*Insert Jeopardy waiting song* now loop that for 3 weeks. Yes, I said 3 weeks. This is just a small understanding of how it feels to be a new JET ALT who still hasn’t received any information from their BOE other than a short email to say “check your mailbox for more information”. Well, WHERE IS MY NEW INFORMATION!?????????? *sad face* Hence, 3 weeks of no updates.
Public Service Announcement for future JETs: Learn to deal with long, and I mean dreadfully long waiting times due to the snails pace of the Japanese bureaucracy.
So where am I now? Well it’s now 5 weeks till departure and I have started my shopping for new work clothes and necessities for life in Japan. Today also marks the last day of Japanese classes provided by my consulate. One would hope that I would be at some sort of basic survival level of the language but i must confess that I have yet to do much studying. I am planning to start my hardcore study mode as of early next week. Other than these few changes there is still not much happening or much to report since I’m still in the dark about my placement.
If there are any of you who believe that ranting and pleading via the internet brings about results, well this part is for you: Please please please *Japanese person who is in charge of disseminating information regarding JET placements* send me some more information soon! kthnxbye.
Maaaaan that sucks! You’re gonna be one of those JETs who has the “I didn’t get any placement info until the week before I left…” experience =\
We’ll be here for you to bitch at
Yeah, no kidding. Apparently last year’s ALTs for my prefecture didn’t find out till the week before. :S
aaaaaaaaaaagh. That is all. I feel your pain, man. If I don’t hear anything this week, I just might scream for like, a day straight.
Let me know when you plan to scream… I’ll join in and maybe they will hear us all the way in Japan.