a merkypie in jpan

12 days till my interview. It is now 4:20 and I’ve spent this night, along with many other nights, watching videos and mentally prepping myself for this interview. Trying to just get my mind in this zone where I can go into that room with confidence and not expect any surprises. Which is highly unlikely […]

So, I’m confirmed for Monday, February 27th at 10:30am. I got a bunch of paperwork to fill out, such as a release form and gag order to not reveal anything about the interview and instructions on what to do, what to expect, and how to get there. I’m starting to feel confident. Though, as the […]

I can still feel the relentless shaking from when I found out that I was, out of over four thousand people that I was selected for an interview on the JET Program. I don’t think I have been able to really comprehend that the Japanese government thought my application was good enough to give me a […]

I am unable to think straight. But I did it. I got an interview. WOOOOOOOOOOOOW. I was in the middle of doing my assignment for class then I got a tweet, ” Interview results ahve been posted. ” WHAT? ITS 7:30PM?? BUT THEY WERE. And I was shaking as I went and grabbed my SASE, […]

So, its the 23rd of January. Still waiting on interview results. While I have known that interview results usually come out in late January, early February, I’m starting to become more anxious in anticipation. Also, all the doubts I managed to shelve and get over are slowly creeping back up again. What if I don’t […]