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How about some photos? This is a picture of my good friend Adam. He’s a dude. There’s a bit of wobble in the head but overall I’m pleased with the picture.

The wife and daughter have gone back to Japan for three weeks for Shichi-Go-San

You can read more about it at the above link but in essence when a girl is three or seven or a boy is five they go to a temple and pray for good luck.

I’m stuck at home in England looking for jobs in a week off on holiday and working for the remaining two weeks.

One of my best ideas was definitely not move back to England as the recession started and with only ONE YEAR remaining before I could get a permanent visa in Japan. Sample rejection email:

Thanks for your application for the above role. However our client has received a great many applications from people with more IT experience. Unfortunately we will not be taking your application further.

We do currently have a French speaking telesales role, would you be interested in this?

No.

Still teaching English had run its course for me. Although it gave me great opportunities and a new window on the world, it didn’t help my career to much of an extent. Although selling home insurance in a call centre isn’t much better…

I don’t want to turn this into another negative post so I’ll stop there. I’m hoping that by getting stuff out it will help me write about other more enlightening things. It’s hard to write a blog about Japan when you live in England. I’m doing a degree in my spare time with the Open University in Java programming, getting into Linux via the Eee PC. Other blogs are helping me get a lot out of these. For example:

An Open University Blog

Bournemouth is full of students and that makes me feel sad. And old. ——————

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Another test. ——————

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Another test. ——————

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Another test. ——————

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Another test. ——————

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Another test. ——————

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A test.

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I’m free form journalling here. Need to think about what direction my life is going to take next. I’ve been back in England for just over a year and today is the anniversary of being at my job.

The job was supposed to be a stop-gap job to get a base to grow out from. It enabled my family to come live with me and save for a better future.

It wasn’t supposed to be for a year though. I was trained today in some new techniques and the trainer said when he came it was for a stop gap position and this is his 13th year. It’s statements like this that worry me.

My daughter recently had her third birthday and will be attending school starting a year in September. We need to get her name down for a school at least a year in advance and perhaps more realistically a couple of years before she was born.

We’re living in my hometown in a small (cozy?) flat. As my wife is Japanese, jobs that she would want to do are scarce in this small town and it looks like a move is necessary. She has a degree in Chinese and speaks Japanese and English.

But what to do? Get her a job in London first and follow her? Look for a job whilst working? How do I attend interviews? Quit the job and look for a new job? How will we survive without money?

I’m going to spend the evening brainstorming.