A Culinary Journey to Japan
So here I am again, far far far too long since I’ve written a post. Many of you who read this know for a fact that I’m not dead, I’ve just been lapse in posting here. A lot of things have happened since the last time I was here, I’ve changed jobs twice, but the biggest being that I’m back in the kitchen and working for Marriott. That’s when I got the idea that I can use my employment here at Marriott to my advantage, so I’ve decided to move to Japan for a year and really get into the food out there.
With all of these changes it has inspired me to write once again, I’m going to chronicle my experiences on getting out there and all of the adventures I’ll have in Japan.
So with no further ado I’ll start the first post. I’ve come up with a long list of items that I need to get accomplished before I move out there, not the least of which is learning a bit of Japanese and getting my passport et al.
I’ve been using several methods to try and teach myself Japanese, several kana books, and even My Japanese Coach on the DS. So far I’ve had a little bit of success, but I really need to crack down on myself and get to it hardcore.
The thing that I most have to update on is getting my passport. I had lost my birth certificate in my divorce, not sure where it got to so I had to apply for a new one. Not a big deal, but I have to say that when I searched for a way to get a copy of it on Google I found so many, what I would consider to be, shady websites offering to get a copy for me. Everyone now a days should know better than to trust any of these sites, I finally got to ok.gov and applied for a certified copy of my certificate of live birth, does that mean I’m not a US citizen? Ok ok, I’ll leave the politics out of this.
My birth certificate arrived on Thursday and so I decided to apply for my passport. Once again I found a lot of sites that would love to apply for me….right. Getting to the official .gov site I started my application online and got to the part asking if I have ever been married. Which I have, and been divorced. But it wants my ex’s info all the same. So I find myself stymied here until I can get that info from her. Hopefully she won’t mind and can send it to me. If that doesn’t work I don’t know what else all be able to do for that.
This is a pretty good start, I’ll post again when I have more information.