The Beginning (Part 2)
Well,
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I’ve never been one for writing long letters, repeating myself in different ways to different people. I like to jot things down and forget about them, only to have them regurgitated at the next party where copious amounts of alcohol will ensure the hilarity of the story I tried to convey
While I sent mass-mails on my last trip round the world this doesn’t really suit me as I haven’t compiled any email-adresses since then.
Oh, I could run down my MSN list, but several ppl only use that for MSN’ing having up to 2k unread mail on their email-account.
Besides: I’m lazy. I’ll link this in my MSN name once I actually leave and have ppl find it themselves. All interested parties will find this sooner or later
So, this will be my blog.
A compilation of my adventures, experiences and wild orgies
(well, here’s hoping)
To those of you who don’t keep in close contact with my professional life . . . and why would you . . . I’m off to japan for a year.
4 months – Tokyo, Learning japanese
8 months – Close to Kobe, Internship at Mitsubishi
At this point I’ve known about being admitted to the program for 3 weeks and am still trying to get my head around things. The fact that I’ve managed to swipe away one out of 40′ish positions where over 800 people applies!
Not the program.
Or the having to leave life as I know it.
But the fact that I’ve managed to swipe away one out of 40′ish positions where over 800 people applies!
And the sheer amount of sheit that needs to be arranged. MY GOD.
I have to do the program’s paperwork, apply for a visa (2 heavily beaurocratic processes), find someone to live in my apartment and contract stuff with him/her, deal with the max. 6 months sub-letting-rule, quit my job, check for inoculations needed, Move all my sheit, arrange to not have an exam 12 hours before I have to report in Tokyo (I’m pretty sure it’s not physically possible to do both), find out what exactly I’ll be doing at mitsubishi, Applying for a new ID card, Applying for a new Bank card, Empowering my dad to deal with my financial stuff, change LOADS of ppl addresses of me, damnit I should’ve made a list I already forgot stuff, buy clothes (no, japanese sizes aren’t going to fit a 1.95m tall male), Ship my computer/sell the computer and buy a laptop, arrange storage for my sheit, get the paperwork in order at school (not sure what this entails exactly, but it’d be nice to get points for this), arrange for a goodbye party (any excuse éh), attend a pre-departure meeting in Brussels.
OK, so it’s a long list without any insurmountable obstacles. I should probably just get to it.
Back on the whole intro to blog thing.
I will not only be posting stuff that goes on in japan (or any other country in the orient I may visit). I will also try to scour the torrents of thought that assault my brain for any deep thoughts to share with you. It’d be a shame not to share my wisdom with the virtual community.
Gee, look at that, with one of these I can type these things without having to keep a straight face.
P.S. Dit gaat nog naart nederlands vertaald worden. Hopelijk
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