moving soon

Again I just wanted to share with you about goings on here in Japan. I'm realizing just how big the learning curve is for my job. It seems that there are just so many things that I have to do and I'm not. I'm wondering how much I should worry about it outside of work. At times, the job of a teacher is stressful, but I can see that after a few more months, with a lot of practice, it will be second-nature.

I have been living in a small apartment for the last few months. I think I've already talked about that. Fortunately, I'll be moving soon to Freebell. If you live in Nagoya and you're a foreigner, you've no doubt heard of it. Apparently, its a gaijin ghetto. I thought about this, but made the decision that where I'm living is overpriced and I need to save money for traveling and other expenses. Plus, its exactly the type of place I was expecting the company to put me in.. obviously I'm in a country where almost no one speaks English so its hard to do everyday things. Live is about to get a lot cheaper and easier.

The friendship department is one of the hardest things to get going here, I think. Mostly, I do things with other teachers, and that's fun. However, I feel like it'll take time to get the kind of friends I had when I went abroad, for example. The new apartment should solve this problem. Many more English speakers for sure!

World Cup fever is very much alive in Japan. I've been watching games on TV and went to a native teacher friend's place in the area to watch the Japan-Netherlands game. It was so exciting! I'm also very satisfied that USA is doing much better this time around. They seem more hardened and less amateurish.

I'll be writing again after I'm in the new apt. Kanpai!