August 22, 2007
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So Long, So Long!
I have a question! Why does everything I do end up going right to the wire? At first I thought it was just cos I’m a disorganised, spur-of-the-moment sorta person… but it seems even when I do organise myself, work hard, cover my bases etc. everything still ends up in a mess! Almost like someone up there won’t let me be responsible and get things in order…! Whether I like it or not my character was written to be a last minute, fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants type and that’s how I’m gonna stay, dammit!
Getting to the point; I had booked my flight to Japan for the 23rd (aka: “tomorrow”) and was told I’d have my Certificate of Eligibility sometime this past weekend… by Monday at the very latest! Long story short, I didn’t. I got it today! Appro po I’ve rescheduled my flight for this Saturday (25th) and will be heading for London tomorrow to get my Visa sorted. Concordantly I’ve been really bloody stressed out! Again! Also we still have no internet at home cos the service providers suck making contact and coordinating plans with Interac pretty difficult. Still, considering I was worried about getting to Japan and having a job at all at least things seem to be back on track. I’ll breath easier once I’ve got my Visa sorted tomorrow though… and I’m not gonna fully relax until I’m safely off the plane and through Japanese Immigration…
So I’m really leaving soon… (I think… I hope!) I’m not feeling sad… I know everything important to me here will remain with me in some way and still be here for me. There’s still an emotionally exhausted kinda feeling hanging over me though. There’s no question in my mind that I want this… I can’t even say I’m apprehensive… I just find myself wondering if I’ll be able to readjust to Japan again… much like I wondered if I’d ever readjust to here when I got back from Japan last year. Man, it feels like a lifetime ago! Nothing feels quite real yet… It’s been pretty trying, getting here. I guess I’m still not sure what to expect… Ah well… I’m really drained and there ain’t much more to say… Unh! I finally got a haircut. Sorry, no photos yet. You’ll have to get the gist from my Simpsonised profile picture! Guess I’ll be in Japan next time I update. I have been told my apartment is gonna be internet-worthy so hopefully I won’t have to wait around to get connected but I’m not gonna assume anything…
Later Xangaland! Fight The Power! “It happens too fast… to make sense of it… to make it last.”
(23/08/07) EDIT: Please disregard any optimism found in this post… My turn to say “I told you so” Rob! I just got back from the embassy in London where I was told it would be “impossible’ to process a Visa that quickly, regardless of what I’ve been told… so now I am left with a very, very tentative scenario which sees me having to return to the embassy tomorrow (and tickets to London are not cheap) to pick up my maybe, possibly, considering-my-fortunes-this-past-year-there’s-no-fucking-way-it’ll-be-done Visa! I should warn you at this point that cheery optimism will not be well received… Very, very not!
……………………… “… and now I look a fool for thinking you were on my side…”
Comments (12)
I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!!
told you it would work out…
Yeah, its more fun when its last-minute, isnt it?
I noticed I was in Japan when i met Matt in Tokyo, not a second before.
So, I notice many people have a simpson self now…
It’ll all be worth it once you’re on that plane… I… can’t… take… all this waiting! At least I have delicious video games to succour me until I can get out to Japan myself.
On general principle, Ganbare! (vis a vis!)
I reckon the DM saw that you were trying to be organised and cover your bases, then looked at your character sheet and went “hey, you aren’t playing your character right!” and now he is making it as hard as possible for you. Well, at least you’re not an NPC that just waits in a room with a generic saying for important people to encounter/seek favours/kill him.
So despite having no real control over the situation and actions of others, we shall use the ever present Japanese phrase… ganbatte-ne~!
Hey… have a nice trip to Japan Dave.
I’m confident that it’s gonna be awesome!
okay, no optimism…so how am i supposed to reply to the fact that i am probably going to see you tomorrow? if i’m not allowed to say anything positive, then i guess i will just have to stick to the old….”poo poo head!”
i’m sorry about all the ridiculous complications. getting here is seriously the hardest part of living here if you ask me, but it’s not impossible. i won’t say anything about me having faith that you will get here….but….i…umm….do.
just scrolled through my subscription list and couldn’t help but notice that this post wasn’t on it. what a poo? it’s like i unsubscribed from your xanga somehow. ultra weird.
pbbbbbbbbbbbft……..
howse that for optimism!
i wanna simpsonized profile pic…how?
feh who wants optimism? lol Hope all is well and good luck! I almost envy you but you’ll probably be working your ass off XD
dave is in japan now. working at the moment. go on robin, say it again.
I TOOOOOOOOOOOLD YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!