Well, well, maybe next time. In other news, the first signs of spring are finally showing up! Yesterday the temperature almost allowed me to have my jacket opened, and the sun rays themselves are getting warmer by the day. Now if only the wind would stop its constant assault, and some flowers actually started showing up, then we could talk about spring for real. I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to the day when I'll be able to ascend to the roof terrace on top of my apartment building and lie down basking in the late spring and summer sun.
Hopefully I'll have gotten myself an iPod Touch before then. I have realized that said device would be a blessing to my studies. There are not only programs for it that would allow me study vocabulary and kanji so much more efficiently, but also dictionary programs that would eliminate my ever growing need to buy an electronic dictionary - which would pretty much cost as much as an iPod Touch. Add to that the fact that it's just the coolest device this side of the iPhone, and I obviously need to get one.
Another thing I need to get is an electric piano. The more time that goes by, the more desperate I become on this point, the more urgent the need for a piano grows. My artistic inner angel is screaming out unheard, dying to relearn the piano and start composing things for real - instead of simply doing it in my head, with no way of getting any of it out before it disappears into the mists of memories long gone.
I have actually been looking around a bit on musical instruments in the last few months. While most electric pianos start at around 100 000 yen, I have found the occasional one for just under 60 000. As soon as I can afford one I am getting it - possibly after the iPod though, as I have to prioritize those studies. There is of course also the option of getting a used piano. That would allow me to get it that much sooner, at a fraction of the cost.
A while back I actually found an electric grand piano at Yodobashi Akiba, going for just over one million two hundred thousand yen, if I recall correctly. Now wouldn't that just be a wonderful thing to have in your apartment! I doubt I could ever get it into my place though.
Whenever I do succeed in getting myself that piano, this apartment will truly become a musical place. My roommate Legato bought a violin a while back. Let's hope that Isaura - the new girl who is moving in when Linus leaves by the end of this month - also has an interest in playing something. We could then invite Christian, Kitti, and a bunch of others to come over with their instruments from time to time, and we could have some great weekends of music together.
That would be the days for sure. I am looking forward to it. For now, I have started looking for jobs as an English teacher, while continuing trying to get more jobs as a model. I may have something coming up on that last front, but I don't want to say too much before I know for sure. I am also looking into some more business ideas on the side - I'll let you know if anything comes from it.
Another point of recent interest is that I have now applied to the University of Hong Kong. The program I am trying to get into is the Bachelor of Business Administration. If I do get in, and have enough money for tuition fees when the time comes, chances are pretty strong that I will minor in Japanese, while trying to learn Mandarin and Cantonese as best as I can on the side.
Speaking of university, I had a bit of a problem paying the application fee of 300 Hong Kong dollars. Some technical error prevented me from finishing the application process. Had to call them and arrange for a document to be mailed to me which I could physically send over there. Worked out alright in the end - apart from one major complication. Apparently the actual payment process hadn't failed quite as much as the rest, meaning the money was drawn from my account every time I tried! And I tried quite a few times, meaning my account was depleted by the time I realized anything had happened.
Now, I am sure I will get the money back. We are dealing with the second most prestigious university in Asia, after all. But I am aware it will take a while, so for the next few weeks, I will confine myself to a diet of rice. Quite exotic, wouldn't you think?
I am feeling kinda lucky I had already added three additional months to my commuters card. Otherwise I might have had some slight problems getting to school in February. As it is, I am sure everything will work out just fine. Especially as was recently brought to my attention an as of yet unreceived tax return of about 3800 sek, money I had no idea I were supposed to get. But apparently I will, as soon as some bureaucracy is brought out of the way. But that too may take a few weeks.
I may have had some financial problems lately, but aside from a few temporary setbacks like this thing with Hong Kong, I have to say it now looks like that will soon all be behind me. Especially with this forced rice diet, I fully expect to be back over break even within a month, and from there things can only get better. So now do wish me luck, and that I get that modeling job I am hoping for right now!
Sayonara!
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