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Jizz In My Pants

Just to give some reason for that warning you have to click through before getting to my blog...also I think this video is fucking hilarious! o(^o^)o

Peter Bjorn and John - Nothing To Worry About (Official Music Video)

SO I have just finished applying to two placement services for teaching in Korea and I also completed a telephone interview to teach in Taiwan earlier this week. Due to my experience here in Japan and my overwhelmingly incredible personality I have no doubts about being accepted by all three and this will allow me to pick the best offer from the three. I will most likely end up in Korea as they not only pay for the flight and provide single apartment housing, but they also pay as much as I am making here in Japan. Coupled with the much cheaper price of living there I would be able to save a great deal of money before coming back for school. Ideally I would like to pay off all of my student loans before returning to business school and Korea offers the best chance of that. My friend who taught there last year said that he was able to save ten thousand dollars over the year and that was while he was living like a king. When I asked him why the money was so good in Korea he explained that not only do they have more of a problem recruiting English teachers as it doesn't have the draw that Japan does, but also that parents throw money at their childrens' education there.

SO it appears it will be sayonara Japan and however you say hello in Korean to Korea!

ALSO in case you weren't jealous enough of my life don't forget I will be having a three month European vacation before going to Korea! 0(^o^)o

AS I have been getting fairly regular death threat emails from my mother concerning my lack of blog activity I suppose I should begin posting again, so here goes.

MY life

I am moving to Germany to be with Ayuko at the beginning of April and will be there for three months. Initially I was going to look for work there as an English teacher or whatever else offered itself, but after extensive research by both of us that seems to be a fairly dead end path. English teachers are all required to speak some German and there is very little full time work with teachers instead working several contract jobs at the same time. Coupled with this are the very high German taxes which would take away anywhere from 50-70% of the money I did make as a non EU citizen. Thus we have both decided it is not worth the trouble. So instead I will have a nice little vacation in Europe with Ayuko and enjoy my time sightseeing and traveling to other cities. I have always wanted to visit Europe and this gives me the perfect chance.

THIS may seem like a fairly poor decision at a time with such economic upheaval the world over, but that is something I have factored in as well. Recently I secured a three year work visa for Japan which means that I can easily be rehired by my company in August if I so desire. Along with this I am interviewing to teach in Taiwan and Korea as well, so I will have some choice as to where I go. Currently I am rather torn as Japan would be easy to return to and offers the best money, but I am tired of teaching in the public school system and want some sort of change. However that is a decision that I don't need to make at this exact moment, so I am just keeping as many options open as I can.

LASTLY I suppose I should mention that Ayuko and I are planning to get engaged during my time in Europe. I say this now so there are hopefully no heart attacks when the news actually breaks. We have been dating for almost two years now and have weathered more difficult situations than many couples may face in the first twenty years together. The fact that our love has remained strong throughout all of our trevails and has continued to grow daily is not something that escapes either of us. So omedeto to me I suppose. That means congratulations. Duh.