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So job hunting has pretty much failed. I tried my best to find a job here in Kansai. It started with non-tech positions, then I tried Project Manager and Senior backend engineer positions, then I tried even middle-level engineer positions, before finally trying full remote positions. 50 companies I applied… Read more →
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I came across some writing advice while doomscrolling. So let’s make it into an exercise to flew our writing muscles. Read more →
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Job hunting has not been going well. Suffice it to say that it has gone nowhere. But I do not falter. I reflect, I improve, and I persist. Read more →
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I awoke to the System. I cannot say how. Fractured memories flutter elusively still, mocking my attempts to organise them. A helmet strapped around my eyes blinded me. At once I felt panic surge, driving me to claw with desperate fingers at the plastic casing. I found the latches to… Read more →
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I did a Japanese-style SPI tests for a position as a localizer at a manga company. It was quite scary. Read more →
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We are pieces of the Universe granted a brief moment of consciousness in the grand machinations of the cosmos. A cruel, painful, beautiful and wonderous experience. It is therefore our life’s goal to make the suffering worthwhile. Read more →
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私もその問題のか。ここに住んだり、税を払ったり、年金を払ったり、言語を学んだり、日本の習慣に通して行ったりすることにもかかわらず、私はまだただの「foreigner」か。 Read more →
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My apartment is too expensive. Compared to my colleagues and friends, I am paying roughly ¥20,000 (roughly equivalent to 3 days work at my English teaching job) more a month. It’s a nice enough, pretty typical of most 1K apartments in this city, perhas on the slightly newer side and… Read more →
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“According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.” The Symposium, Plato I sit before you now, dear… Read more →
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“Not all those who wander are lost.” J.R.R. Tolkien After over a decade spent carving for myself a modest adult life I abandoned the vessel entirely and set forth on a new voyage. Whether it was the correct decision or not, I may only realise upon my death bed, should… Read more →