Bills

Today I did not go to school but was out all day anyways. First there were interviews for some English teaching jobs this morning. I attended the meeting, filled out the forms, and got interviewed. It was not very exciting. Afterwards I went to a convenience store to pay my bills. It was then that I realized how much better they are than standard American stores. I can go to almost any convenience store in Japan and pay my cell phone bill (or electric, gas, etc). I also just found out that if you want to go to a concert somewhere, you buy tickets from a convenience store too. I was amazed. After this adventure, I went to Waseda with Vaso to start the work permit process to secure a job. It turns out that this was pretty much a wasted trip as we needed our alien registration cards. So we headed to Setagaya town center to pick up our cards. We got lost as soon as we got off the train station. There was a sign on the sidewalk that said the building was 20 meters to the left... There was nothing there. We returned to the train station and went to the other side. There was yet another sign that said the place was 140 meters straight ahead. This one was actually correct. Getting the card was a painless process. We handed them our passports and they handed them back along with the card. Now we are all set. Just need to open up a bank account so I can get paid.