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[Jade]

Guess who jumped on a ten hour flight and is still hating even the minor time difference of two hours because gdi it's 5am here but 7 at home and I wanna keep sleeping? 

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So that happened lol (and LittleGaijin is adorable~~)

[LittleGaijin]

Jade you're adorable too, wtf.

It was so much fun seeing you in-person for the first time yesterday! (๑ᴖ◡ᴖ๑)♪ Two Gaiwa staff members in the same time-zone for the first time ever, WHAT IS THIS. Hahah! Wish we had some cool snazzy Gaiwa shirts to take pictures in, or maybe some lovely Gaiwa members here in Tokyo so that we could do a meetup! 

[Jembru]

I have the cash, but not the financial stability to dare spend it. Once I'm no longer supporting my mum, and JP has a new job (he's being made redundant in Feb when they move his office to India!), I could be there in a heartbeat. Of course, I'd need to actually be invited first.

[LittleGaijin]

Dec 4, 2014 4:16:52 GMT Jembru said:

I have the cash, but not the financial stability to dare spend it. Once I'm no longer supporting my mum, and JP has a new job (he's being made redundant in Feb when they move his office to India!), I could be there in a heartbeat. Of course, I'd need to actually be invited first.

You're always invited Jemma! (*O*) I want to see you and JP someday!!
I'm sorry to hear about JP's job though, good luck to him with job searching. 

[Jade]

Jembru I wasn't even invited, I just rocked up one day like 'hey I booked my flights and a hotel room! hang out with me!'

[Jembru]

Dec 4, 2014 14:11:34 GMT Jade said:

Jembru I wasn't even invited, I just rocked up one day like 'hey I booked my flights and a hotel room! hang out with me!'

It might have to happen this way for us too I'm afraid. When we can go, it could end up being quite sudden, well, as sudden as work will allow.

One of my offline friends is an interpreter and has been sent over to Japan for a year as part of her job, so I'd love to get over there before she returns. The crazy thing is, even if JP lands a job that he can start right away, I'm oddly stuck in a rut until my mum's dog dies. No one wants him to die (and we keep paying his vet to keep him healthier for longer.. oh the irony.. but we love the lil' old man), but my mum can't move and escape her mortgage (the reason she's so reliant on my sister and I), until he's gone.  He's too old to re-home and a beloved family pet deserves better than that. It's a crazy bind I'm trapped in. I started saving for Japan almost 2 years ago, and hit our target a while back. I'm just too scared to touch it in case we need it to live on after February. It sucks royally, especially as the chances of being able to visit Chikae before she returns to England are looking pretty slim. Oh and I lost my free bed! I had a friend who always said JP and I could stay with her for free when we go over, but then she went and started a family... how rude! lol 

[Bokusenou]

Wow! So lucky!
Looks like fun! Oh, and the flight could be worse, going from the US to Japan is much longer than 10 hours...