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Hey ok so in two weeks time weel be there! At last. This trip has been wanting to happen for ages but kept being put off. Let me tell you all about it. ....
First idea was to go to japan and teach english with the JET programme. Its probably the biggest english teaching programme in japan, and because of that reason, competition is very tuff. The process of replying took ages had to fill out alot of forms and complete numerous cvs, personal statements etc etc then travel down to london for an interview. The interviews were ok but we were obviously not what they were looking for so didnt get in. After that we applied for NOVA, another huge language programme an that was all goin well untill the company went bust, and that was the end of that. Good job it happened when it did though because alot (like hundreds and hundreds) of people out there at the time got made redundent without pay. eek.
So....... we decided to go it alone. off our own back, This ofcouse meant saving up alot more money as we wouldnt be going there to work anymore, but to purely travel. Then we heard about a working holiday visa, where u can go for upto a year and do some casual work too if you want. Just what we wanted. That way we have something to fall back on when........i mean if.......all our money runs out. WE decided to stick the summer out in Guernsey an head off when winter starts to set in. All the savings gone ok, but hasnt been hepled by the fact i cant stop buying new toys, and holly has an addiction to dresses.
So, all visas are obtained, insurance is sorted, theres money in the bank, got all the vaccinations, flights are booked and off we go. Simple.
lets just hope the exchange rate moves a bit in our favour, as you can see from the picture (in photo albums) its not lookin to hot.
Singing off................Chris
PS , kurisu and horii arnt stupid gay pet names we have for each other, there our names in japanese, cus you cant spell chris and holly with the japanese alphabet.
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