We all make mistakes and I made a big one in my last post. There was a communications breakdown. When I was told I had a Tokyo placement, what was meant was that the Tokyo branch office would be the one I would report to. The actual placement will be in a “small” town in the north of Honshu. The good news is that this means that I will be in a cooler climate and, having already spend some time in a Tokyo summer, this is a definite plus. Also, the nature of public transport (or lack there of) in the area will necessitate my having a car (that my employer will help pay for). This gives me a huge opportunity during school breaks, to just drive around the country and really get a feel for the land. While I was looking forward to living in the big city, this is pretty cool too.
I’m still waiting for details on my placement school and where I might be living. You know, the little things. The problem is that as a new employee, and a sight-unseen employee to boot, I don’t have the right to bug people for this information. I don’t mind, but this goes back to my wanting to always know as much information as possible before I get into any situation.
Meanwhile, I now have my work visa and am ready to fly. The downside was that this required driving into Portland and back two consecutive days. Not only is this tiring under the best of circumstances, but the drivers are INSANE!!! Did I miss the lesson in driver’s ed that said that speed limits are only recommended guidelines and that turn signals are optional when crossing three or more lanes of freeway traffic in the rain? Short of emergency vehicles and rushing a pregnant woman to the delivery room, there is nowhere these people need to go that driving a mile a minute (60 mph) isn’t sufficient.
Well, I’ve got less than a week before I have to leave the country so I’m going to cut this post a little short.
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