So Saito sensei called me up during my lunch break. He told me that if I wanted to become a teaching assistant (TA) for the library next term, I should go see Maiko at 3PM in the library. Soon after, Eyobe FB chats me asking me if I’m going to do it and I told him that I would since I’m not really doing anything and that it’s a great way to make friends.

So me and Eyobe went there after third period and sat in on Matt’s (the exchange student from Alaska who’s currently a TA) class. He sort of did an English conversation thing today. We just sort of talked about music and Japan and books blahblah.

This all made me realize that I want to go traveling this summer vacation but I don’t really know where to go and what’s a good plan! ;( Anyone?

We went to the club yesterday cause it’s free to get in if you’re wearing a costume. I went as a gypsy! Although I’m not sure if I was believable as a gypsy! I still got in anyway. Lol. It was my first time to go to a club. Didn’t like it that much! I had fun, but it was so cramped :c Adrian says that that wasn’t even THAT packed. But there were times that I couldn’t even move that much!

Argh! I should probably start with school stuff. Meh.

I dunno what’s up. But lately, I’ve always been so tired. Nevermind that we had an exam today. Nya. That was pretty hard. Urgh. I sort of feel sorry for Eyobe though! He came in a little late so he missed some points because we started with the listening part of the test. I hope I do well this time. I’ve been making careless mistakes, it’s not even funny. Meh.

Slept the day away, pretty much. I have to start doing my paper.

Just uploaded some pictures from Kyoto on my SandBox account.

Weird huh. It’s the first time that I heard of such a thing happening. But oh well. Lesson learned. Uhh… Make one’s bike look older than all the other bikes? I dunno :/ I was parked at the bike parking. Oh well. I had it replaced now. Cost me 1,300 yen though. And the guy changed the screw so that it won’t be as easy to steal. But then that would mean that I wouldn’t be able to adjust the seat any time I want to.

Which is fine by me.

On a whole other note — my carelessness is getting the better of me. I still haven’t found my pink iPod. I know that it’s broken and all (after being fully charged, it sometimes dies on me after a few hours), but still! That iPod has been with me for 2 years now (nearly)! Shibata先生 told me that I shouldn’t keep losing my stuff. HAHAHA. Cause I lost my train pass (which cost me 16,800 yen for 3 months) and my school ID and people surrendered it at the office. LOOOOOOOL.

Oh! And remember when I skipped badminton to do my homework? Well, the coach was all, “Tiffany-san last week absent! I missed you!” (in a wacky joking manner that’s not at all creepy — he’s that kind of guy) And I went, “I missed you too sensei!” And he went, “Liar!” and started laughing. My badminton partner started laughing too. HAHAHAHA.

I went to the bar to quit. I’ve been debating whether or not I should tough it out for two months since the contract clearly said that I should notify them two months in advance if I’m going to quit (which Mika says is illegal cause you can’t tell the employees to notify you two months in advance).

Steffi also worked for the same bar. She lasted 3 weeks until she quit. She didn’t get her money either so I didn’t really bother with it.

I told them that I’m not asking for the money (since I already know that they’re not going to give it to me anyway, might as well go down with pride) even though Mika says that I should since I worked there for 2 weeks and the contract I signed is most likely not going to hold when it came to the law. Or something. I dunno. I just don’t want a mess. It was 4 days.

Speaking of which. I got a new student today. We just talked in English for 2 and a half hours and after, he gave me 5,000 yen! It was my first time meeting with this Japanese. So technically, 500 yen for the first hour (trial lesson), and then 1,500 for the next succeeding ones.

I told him that he didn’t need to pay me that much but he told me that I don’t need to give him a discounted price cause he’s willing to pay. I kept saying thank you — I was so shocked! 5,000 yen for 2 and a half hours of “work” (which consisted of JUST having a conversation in English) is a lot!

As I’ve mentioned. The pay for part-time work here is 700-1000 yen an hour. Or something like that.

Whoopee!

Tomorrow, I’m going to Sakae to quit working at that bar. It’s just not worth sticking around for 8 more weeks. Yuck. Anyway, hahahaha. Chalk it up to 2 weeks worth of partying. Yay.

By sticking around, I mean working at the bar.

It’s because it’s a new experience. I want to be able to say that, “Hey, I used to bartend at this bar in Japan! It was such an experience.” It’s hard, yes. The pay is shit too. A 7-hour shift at the bar is the same amount I earn in 2 and a half hours — teaching English privately.

So why stick around?

For one thing, I like my co-workers. The two other bartenders with me are Japanese. One of them is 35 years old and she has two kids! Just last night, she showed me their picture and THEY WERE REALLY CUTE! Like you wouldn’t believe. She’s got a boy and a girl. I dunno why the hell she’s working at a place like that though. I imagine she works everyday! With shit pay. And I’m doing this cause I just felt like it — a whim, if you want to call it. I can just stop showing up for work and I don’t really care if I don’t get paid. I’ll just chalk it up to partying and experience. Partying because that’s what I sort of do anyway. Dance around to music while washing the glasses and mixing drinks. LOOOOOOOL.

Life’s cruel like that. I’m thankful.

My friend FB messages me:

I forgot to tell you, the other day I was sitting in the library when (he) came up and sat down with me. And he told me about how you two had a talk, and how he felt really bad? You must have given him a piece of your mind huh? Haha I hope you feel better now that it’s off your chest! ♥

NYAHAHA. Yeah. I feel loads that I made him feel bad. But I didn’t really give him a piece of my mind. When he asked me if I was upset, I said, “How can I not be upset?” And then I made a recap of what happened. After that, I assured him that I didn’t tell his new GF the things that happened. And then my parting words — “For the record, we’re not friends” drama.

I’ll update about work in the evening. I just finished breakfast. I’m going to sleep now!

So I finally told the boss that I’ll only be working until the end of July. Lol. I don’t think he took it well. He told me that I should have mentioned that to the manager when I started. But lol — are they crazy? 800 an hour? I can get 1,500 an hour when I get accepted for the teaching position. Plus, the hours would be much better. I should’ve picked the 5:30-11 slots but then I didn’t want my evenings to be blocked in case I have plans. But at this rate, I’m too tired to go out anyway. LOL. Stupid me.

Oh. Nothing interesting has been happening lately. Except maybe getting so wasted the other day. Ugh. I wasn’t planning on that happening. It’s weird, but I thought it was all over. And then she had to tell me that he’s now her boyfriend. Who does that? Well, now I know how it feels to get played. I was his in-between girl. It’s not a nice feeling. And he had the gall to talk to me before my interview.

For a moment I thought that he was going to give me more of his excuses. But then all he wanted to say was sorry. In the past, he told me that he wanted to be my friend. Well, if he did, then he should have been the one to tell me. He shouldn’t have made me into a fool — everyone already knew. She told me that he wanted to keep it a secret because he didn’t know how I’d take it. Well, I’d have taken it better than how I’m taking it now. If he really was my friend, he’d tell me the truth and stick by me no matter what my reaction would be.

So then when I was on my way to my interview (check my regular blog for other happenings), I said my parting words, “For the record, we aren’t friends.” And he nodded.