12kami Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession: I might end up cutting my contract early after 8 months of teaching and finish living in Japan this month. I feel a little down about all of it because the last thing I want to do is let down anyone in my family or let down any of my friends. The honest truth is that I really just want to further my education in teaching and start taking Japanese classes because I don't feel I am getting a lot out of the language aspect while I am here; my job hours are so demanding that I barely have time to learn, let alone be a part of the Fuwanovel community which I love doing. It's difficult because I want to make not only myself happy, but everyone else as well. Do I want to come back to Japan? Yes, of course! I just feel I am too young to be sitting in this type of career the rest of my life at the age of 25. My dad didn't start becoming an air traffic controller until he was 29 years old, and he ended up working for 27 years before finally retiring last June. Am I too old that I need to find a career now? I want to continue teaching English, and I want to continue living in this amazing country, but I also want to further my education so I have the option of teaching university students. I want to learn to use Japanese in my everyday life as well, because I want to expose myself to more of the culture. Yes, I only have 5 more months of teaching (technically 4 because Christmas is a huge holiday), but I feel I am ready to continue teaching in a different environment. I don't know how I feel about all of it. It's hard for me to decide what I want to do. I also want to be close to my family because of all the changes going on in their lives as well: my sister had her baby in July and it still hasn't hit me I'm an uncle of a niece, my father retired and I can't be there to see him, and my grandmother (my last grandparent) on my dad's side is slowly starting to lose her health. I'm conflicted. this is just my opinion but i think you should go back to your family especially for your grandmother last week my grandmother just passed away and none of my uncle and aunt saw her last moment,and till now all of them is regretting over it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession: I might end up cutting my contract early after 8 months of teaching and finish living in Japan this month. I feel a little down about all of it because the last thing I want to do is let down anyone in my family or let down any of my friends. The honest truth is that I really just want to further my education in teaching and start taking Japanese classes because I don't feel I am getting a lot out of the language aspect while I am here; my job hours are so demanding that I barely have time to learn, let alone be a part of the Fuwanovel community which I love doing. It's difficult because I want to make not only myself happy, but everyone else as well. Do I want to come back to Japan? Yes, of course! I just feel I am too young to be sitting in this type of career the rest of my life at the age of 25. My dad didn't start becoming an air traffic controller until he was 29 years old, and he ended up working for 27 years before finally retiring last June. Am I too old that I need to find a career now? I want to continue teaching English, and I want to continue living in this amazing country, but I also want to further my education so I have the option of teaching university students. I want to learn to use Japanese in my everyday life as well, because I want to expose myself to more of the culture. Yes, I only have 5 more months of teaching (technically 4 because Christmas is a huge holiday), but I feel I am ready to continue teaching in a different environment. I don't know how I feel about all of it. It's hard for me to decide what I want to do. I also want to be close to my family because of all the changes going on in their lives as well: my sister had her baby in July and it still hasn't hit me I'm an uncle of a niece, my father retired and I can't be there to see him, and my grandmother (my last grandparent) on my dad's side is slowly starting to lose her health. I'm conflicted. Confession: I have no idea how to comfort or guide you. Didn't you have some sort of Masters education going on for Uni level English teaching though? Confession 2: I think I spent ~10 of the last 24 hours playing YU-NO and the OST isn't getting out of my head. Confession 3: Mods, I think the tilde sign is showing up as a minus. Using FuwaFabulous IIRC. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Canicheslayer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenophilious Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession: I throw rocks at the raccoons that lurk around our house at night. Never really liked raccoons that much, but I was never really bothered enough by them to do anything like this. The second they started attacking neighborhood cats, though, they sealed their fates. I aim to hit, and I don't feel bad about it. Those raccoons are assholes. Mr Poltroon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashetania Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession: I had like, no sleep today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenshadow622 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession: I had like, no sleep today Confession: Me neither. I decided to take a sick day from work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abyssal Monkey Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 So college started. Confession: My first thoughts are FUUUUUCKKK ENGL2098 - Intermediate Composition. Why must your torture me with having to compose something creative professor? Give me a topic instead, creative writing is where I fall shortest. Edit: It's even worse, I have to write about writing. So I'm Meta-Writer, can someone please put me out of my misery? In this course, we’ll be writing about writing, so the research you’ll be doing is focused on that. Kill me now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenshadow622 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 So college started. Confession: My first thoughts are FUUUUUCKKK ENGL2098 - Intermediate Composition. Why must your torture me with having to compose something creative professor? Give me a topic instead, creative writing is where I fall shortest. Edit: It's even worse, I have to write about writing. So I'm Meta-Writer, can someone please put me out of my misery? Kill me now. Just write complete nonsense. That seems to give language teachers the strangest hard-on. At least, it did mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmsful Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 So college started. Confession: My first thoughts are FUUUUUCKKK ENGL2098 - Intermediate Composition. Why must your torture me with having to compose something creative professor? Give me a topic instead, creative writing is where I fall shortest. Edit: It's even worse, I have to write about writing. So I'm Meta-Writer, can someone please put me out of my misery? Kill me now. Write with passion about how much you love your writing? Or smth like that.Confession: I might end up cutting my contract early after 8 months of teaching and finish living in Japan this month. I feel a little down about all of it because the last thing I want to do is let down anyone in my family or let down any of my friends. The honest truth is that I really just want to further my education in teaching and start taking Japanese classes because I don't feel I am getting a lot out of the language aspect while I am here; my job hours are so demanding that I barely have time to learn, let alone be a part of the Fuwanovel community which I love doing. It's difficult because I want to make not only myself happy, but everyone else as well. Do I want to come back to Japan? Yes, of course! I just feel I am too young to be sitting in this type of career the rest of my life at the age of 25. My dad didn't start becoming an air traffic controller until he was 29 years old, and he ended up working for 27 years before finally retiring last June. Am I too old that I need to find a career now? I want to continue teaching English, and I want to continue living in this amazing country, but I also want to further my education so I have the option of teaching university students. I want to learn to use Japanese in my everyday life as well, because I want to expose myself to more of the culture. Yes, I only have 5 more months of teaching (technically 4 because Christmas is a huge holiday), but I feel I am ready to continue teaching in a different environment. I don't know how I feel about all of it. It's hard for me to decide what I want to do. I also want to be close to my family because of all the changes going on in their lives as well: my sister had her baby in July and it still hasn't hit me I'm an uncle of a niece, my father retired and I can't be there to see him, and my grandmother (my last grandparent) on my dad's side is slowly starting to lose her health. I'm conflicted. Well do you have to pay money to your employer if you cut your contract early? If you can affprd that easily, then we shouldn't worry about that. After that do you feel ok if you leave Japan for now? You might not come back anytime soon, who knows! The alternatives you prepared and the family are kinda enough reasons for me to leave unless I am earning crazy good in this job and am enjoying it which doesn't seem to be your case at all. I kinda don't like cutting my contracts early so if you can continue till the end of the contract, it would be kinda great. I just hear horrible stories about the people who cut their contracts early. Then again I don't.know your employer soooko. TL;DR: if you won't be affected badly by cutting your contract early, I'd say you should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 So college started. Confession: My first thoughts are FUUUUUCKKK ENGL2098 - Intermediate Composition. Why must your torture me with having to compose something creative professor? Give me a topic instead, creative writing is where I fall shortest. Edit: It's even worse, I have to write about writing. So I'm Meta-Writer, can someone please put me out of my misery? Geehhhhh mine is about to start too Also, is it wrong that i think Meta-writing is an awesome class to have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XionsProphecy Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession: I am putting everything behind me now. *sigh* Had to go to court today, my ex is demanding me to stop with my lifestyle if i ever want to see my son again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebhra Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession: On saturday im going to Linkin Park concert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashetania Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession: I am putting everything behind me now. *sigh* Had to go to court today, my ex is demanding me to stop with my lifestyle if i ever want to see my son again. You have son? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XionsProphecy Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 You have son? Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashetania Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession: I am actually looking forward to school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutterz Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession 1: I only just caught up to the amount of likes I had before the rollback Confession 2: I only go back to uni on the 10th Confession 4: I'm just thinking of random things to confess because I'm bored Confession 5: I skipped confession 3 for teh lulz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession: I had the worst diarrhea of my life for a week, started taking pills, haven't shat for the last 3 days. XionsProphecy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutterz Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession: I had the worst diarrhea of my life for a week, started taking pills, haven't shat for the last 3 days. So... your life isn't as shitty anymore? sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrael Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Did funya tell the story about his date before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenshin_sama Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession: I had the worst diarrhea of my life for a week, started taking pills, haven't shat for the last 3 days. Try taking Hyperbiotics if you can. This stuff is amazing for digestion; I haven't had diarrhea once ever since I started taking it and I feel more energized too. It might hurt to poop for a little while after you start taking it (expect blood), but you'll thank yourself for it later. A lot of health issues start with the gut, so you definitely want to do as much as you can to take care of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession: I DID IT, I AM SHITTING AS I WRITE THIS, YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS XionsProphecy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Poltroon Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Confession: I DID IT, I AM SHITTING AS I WRITE THIS, YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS I am so very incredibly glad for you. I was actually quite worried so I'm very happy you took the time to write us this update. Confession: On occasion, even I feel mildly intelligent. Today I played a game that truly made me feel like Sherlock Holmes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I am so very incredibly glad for you. I was actually quite worried so I'm very happy you took the time to write us this update. I was literally halfway to shit seeping into my bloodstream and killing me by irreversibly contaminating my blood. Quite the relieving development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenshin_sama Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Yikes o.o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinovaA Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Confession: I just got invited to a get together by the girl I have been seeing/talking to... and she just asked me if I am going to be staying the night. Fuck. Yes. I. Am. So. Ready. XD Location: Her friend's apartment. Alcohol? Yes. Number of people staying at said friend's apartment: Pretty much nobody, including her friend who owns the damn place. XD Chances of shit happening: High Lino Status: SilverLi, Tyrael, rainsismyfav and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12kami Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Confession: I just got invited to a get together by the girl I have been seeing/talking to... and she just asked me if I am going to be staying the night. Fuck. Yes. I. Am. So. Ready. XD Location: Her friend's apartment. Alcohol? Yes. Number of people staying at said friend's apartment: Pretty much nobody, including her friend who owns the damn place. XD Chances of shit happening: High Lino Status: good luck ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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