Still jet-lagged.
I woke up at 5:00 am and experienced my first earthquake a couple hours later. It was pretty small. It felt like my apartment hit a speed bump, then it was all over. It wasn’t even until a few hours later that I checked Google for earthquakes that I even realized that it actually was a quake.
I had my first day at work today. It started at 3:00 and ended at about 9:00. I started out with a brief orientation where I was shown the office and was given my work notebook. I then got to go to my first observation. The client was a very big tech firm. I’d say which one it is, but I’m not sure if that would be breaking the confidentiality agreement. Just know this… it’s one of the biggest tech companies in the world… you’ve heard of them. We serve this particular company in many different locations within Japan.
I was also informed that I would be teaching an advanced class by myself tomorrow evening. This was not supposed to happen until I had at least 3-5 days of observation, but the person that was teaching this class is no longer with the company, and they had already been planning on me taking over the class since I was supposed to be here on August 1. That didn’t change even though I started two days late.
I’m not too worried. I have already set up my lesson plans, and feel pretty confident with what I am going to be doing.
I know I’m not really fully explaining anything. I’m pretty beat. I didn’t get much sleep since I’m still on “Tulsa time,” so I’m just going to go ahead an eat, then go to sleep.
Night everyone!
Word of the day
daijobu (dIee-jo-boo) – 大丈夫 – だいじょうぶ – Alright or OK
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