Once again, it's been a while since I've updated. Apologies about that. It's not that I've lost interest though, it's simply that there's been a lack of actual things to write about other than a sudden increase in the amount of assignments that were due in. Until fairly recently, that is.
Today, I finally managed to secure a job. I had managed to get a position with a modelling agency shortly after my arrival here, but since they've yet to find me any work, it didn't seem worth writing about. I say that they've not found me any work as I find that easier to say than "no agencies wanted me", my fragile ego couldn't take that.
I'm now working at a youth centre in Ebisu, which is a rather nice part of Tokyo. My work will consist of making friends with teenagers mostly, by speaking in English and Japanese along with helping out with a few events that they stage. It will essentially be like a community centre, I suppose. It won't pay as much as the modelling, but I assume I'll be speaking considerably more Japanese. The other staff there seem pretty nice too. Although, I was told today that being an Englishman and having a beard makes them think of the Beatles. I'm going to take that as a good thing, I think. My first shift will be on Monday, right after Christmas!
Aside from that, not a great deal has happened. I met a few people from Sheffield and we went to an actually authentic English pub in Meguro owned and run by a man from the West country. I say "authentic" because there's a chain called Hub, which is about authentic for England as Wagamama is for Japan. I never actually realised I was missing the taste of brown bread and Brown Ale until that night. It's rather interesting to hear how much variation there is in the courses at different universities.
No solid plans for Christmas yet, hopefully it's not a lonely one.
