Nabe: Yum!

The last 2 weeks in November have been very quiet indeed. With Dave gone, and the new jobs, it's work basically every single day. Sophi has also completed her training for the new ALT position as well as working the nights at Gaba. This is the first time Sophi has seen 6am apart from still being awake....a first for everything!

We ventured to Kumi's place on Saturday and her brother Taka cooked us a traditional Japanese winter dish called Nabe, which is a huge hot-pot on a little stove, filled with chicken, fish, loads of veggies. Then you dip it all in a sauce made from raw egg and soy sauce and dried fish flakes. This was a family Goto nabe recipe! It was so delicious and great to have a home cooked meal that wasn't stir-fried veggies and noodles. Thanks Taka san!

The following Sunday we got a call from Reina, a girl Sophi used to work with at Nova. They were going for dinner for Yuki's birthday (another girl Sophi worked with). We met up with the boys from Gotanda Nova branch and went to Reina's place in Shibuya, where we had Nabe again.

Twice in two weeks we were spoilt with this delicious dinner. This time around they just kept bringing out another serving of it. In all we had 3 or 4 courses.... great stuff. We had a few drinks and caught up with everyone to find out what work everyone is doing, if any at all.

It is quite sad, a lot of foreigners in Japan have been really screwed by the collapse of the company. We have heard of quite a few people who have had to go back home because they have run out of money or can't find new work. We are so lucky that we started looking for work early because the company we now work for isn't hiring again until next year.

Cam had an interview at a foreign exchange trading company, who offered him a job, but after talking to some friends who had been to the same interview, decided against taking the pyramid schemed, commission based only job. The company had no client base and said the best way to find clients was to approach house-wives in cafes and try to hit them up for 1million Yen ($10,000A)-No thanks, just a waste of time!

December is looking like it will be a quiet month with lots of work. Cam will be working 7am-10.30 and then 5-11pm most days and weekends, while Sophi will be working 8am-3pm at the junior high school and some nights, also weekends. Luckily Daft Punk tickets had been bought a couple of months ago!!