Today I got the official letter from the JET office at my uni accommodation. They send a letter to both your permanent and temporary address so I got to see it today in writing. Woohoo! Well, that's what I thought until I leafed through all the documents and felt my heart sink. Yet another health check (which was a pain in the backside to get the first time around, now I need a full-on physical complete with chest x-rays!) Plus, more worringly, a police check. How on earth do I go about getting a police check?? And will I ever manage to get it in time for June? I hope so. I thought I had done the hard part, but now it would seem I am in a race against time to get many various documents together in order to keep my place.
The first time around (back in November) the document race was incredibly stressful. Signatures upon signatures, references and health notes and declarations... I even took a photo of the finished envelope before I sent it off.
The first time around (back in November) the document race was incredibly stressful. Signatures upon signatures, references and health notes and declarations... I even took a photo of the finished envelope before I sent it off.
Yes, I realise that's a bit sad. But the application felt like such an accomplishment in itself. The sheer weight of the package, not to mention what I paid in postage!
So I ought to get myself into gear really and start organising things. Tomorrow morning I will set an early alarm and head into town to go to the police station. Fingers crossed it won't be a complicated process!
This also means that Dante will have to wait. Oh dear. As my dissertation deadline creeps closer with each passing day I feel like I'm clinging onto my final year with my fingernails... but it's still slipping away! Wednesday will have to be an absolutely 100% dedicated dissertation day, with a goal of 500 words. Achievable? Who knows.. Possibly not if my Amazon package arrives on Wednesday morning - "The Gaijin's guide to Japan!"
So I ought to get myself into gear really and start organising things. Tomorrow morning I will set an early alarm and head into town to go to the police station. Fingers crossed it won't be a complicated process!
This also means that Dante will have to wait. Oh dear. As my dissertation deadline creeps closer with each passing day I feel like I'm clinging onto my final year with my fingernails... but it's still slipping away! Wednesday will have to be an absolutely 100% dedicated dissertation day, with a goal of 500 words. Achievable? Who knows.. Possibly not if my Amazon package arrives on Wednesday morning - "The Gaijin's guide to Japan!"
