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2038-01-19T03:14:07Z

Niki is to blame for this. *blames*

1. Leave me a casual comment of no particular significance, like a lyric to your current favorite song, your favorite kind of sandwich, or maybe your favorite game. Any remark, meaningless or not.
2. I will respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. Include this explanation and offer to ask someone else in your own post.
5. When others respond with a desultory comment, you will ask them five questions.

5 questions from Niki :

1. Who inspired you to take up JET in Japan. Teaching career.

I’m not actually with JET. I’m over here with a very small company. I first started thinking about teaching English in the summer before my last year of university. My best friend, Mia, was finishing off a degree in English and wanted to go to Teachers’ College. She was worried she wouldn’t get accepted.

“Mindy . . .if I don’t get into college, will you come to Japan with me?”

“ . . .OK . . .”

“Great! I knew I could count on you!!”

“ . . .Mia. What are we going to do in Japan?”
”Teach English, silly!”

“. . .Mia…What am I going to do in Japan?”

“. . . Teach . . .English.”

“No, MIA! YOU will have the English degree. I will have the Anthropology degree. WHAT will they want with an Anthropology major??”

She explained a few things to me. I did a little research online. It actually looked like a good deal. Decent salary. Not an overly difficult workload. A chance to see a place and not be a tourist. A week later I called her.

“MIA! I’m definitely on board. This looks great!”

“What?”

“Japan! Let’s go!”

“. . . No. I’ve changed my mind. I don’t think I can actually do that.”

“. . . .OK. No worries. I’m going though!”

I graduated in May, flew over in August. I was here with NOVA! I stayed for a year and then taught in Poland for two years. I loved Europe, but the exchange rate was so bad on the Zloty. I could live like a princess IN Poland, but as soon as I left, it was worth nothing! So I wanted to go back to a country with a strong currency. I was thinking of either coming back to Japan, or going to South Korea.

I was still in contact with Pam, and she said if I was thinking of Japan, her company was really good, and she’d drop off my resume. I’d never heard of someone in Japan actually recommending their company. Most teachers really only like to bitch about where they work. So I sent her my resume and a cover letter. And here I am!

And I wouldn't really call this my career. I love what I'm doing now, but I know that in five or ten years, I'll be so sick of it, I could spit on kids. So I want to finish while I still love it and move onto something I can do for more of a "career" length of time.

(And yeah. She was a iddy-biddy ticked that I went off without her.)

2. Are you a daddy's girl or mummy's?

A bit of both, really. I look almost exactly like my mum. And we have very similar characters. So we really see eye to eye on a lot of issues. As luck would have it, my parents really like each other. So, being like my mum, my dad and I get along fine too! I’m very good at dealing with either of them to get what I want. Mwua-ha-ha!

3. Since you are a shophalic. What's the first thing on your shopping list? Usually.

Hair stuff. I spend a lot mainting my curls and decorating them to my satisfaction. Proper conditioners, balm, frzz controllers, touch up mists, clips, elastics, bobbles, glitter, barrettes……………I spend a lot on moisturizer too. I really like my skin. I think I have a nice complexion, but if left to its own devices, I would flake off and fly away.

Then we go to earrings and accessories.

Make up.

Then we spend a lot of time looking at shoes and clothes.

Then we decorate the house.

Then we try to keep up with all the birthdays.

Then we plan what concert goods we want.

It never ends, really.

4. Do you remember all your friends' name? DO YOU REMEMBER MINE? Lol

There are days I can barely remember my own name. You are Niki. But sometimes I think your name is ttxryo. Or something.

5. Care to explain, out of 8, why Hina?

I am simple. Please remember that.

So I was a Smap fan for several years. Only Smap. Didn’t understand there was a larger company. When I came back to Japan, Pam tried to explain it all to me. But I wasn’t too interested. Smap was enough. We were deciding what to do for New Year’s (Dec 31^st, 2004) and she suggested we watch Countdown on TV. Smap wouldn’t be on it, but it might be interesting.

Well, sweet JEEBUS! The stage was just full (FULL) of pretty boys!

“PAM!! WHO ARE THEY??? WHO ARE THEY??”

“I. DON’T. KNOOOW!!!”

The next day, we hit the sales. After about 6 hours of shopping, we decided to take a break. We bought some magazines (Potato, Wink-Up, Duet. A.k.a.: The Holy Trinity) and grabbed coffee. Still on a shopping high, we treated the magazines like catalogues. “I want him!” “He’s mine.” “DIBS!!!”

K8 Were at the back of the first magazine we were looking at. We were starting to get tired. We didn’t have a lot of chutzpah left to pick out favourites.

“There are so many.”

“They all look so young…”

“Pam…read me their names, please.”

“You can read this one.”
”す . . .ば . . .る . . .Subaru?”

“Yes!”

“Oh! I can read his name. I like him!”

But I was worried. It’s all fine and dandy to be able to read the name. But could I remember it? I had a sinking feeling that at some point, I would have this conversation:

“Mindy. Who do you like in KanJani 8?”

“Ummm . . .Ummm . . . Hiragana-Boy?”

That would be embarrassing!

So I had Pam read the other names to me. Finally she got to Murakami.

“Shingo?”

“Yeah. ”

“Shingo what?”
”Murakami.”

“Shingo?”

“Yeah.”

“I can remember THAT!!! DIBS!!”

And thusly. He was mine.

6. What's your decision to stay or college? *kills Niki*

I am still undecided. But I am leaning towards going home in August. We’ll see though. I may eventually flip a coin.

Comment on this post and I'll give you a band. Don't worry, I'll try to make it one you know and love. (<-written by the creator of the meme. I don't promise the same! LOL) You put your ten favourite songs by that band on your LJ and challenge others to do the same.

A band from me : Kanjani 8!

In no particular order:

Do You Love Me?*

Zukkoke Otoko Michi

F.T.O.

Misete Kure

Goujou ni GO!

Naniwa (rock mix….trance mix in a pinch)

Sukiyanen Osaka

KanFu Fighting

Purin/Ame chan

Cool Magic City

*Some people call this song "Do You Agree?" I don't trust those people very much.

Mindy-loo? Mindy-luurve!

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