~Skammie~

A little bit of change for the Christmas season! =)
As I have mentioned in my previous entry, my 日本に行くぞ～ series has sadly been discontinued.
Those of you who have followed along my “journey” to go to Japan know that I have been planning this for quite a long time.  But in the end, it had to [...]

I had thought that this next post of the 日本に行くぞ～ series would announce my acceptance into JET. But nope, I have given up hope.
Let’s backtrack. A month and a bit ago, I received a letter from the Consulate General of Japan. Mom told me about it on the phone while I was at [...]

“Dear Sarah,
This letter is to inform you that you have been selected as an ALTERNATE ALT candidate for the 2008 JET Programme. Alternates may be informed of an available position at any time up to the second week of December, 2008…“
Are you SERIOUS?!?! No, I’m not mad that I didn’t quite make the cut [...]