A change in plans...

Ok, so I am no longer leaving October 30th. It looks like I will be leaving sometime in November, but I do not have a set date as of yet.

I guess there has been a problem going on in Japan. For some unknown reason, current instructors have not been getting paid on time. There have been delays all across the country and no one knows why.

As a result, Nova is not comfortable with sending any new instructors over there at this time, so no one will be going n the month of October.

They hope to figure out what the problem is and resolve it quickly so they can start sending people again. This is why I don't have a set date. I will HOPEFULLY be leaving in November, but as a result I have more time to spend with everyone here! :)

Nova currently has departures previously set up for Nov. 6th and 13th, so hopefully I will be leaving on one of those days.

Well, even though I never expected this, it just figures.

Plane ticket

Ok, so I "reserved" my ticket to fly into Japan, but they won't charge my card until 7-14 days before I leave and I won't get it til 1 week before I go. I think I am getting tired of all this last minute stuff.

I will receive my Certificate of Eligibility, or COE, about 3 weeks before departure, which I will take to the Japanese Consulate in Chicago to convert the COE into my work visa that will be stamped in my passport.

I have applied for my Hanko, which is a wooden stamp that I will use in place of my signature. It will either have my first or last name in Japanese, but I won't get that until I arrive in Japan. :( I will have to take a pic of it so everyone can see it!

Well, that is the latest on what's going on before I leave for the land of the rising sun! Ja Mata!