So last night after an extremely long flight I made it in to Tokyo! Just a word to the wise and budget conscious: do NOT catch a taxi from the airport. I got here and immediately found myself forking over $280! Luckily when we all went out to eat the food was pretty cheap, because I had about emptied my wallet.
I woke to find that my room mate finally made it in last night after an extremely delayed flight, so I’ll keep this short to not wake her. Anyway, yay I’m in Tokyo! じゃね。
Sorry for my lack of posts lately, but balancing school, work, and preparing for the summer has kept me pretty busy. The good news is that I got accepted to Temple-Japan! The bad news, however, is that I’m still trying to come up with the funds necessary to cover the program. Time is quickly running out, and financially I’m still in the hole. Hopefully it’ll all work out in the end though, and I’ll get to enjoy a semester in Tokyo. It’s hard to get a student loan with the current state of the US economy. Major institutions such as Bank of America have stopped offering them all-together. I’ll cross my fingers though, and should know by the end of the week if I’ll be able to attend for sure or not.
I haven’t heard yet from Temple as to whether or not I’ve been accepted into their Japan program. I’m still crossing my fingers and being hopeful that I will. I think that my chances are pretty good, but I don’t want to set myself up for a huge let down. Other than that not much has really change–which could be a good thing. Classes are going ok, although I do have a big load of studying I need to do. I’m trying to work it down bit by bit.
I really would like to get my hair cut, but getting a hold of a good hair dresser has been impossible. Oh, and my goal for losing weight so far has been a success! I’ve knocked down about 10 pounds since I first started, which is a pretty healthy rate since it’s over the span of several weeks. About 15 more and I’ll be happy.
My roommate Tia is trying to get me to sign up for some network marketing thing selling Noni products. Although I’m a bit skeptical about if I should try it out or not. It wouldn’t be so bad if the starting rate weren’t so high. $550 is a lot to ask a college student to just shell out in hopes of making more. I could end up losing it all. So far Tia hasn’t been able to get anyone to sign up for the program, so I’m guessing her money is in the hole. It pretty much sounds like a pyramid scheme to me though. The only way to really make profit is to get other people to join, and stick with it. I really don’t know anyone who would be willing to do it. That plus the Tahitian Noni Juice I tasted was horrible, and I’m supposed to help sell it? I’ll give it some more thought.. I will be strapped for cash if I get to study abroad this summer.
Gotta love em’! Here I am about four hours later, with still not an ounce of sleep. Considering I have to be at work in two more hours it really isn’t worth it at this point. Falling asleep now would just make me more tired than I already am when I wake up. I spent the majority of the night (or morning depending on how you look at it) parousing the internet, reading various feeds. I’m just now starting to catch on to the RSS trend, and subscribed to a few international news sources.
If there’s anything all of my professors made clear on the first day of class, it’s that we need to start acquainting ourselves with global issues via newspapers, magazines, and other reliable sources, and stop depending on television. Although my tv watching days have drastically declined over the past couple years, I can still see the importance of catching up on world news routinely from respectable sources–especially those related to Asia. If I want to get my Masters in International Relations I need to know my stuff.
Hmm.. 10am.. I better get a move on it.
I really need a new job.. Wal-Mart is wearing me out. It’s a bad sign when the thought of having to go to work brings you to tears, and not ones of joy. My legs and feet ache so bad that I can’t walk right now. The stress, hours, and frustration are not worth the measly $10/hr that I am making right now. I have the job duties of a manager, but I’m making shit for money. I really need to find something different.
College really makes it difficult to find another job though, because the hours I’m available to work are very limited. This semester isn’t quite as bad as the last one. I could find a job at maybe a bank or something MWF during the daytime, before Japanese. I guess I should swing by Wachovia at some point and put in a job application. I wouldn’t mind working for the university if they weren’t so unreliable at paying you on time. With the amount of bills that I have I can’t really afford to be paid late.
Oh! I almost forgot to mention that I’m applying to Temple University-Japan for their upcoming summer program! At first I was just going to go for 3 weeks to a language school there, but if I get accepted by Temple I can stay for 11 weeks instead, and get college credit. The fall semester would be even better since they offer Political Science courses, but Morgan State (my current university) requires that our last 30 credits be taken on campus. Either way I still want to go for the experience and I’m very excited.
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