Meeting the Boss

I woke up early today because of the damn light and heat again. But it was ok because today is an IMPORTANT day. I am going to see the President of the school I will be working at today. That's a pretty big deal.

I was supposed to meet EK at 11am at Jiyuugaoka Station off of the Tokyuu Line because we were going to meet the President at 3pm, but EK got a call in the morning saying that they need to move the time because the President has a meeting later in the day. So they changed it to meet us at 11:30AM. In true fashion, we were late to meet each other. EK's train ran into an "accident" so we ended up meeting at 11:15am. We didn't get to the school till around 11:45am. We first met with the top people at the school, Takagi Sensei, and Tetsuo Shiomi-assistant board chairman. At first things were pretty rocky. It seemed as if I wasn't going to get the Job at all. They could only offer me about 60,000 yen less than I originally expected. That's a lot of money and the hours wouldn't work with my visa application because it's not enough to qualify for a working visa.

Then another person entered the room, it was English instructor Ogawa. She was really nice, looked much younger than I was thought to believe she is. She took us on a tour of the school, and I was able to talk to some of the students and see a bunch of school activities.

When we went to the office, we met with President Kondo, and he reassured EK and Me that no matter what, I will have a job. I have his Gurantee, that he will take care of everything and even give me more hours and pay. That was completely a shock to EK. He was so worried because if I didn't get the Job, I'd be completely screwed because I just bought all the furniture and I wouldn't be able to live here if I didn't secure the visa. Which now I have. So fortunately everything worked out. I still haven't signed a contract or anything, but at least everything is working in the right direction.

I'm thrilled, yet still don't believe that I have my own apartment and working in a foreign country. It's kinda weird. Thank you EK for doing this for me. It's really great. I'll also be an assistant coach for the Tennis Team too. The school hasn't seen any of the English Oral communcation teachers involved in afterschool activities, so this was good. I think I will have a lot of fun and it will be a good experience, I'm sure.

After the trip to the school, EK and his father took me to a very nice Sushi restaurant. The average per person who eats at the restaurant is $100 a person. We could order anything we want and the chef would do it, but usually people just ask the chef to make them something good, and the chef would prepare something. He had a lot of rare fishes and things that are in season only a few weeks in the year. So I was lucky. I had one dish that was worth 3000 yen and it was small. He said that its so rare that I probably wouldn't have another chance to eat it again. He's probably right. It was nice, but I had to drink Sake to go with it. EK's dad made me drink. I didn't end up drinking that much, only two shot glasses. But it was enough to make me feel full and give me a headache. Then EK drove me home.I bought a calling card for my cell phone, so now I have a prepaid cell phone, and then I threw out all my trash. So now I will go unpack some more and probably take a shower and sleep. Good Night.