As much as I would LOVE to go into all the details....there are just too many of them! LOL!
I've been keeping super busy this month and it has been really wonderful to catch up with friends.
I swear that something is happening this season. So many people that I haven't seen for years are appearing in Japan and it has been so fun seeing friends from the UK, old friends from Kyushu and catching up with friends in Okinawa.
But I think the biggest catch up has been with a childhood friend, who before Saturday I hadn't seen for a whopping 21 years! LOL!
I never go out for Halloween, but this year I decided to hit up one of the big parties and I am so glad that I did! It was nice to glam up, put on the stilettos, guzzle champagne and meet a load of new people. Laughing is so good for your health and it has definitely been missing this month!
It's also been great to have a friend staying with me since I got back from Okinawa last week. Brutally honest - he doesn't sugar coat anything and he just reinforces what I already know myself. I had a great time last night cooking a 3 course meal which ended in a red velvet cake - I'm not gonna lie, I was upset with the cream cheese icing, but it still tasted good! I guess my point is, is that it's been good to have someone around to stop me dwelling on stuff that has happened.
Everything is clear - I just need some time. My horoscope has been scarily dead on for the last few weeks, but today summed up the whole month. I was spending a long time waiting for something, that happened and I got my answer. Now that I have the answer, there is only one way to go and that's forward. Because that is the answer and it's NOT going to change. So there is nothing that I need to wait for anymore.
Onwards and upwards. Time to make an effort.
Strength. Power. Drive.
xoxo
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Crack
That's the sound of my heart breaking.
Which happened this morning....not long after I woke up.
What a way to start the day, eh?
I'm not surprised, I'm not angry...I knew it was going to happen and I'd been mentally preparing myself for it.
But it doesn't mean that it doesn't HURT.
I'll be OK.
Nothing that drinks with the girls all week won't cure!
xoxo
Which happened this morning....not long after I woke up.
What a way to start the day, eh?
I'm not surprised, I'm not angry...I knew it was going to happen and I'd been mentally preparing myself for it.
But it doesn't mean that it doesn't HURT.
I'll be OK.
Nothing that drinks with the girls all week won't cure!
xoxo
Monday, 7 October 2013
Nearly!
Have you seen the latest episode of Grey's Anatomy?
I swear I NEARLY made it through the whole thing without shedding a single tear and then BAM! Yang and Hunt set me off.
DOH!
I've just gotten home from Saitama after catching up with my girl and her adorable little baby boy! It was so weird to think of all the madness that we were getting up to just a year ago - a year goes so fast and so much can change it's scary!
It was fantastic to catch up with her though. It's nice to see a couple so happily married for a change! LOL!
I'm feeling absolutely exhausted. Trying to keep busy in order to keep myself distracted from my complicated life is certianly taking it's toll! I was running on just a few hours of sleep as I got in late from a friend's birthday party and then getting home and having to deal with my other friend's dramas until the early hours of the morning, along with waking up at 5.30.....well...it's definitely gonna be an early one for me tonight!
xoxo
I swear I NEARLY made it through the whole thing without shedding a single tear and then BAM! Yang and Hunt set me off.
DOH!
I've just gotten home from Saitama after catching up with my girl and her adorable little baby boy! It was so weird to think of all the madness that we were getting up to just a year ago - a year goes so fast and so much can change it's scary!
It was fantastic to catch up with her though. It's nice to see a couple so happily married for a change! LOL!
I'm feeling absolutely exhausted. Trying to keep busy in order to keep myself distracted from my complicated life is certianly taking it's toll! I was running on just a few hours of sleep as I got in late from a friend's birthday party and then getting home and having to deal with my other friend's dramas until the early hours of the morning, along with waking up at 5.30.....well...it's definitely gonna be an early one for me tonight!
xoxo
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Prepared
I've decided that October is going to be a super social month for me.
Yesterday I got my schedule, a pen and have practically filled up every day starting from next week.
Why?
I need to keep manically busy.
Why?
*sigh*
I am gearing up and preparing myself for heartbreak.
Why I get myself in these impossible, overly complicated situations, I'll never know. But everything in my head is telling me that it is never going to go my way, so the best thing to do is ride it out and then deal with what comes next. I'd also like to point out that there has actually been no indication that this heartbreak will happen - the situation in beyond complicated, but from the other side, there has been nothing but positivity and reassurance.
The problem?
I just can't let myself believe it.
When you see this stuff happen on TV or in movies, it NEVER ends well, so I'm not expecting it to be any different for me.
Now I just need my damn heart to listen!! The heart wants what it wants! LOL!!!!
So I need to keep busy to keep myself fabulously distracted. And I am long overdue a catch up with some people, so I'm looking forward to it!
頑張る！！！！
On a completely different note, I'm feeling pretty chuffed with myself after waking up this morning (after a seriously rotten sleep), seeing that it was absolutely p******g down with rain and STILL went to the gym. As in I WALKED to the gym. YAY! Go me! LOL!
xoxo
Yesterday I got my schedule, a pen and have practically filled up every day starting from next week.
Why?
I need to keep manically busy.
Why?
*sigh*
I am gearing up and preparing myself for heartbreak.
Why I get myself in these impossible, overly complicated situations, I'll never know. But everything in my head is telling me that it is never going to go my way, so the best thing to do is ride it out and then deal with what comes next. I'd also like to point out that there has actually been no indication that this heartbreak will happen - the situation in beyond complicated, but from the other side, there has been nothing but positivity and reassurance.
The problem?
I just can't let myself believe it.
When you see this stuff happen on TV or in movies, it NEVER ends well, so I'm not expecting it to be any different for me.
Now I just need my damn heart to listen!! The heart wants what it wants! LOL!!!!
So I need to keep busy to keep myself fabulously distracted. And I am long overdue a catch up with some people, so I'm looking forward to it!
頑張る！！！！
On a completely different note, I'm feeling pretty chuffed with myself after waking up this morning (after a seriously rotten sleep), seeing that it was absolutely p******g down with rain and STILL went to the gym. As in I WALKED to the gym. YAY! Go me! LOL!
xoxo
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