Pretty In Golden...

Hey all :)

I was planning to go see a visa lawyer, but as I don't know how much it costs, I thought I'd ask here for advice first :)

I'm wanting to change from a working holiday visa to a self-sponsorship visa, but I won't have bank statements/payslips. I'm not working full-time at the moment, only part-time, but I will have contracts from two part-time jobs for the next year. That should render payslips unnecessary, however, Japanese officials tend to follow forms to the letter - if it says payslips, you need payslips.

Has anyone been in the same situation/have any ideas, or should I definitely go see a lawyer and ask? My visa runs out next month on the 1st ^^; Yes, I know I've left it rather late...


Edit: I meant to post this to expatsjapan, but I'll leave it up here incase anyone can shed some insight <3

Thanks!

Going to Japan then getting a job over there with help from Zoe's sister

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Working holiday visa to do smaller, part-time jobs and maybe an internship so I can find a job at the end of the year - visa might take a while to recieve though

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Teaching english. I could live with eikaiwa, but never with being an ALT ^^; Some okay-ish jobs online I wanna apply for, but I doubt I'll get them :P

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Kenta's dad owns a juku ^^; I'd get free accommodation, but low pay, so it'd be hard to move on from. From Miyagi I think I could get to Tokyo at weekends and job-hunt though...

Is it hard to get internships in Japan in, like, magazines? Or possibly the tourism industry?



Well, first up, finishing this speech for Thursday so I can graduate, then doing a short TESOL course (www.globaltesol.co.nz) - either with one specialisation or three. Wish me luck on getting the speech done.

And LOSING WEIGHT!! Didn't go for a run today OR yesterday, as I say I can't in order to lose weight, then end up spending all my time online talking to Kianachan and surfing mindlessly ^^;


...I'd better pass -o-

Listening to the LMC up LOUD through nice big headphones to try stay awake to finish referencing this assignment. I also moved to a cooler room. It's kind of working - I don't feel like giving up and throwing myself on the teacher's mercy anymore. Only another hour to go -o- Maybe next time I'll remember what no sleep feels like and get it done earlier.

Thank god for visual kei <3 ;P

A funeral's for the living
The dead can't say no goodbyes
What's done is done
What's gone is gone
And in the end, everyone dies.

I wrote it last night - it doesn't really have much meaning. More just a feeling, na

Happy birthday to meeeee, happy birthday to meeeee, happy birthday dear Bryonyyyyyy, happy birthday to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I just had to sing that XD Well, at-least write it. I wrote it on mixi too XD

I turn 20 >< Kinda scary, but I"ve been wearing lolita/himekei more lately, so acting more adult like, so it's not SO scary. But still...technically an adult ><

To make it a good thing, I'm going drinking in kabukicho later tonight <3 Because i finally can <3 Would be fun to be back at home too though - I would've liked to see my parents. Especially as I know I'll spend all my birthday money on drinking instead of buying anything -o-;;;

Sorry I haven't posted much lately - I've been a bit busy >< I promise I'll try more this year.

P.S. I dunno if Amanda's reading this, but she probably is XD If you are - you were right, I DO like Lucky Star <3

...If you make acrylic nails (from rame - the glittery powder - and the type of nails where you don't use a tip, you just sort of build them...) and then try stick something on them with nail glue...nail glue burns them >> Like, it smoked >> And it gets really hot. And sort of melts >> I'm SOOO glad I tried to stick something to the tip, not over my actual nail >> And that the glue didn't burn all the way through.

You'd think they'd write a warning or something.

Or maybe they did >> The instructions for the acrylics are in Japanese, so I don't really know - I didn't bother to translate it >>;;;


...Now to find another way to stick nail decals (is that what you call nail seals?) on. As sticking them on while the acrylic's still wet doesn't work - I just tried.


That's...really creepy >> I'm scared of acrylics now ^^; But not enough to stop using them - they worked way better this time from doing it the way without using tips - I just wish I could find my 3D nail art acrylic kit. I suck at doing designs with it, but practise makes perfect.

Ah well, early day tomorrow. I'd better sleep. See-through nails suck though >> But they're glittery (and pink -o- everyone keeps telling me I suit pink -o-) so they're not too bad.



Goodnight.

Sorry for the long time without updates >< I was planning to lately, but my laptop's broken ;_; So I can't post pictures, etc, and as I'm always on my friend's laptop I can't take a long time as she wants it back ^^;

Went to a Gazette live, an An Cafe live, and a small live with random bands (the best being Licker and ガアラ) and the Okayama Vk band RuviaGram, which has broken up now i think. In Okayama. Yay for Okayama <3

I'm also struggling not to buy the babyssb skirt i want >> As it's expensive, and I don't wear lolita enough...but maybe if i had the clothes i would. It's hard cuz the shop's right there, so i can't help but go look ^^;


I'm in Hiroshima atm, til Sunday :) I'm gonna do the touristy stuff :P And I have a friend here, so we're gonna hang out for a while. Doing the touristy-thing alone sucks though ^^; Asking someone to take a picture of you and a friend is fine. Asking someone to take a picture of just you...^^;;;

I update mixi more atm, though my japanese sucks, just to keep in contact with my friends over here so if they can meet me they'll know. Incase anyone else has mixi, http://mixi.jp/show_friend.pl?id=7… ←that's me :D

Well, I'd better go now. I promise I'll try update more - and I have good internet now, so upload more too <3 - as soon as I get my laptop bloody fixed!!! Grrr, not cool...


Anyway, see you!! 


Edit// It's it funny how you can read something, and something inside you just twangs...like, you realise how little you actually know someone, or you realise that, despite how important they seem to you, it's unlikely you're as important to them. I suppose there's not much use dwelling on it...but it'll make for pretty good poetry when I get round to writing some ;) //Edit

Hey! Sorry for the long time no posting >>;;; IPC, my Uni, blocked all the download sites - and seeing what was uploaded but being unable to download depressed me *laughs*. So I sorta avoided livejournal for a while... Then Amanda pointed out that I should post on it, so I decided to >>;;;.

How is everyone? If anyone sees me on AIM, feel free to say hi! I'm off on holiday on Monday, but I'll have net in Japan. Not sure about Scotland yet >>.

Incase anyone's interested, or is in any of these places...

And a dark poem, which I wrote as I'm having trouble writing fast, dark songs. I can only write fast, cute ones ><! I think I've been listening to too much oshare...

I didn't really make a title, so I sorta came up with "The Threshold of Pleasure"

Hmm...I THINK that's all...if there's anything anyone wants me to get them in Japan I probably could in January/February, but I'd probably need the money first as I have none ><!!! Feel free to email me at Liekun@gmail.com. 'Cuz there's always stuff that's hard to find online, or impossible -_-.

Oh, and if anyone has mixi, feel free to add me! I think I'm （ブライオニー）Bryony with the katakana as my last name first, as it shows up on my homepage the other way round, so looks better that way. If anyone's in Japan and wants to meet up, or is going to any lives/knows anything interesting to do, please email me! Especially if you have any idea where I can find out about Tai Chi in Japan >< I have no idea, but mum wants to go as something to do while I'm shopping with friends (Harajuku and Shinjuku and a live with one friend, and Akihabara with another! We're going to a maid cafe <3!) - I think to see if it's different in Japan to what she does.

Anyway, catch up with you all soon! I hope everyone's having a great holidays <3!

ヤッホー！おひさしぶりです！
Mou - been so busy lately. And sick. And changed laptops twice... -_-;;;. But I wrote a poem today! Trying to get back into Roald Dahl style...

Not quite finished, as such. Still messy, and I need to change a couple of lines. But...yeah. I rather like it so far. Cute, not serious.

And angel's gone, so she's not online right now, and I was just getting back into talking to her every day too ;_;. But I'll be able to later, so it's all okay <3.

Ah well, I suppose i should probably go. And do...something XP. By the way, if anyone wants to talk to me:
Gmail: Liekun@gmail.com
MSN: antiquelolita23cafe@hotmail.com
AIM: Xx Lie XX kun xX

Oooooooh - extra note! Latest addictions! Zwei PV, Dragon. And...dumdaduuuuum...Computer, by Metronome. That PV is LOVE! The guitarist, Fuusuke, is SO CUTE in it! And it's such an addictive song!

<3!

Ja, love you all <3!

Mou - sorry for being all off-and-on lately. I keep having to take my laptop in to Aidian to get MSN put on it, to try get my harddrive working...:P. Luckily dad's getting a laptop soon (second-hand but better than this one - Windows XP, not ME) and I can swap with him! Until then, I can only use my harddrive on OTHER PEOPLE's computers, which means I don't listen to it much. Random craving for Miyavi lately.
Oooh - and I wrote a really random KanonxMiku, and a kinda-of even randomer GacktxMiyavi XPPP. I just felt like the oddness their characters would create.
I should be doing homework, but I'm more watching Vidoll clips on YouTube atm >>;;;. And before it was Miyavi, and PSC... I need to buy some DVD's when I get a job. And some magazines. I might see if any of my friends' parents who live in Tokyo can get the visualive magazines for me *-*.
I suppose I had better go ;_; I want to make a PV request, but considering I can't upload at the moment...*siiiiiighs*. I have a couple of discographies I want to try collect too. Ah well.
Grr, and I need a new haircut. My fringe is starting to trail in my eyes, and if I let it grow past them I'll start tucking it behind my ear like usual.
I'm still writing a VK magazine - one of my classes, Japanese Skills 1B, lets you study however you want. So some of my friends translate manga (I wonder if they knew it would be hard before they started - manga Japanese is really difficult 'cuz it's not dictionary Japanese), and I write a Visual Kei magazine. Except I keep getting behind and not doing my work. And I'm not sure what else to write. And probably most people won't agree with my ideas in it -_-;;;. Easiest way to solve that is not to show anyone *laughs*.

Kyo's waist and hips are *-* (was looking for a full A4 size X-Japan picture, then started looking for Dir En Grey instead. Might just make up a front page out of lots of smaller pictures). Anyone else got any other pictures like this they'd care to share? They all look so slim and gorgeous in this shoot ^-^;;;.
Okay, so, better go now. I'll talk to you later <3
Love ya's!