January 2011
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今日は (Today)...
…I got my COE (Certificate of Eligibility) from Japan!  It took some time (3 months) to process and finally I got it.  It took some time also to actually get the package.  USPS didn’t want to leave the parcel with my apartment manager so they ended up holding it.  What makes it more inconvenient is that I work on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and the post office is in Brooklyn...
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I can finally...
…buy my ticket for Osaka!!!  My recruiter said my paperwork from Japan Immigration has been approved and is on it’s way to my apartment via snaaaail mail by this Wednesday.  Right now I’m searching for tickets and it’s kind of….frustrating.  I actually have to call these travel agencies because trying to search through these online booking sites is making me...
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ハイチュとPOCKYとたけのこの里を買いました。たけのこの里は食べたことがありません。初めて！おいしいかな。皆、食べたことがありますか。私の日本の友達はたけのこの里が大好き。 http://yfrog.com/h8iq6sj ::sigh:: took me forever to post write this…and when I mean forever I mean 20 minutes.  SMH I shouldn’t be so concerned. It’s been a year and a month since I started learning Japanese and before I couldn’t even make a sentence. And let’s not get into my...
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Osaka People...
“When you ask a Tokyoite for directions they point in the direction. When you ask a Kansai person for directions they take you there. It has been said that Osakan friendliness has it roots in the absence of samurai and the presence of a large number of merchants. One Osakan told the Japan Times, “Merchants consider everyone a potential customer. They don’t want to run the risk of...
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46 Days...
…till my departure to Osaka. I’m a little worried because I still haven’t received my COE from Japanese Immigration.  I have to wait for that before I can get my visa and plane ticket because…well because that’s what my new company said I have to do. Wait.  Although I want to be certain before I tell my recent job that I’m leaving.  This COE needs to come soon...
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