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The Friday Five for Feb23 and my goings-on
Mar. 3rd, 2023 02:58 pmThese questions were written by Dreamwidth user Sabcatt.
1. What’s the last thing you got in the mail?
Black beans through Amazon.
2. What’s the last thing you sent in the mail?
New Years cards.
3. How many unread emails are in your inbox right now?
None, I hope. Not in my personal one anyway. My original email address has been taken over by hubby and there is a lot of junk mail, so A LOT of unopened ones there.
4. What is your most recent text message about?
To hubby about how things were going badly at the phone shop.
To explain, my smartphone is dying; thankfully not quite in the last stages, but the battery doesn't last a whole day - so I am in need of another. I bought my last one 5 years ago, and it cost around 800 dollars. Crazy. We paid for it in two installments by credit card. This time hubby is too lazy to come with me, so I am doing it all on my own but it is taking for ever.
I have to go back to when we got a letter from YMobile, a company we got our pocket wifi from (what's it called over there I don't know) to use at our classroom. The credit card being used to pay for the monthly usage payments was running out and I needed to update the info. All I wanted to do was change the due date. They said I could do it online, but I had the hardest time because hubby had lost the documentation and I couldn't find the phone number attached to the machine, nor the password. I went to the shop, hoping they could do it there and they told me that because the contract was with hubby, I needed his ID. Again, all I wanted to do was update the due date of the credit card... LOL So I went home and went back another day with hubby's drivers license and they got to work. I waited for like thirty minutes and the girl came back to say they couldn't do it there. I had to go to a different store, far away. But by that time, they had showed me the phone number and I had found the password in a mail, so I decided to try again online just in case. And I got through! But when I tried to just change the date, the screen said I couldn't. I had to change the card LOL WTF By this time I am PISSED. I phone and explain the situation by phone. They tell me I can't do anything without my husband present.
So... I ended up changing the credit card so I could get it done quick before the end of the month.
Cut to yesterday. I go to my appointment to get a new phone at DOCOMO, a different company. My present phone is under my husband's name. They tell me I can't even buy a new one without a consent paper written all in my husband's handwriting. I also need a copy of his drivers license again. I am sooooo tired of this, I ask if I can change the contract to my name. They say I can do that too with the same documents. So I go home, get hubby to write the document. One thing I was a bit worried of was that the name was different from that of my ID - My ID has my full name in English, we used my name in Japanese, a shortened version registered at city hall. I have ID with the shortened version too, but it is my insurance card and not as good as my foreigner's ID card. I go back to the shop today, pick out the phone that cost around the same as my previous one, still with a nagging feeling that it wasn't over. I was right. They told me I needed a registration of residence showing both my long formal name and the shortened version. And probably also the actual ID of my husband. A copy may not cut it now. I was soo frustrated I was tearing up.
Anyway... I went to city hall, waited in line for thirty minutes and finally got the copy of registray. I can't go to the phone shop today or tomorrow because I have class, but I have made a reservation for Sunday. This time, I am sure I can get it.... well, let's not jinks it.
5. Do you have a favorite postage stamp design?
The ukiyo-e postage stamps here are pretty.
I always like seeing Christmas stamps from other countries.
I used to collect stamps. They should be in a box somewhere.
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I'm reading some books by R.J. Barker - Wounded Kingdom trilogy and now, the Bone Ships. I really enjoyed the Wounded Kingdom so I thought I'd continue. I have been reading a lot of fantasy that has been disappointing in various ways so I'm glad I finally found something.
I have a new class on Tuesdays - a mommy class for a mom of a cute little baby who will be going to India in June. If she would have paid for private classes, I could have got her an Indian teacher to get her used to the accent, but it didn't work out. Still, the class is fun, and the baby is adorable.
AUDREY HAS PASSED the exam for the public school she wanted to go to!!! Wohoo! She's happy to be going to the school she wanted, and we are happy it's not costing us an arm and a leg LOL! She still had final exams to study for though - three days after the entrance exam! Pretty crazy. Why do exams when the grades don't matter, I would not understand.
I have been watching Carnival Row and This is Us on Prime. They are both watchable, but not the best. I also just finished watching Hollywood. That is pretty good but it has a lot of sex and racism stuff and is a bit depressing too.
My mom called and it was really nice to talk with her. They were in the middle of a snow storm. She got a promotion - we don't know if that means she gets more money or if it just means she will be doing two jobs LOL She is a tutor and a tutor trainer and the promotion gives her certification to do more in the training department. I love how she is 85 and still getting promotions.
I have been having teacher interviews and I got to meet a really nice dude. He was a physical therapist in the States before moving to Japan with his Japanese wife and now is a stay-at-home dad but wanted to get out and do some work even if he couldn't do it in his field. He had the most twinkly eyes, I think I half fell in love with the guy and was super excited to have him on board, but he is pursuing other options and he may not come. I was soooo happy after the interview so that was really hard.
Two more weeks until holidays, and everyday is super busy messaging teachers and staff, etc. I have Easter to prepare for as well. Well, I have got to get this out now that it has taken me a week to write. I'll come back later to see how you are doing.
Oh, by the way,
Happy Hinamatsuri!
1. What’s the last thing you got in the mail?
Black beans through Amazon.
2. What’s the last thing you sent in the mail?
New Years cards.
3. How many unread emails are in your inbox right now?
None, I hope. Not in my personal one anyway. My original email address has been taken over by hubby and there is a lot of junk mail, so A LOT of unopened ones there.
4. What is your most recent text message about?
To hubby about how things were going badly at the phone shop.
To explain, my smartphone is dying; thankfully not quite in the last stages, but the battery doesn't last a whole day - so I am in need of another. I bought my last one 5 years ago, and it cost around 800 dollars. Crazy. We paid for it in two installments by credit card. This time hubby is too lazy to come with me, so I am doing it all on my own but it is taking for ever.
I have to go back to when we got a letter from YMobile, a company we got our pocket wifi from (what's it called over there I don't know) to use at our classroom. The credit card being used to pay for the monthly usage payments was running out and I needed to update the info. All I wanted to do was change the due date. They said I could do it online, but I had the hardest time because hubby had lost the documentation and I couldn't find the phone number attached to the machine, nor the password. I went to the shop, hoping they could do it there and they told me that because the contract was with hubby, I needed his ID. Again, all I wanted to do was update the due date of the credit card... LOL So I went home and went back another day with hubby's drivers license and they got to work. I waited for like thirty minutes and the girl came back to say they couldn't do it there. I had to go to a different store, far away. But by that time, they had showed me the phone number and I had found the password in a mail, so I decided to try again online just in case. And I got through! But when I tried to just change the date, the screen said I couldn't. I had to change the card LOL WTF By this time I am PISSED. I phone and explain the situation by phone. They tell me I can't do anything without my husband present.
So... I ended up changing the credit card so I could get it done quick before the end of the month.
Cut to yesterday. I go to my appointment to get a new phone at DOCOMO, a different company. My present phone is under my husband's name. They tell me I can't even buy a new one without a consent paper written all in my husband's handwriting. I also need a copy of his drivers license again. I am sooooo tired of this, I ask if I can change the contract to my name. They say I can do that too with the same documents. So I go home, get hubby to write the document. One thing I was a bit worried of was that the name was different from that of my ID - My ID has my full name in English, we used my name in Japanese, a shortened version registered at city hall. I have ID with the shortened version too, but it is my insurance card and not as good as my foreigner's ID card. I go back to the shop today, pick out the phone that cost around the same as my previous one, still with a nagging feeling that it wasn't over. I was right. They told me I needed a registration of residence showing both my long formal name and the shortened version. And probably also the actual ID of my husband. A copy may not cut it now. I was soo frustrated I was tearing up.
Anyway... I went to city hall, waited in line for thirty minutes and finally got the copy of registray. I can't go to the phone shop today or tomorrow because I have class, but I have made a reservation for Sunday. This time, I am sure I can get it.... well, let's not jinks it.
5. Do you have a favorite postage stamp design?
The ukiyo-e postage stamps here are pretty.
I always like seeing Christmas stamps from other countries.
I used to collect stamps. They should be in a box somewhere.
**************
I'm reading some books by R.J. Barker - Wounded Kingdom trilogy and now, the Bone Ships. I really enjoyed the Wounded Kingdom so I thought I'd continue. I have been reading a lot of fantasy that has been disappointing in various ways so I'm glad I finally found something.
I have a new class on Tuesdays - a mommy class for a mom of a cute little baby who will be going to India in June. If she would have paid for private classes, I could have got her an Indian teacher to get her used to the accent, but it didn't work out. Still, the class is fun, and the baby is adorable.
AUDREY HAS PASSED the exam for the public school she wanted to go to!!! Wohoo! She's happy to be going to the school she wanted, and we are happy it's not costing us an arm and a leg LOL! She still had final exams to study for though - three days after the entrance exam! Pretty crazy. Why do exams when the grades don't matter, I would not understand.
I have been watching Carnival Row and This is Us on Prime. They are both watchable, but not the best. I also just finished watching Hollywood. That is pretty good but it has a lot of sex and racism stuff and is a bit depressing too.
My mom called and it was really nice to talk with her. They were in the middle of a snow storm. She got a promotion - we don't know if that means she gets more money or if it just means she will be doing two jobs LOL She is a tutor and a tutor trainer and the promotion gives her certification to do more in the training department. I love how she is 85 and still getting promotions.
I have been having teacher interviews and I got to meet a really nice dude. He was a physical therapist in the States before moving to Japan with his Japanese wife and now is a stay-at-home dad but wanted to get out and do some work even if he couldn't do it in his field. He had the most twinkly eyes, I think I half fell in love with the guy and was super excited to have him on board, but he is pursuing other options and he may not come. I was soooo happy after the interview so that was really hard.
Two more weeks until holidays, and everyday is super busy messaging teachers and staff, etc. I have Easter to prepare for as well. Well, I have got to get this out now that it has taken me a week to write. I'll come back later to see how you are doing.
Oh, by the way,
Happy Hinamatsuri!