How do you spend your new years?

[dan330]

+1 One of these days, I'll quit my job and spend a few years in Japan teaching English.

that would be cool... but do you need to get a teaching certificate?

 

[Roze]

that would be cool... but do you need to get a teaching certificate?

You would get paid more with the teaching certificate is what a friend that taught in Korea told me. You do require a University degree.

 

[NYCHitman1]

+1 One of these days, I'll quit my job and spend a few years in Japan teaching English.

Don't go spreading that aboot nonsense

 

[dan330]

You would get paid more with the teaching certificate is what a friend that taught in Korea told me. You do require a University degree.

dont have a certificate.. but do have a degree.. and my english aint to bad...

where do i sign up?

 

[Roze]

Don't go spreading that aboot nonsense

what nonsense?

dont have a certificate.. but do have a degree.. and my english aint to bad...

where do i sign up?

Something you should google. This site talks a bit about it

 

[dan330]

i was kiddin... have a little kid.. i cant leave her behind!

 

[Roze]

i was kiddin... have a little kid.. i cant leave her behind!

You take her with you!!!! Or you wait until she is all grown up and leaves the nest before you go!!

 

[dan330]

cant take her.. she is with her mother.

I have visitation rights...

 

[NYCHitman1]

cant take her.. she is with her mother.

I have visitation rights...

Damned women . They always get you by the balls.

 

[Shinji01]

I'm squarely in the "eh, it's just another night" camp, and don't usually do anything, but I think I'll have some noodles at midnight like Shinji says I should. (Udon OK?)

I just learned a new bit of info this new years.
Apparently Kagawa Prefecture (famous for udon) is promoting "New Years Udon" as something to pair up with "End of Year Soba".

Hasn't wuite caught on yet, but maybe in half a decade it will become the new norm...

+1 One of these days, I'll quit my job and spend a few years in Japan teaching English.

Great idea
It's amazing how much demand there is for English teachers right now.
I think it's because people are afraid to loose their jobs and feel that being able to speak English would give them a competitive edge.

These days, thanks to the internet, you don't have to sign up to a English school to find pupils.
However, if you're a girl, you have to learn from the "Lindsey-san murders", and not follow weird Japanese guys home even if they insist that they left their wallet at home and would like you to come with them so that you can be paid.
Better to stay alive than waste on hour on free English lessons.

 

[LucyCaboosey]

I normally have a big party at home with friends and family but this year I celebrated it up in Durham with my boyfriend. We were originally supposed to meet his friends but by the time it got to about 11pm we both decided it was far too much effort to walk the half hour to the pub they were at when we already had a nice cosy spot in a local cocktail bar. Then at midnight we went up to the green in front of Durham Cathedral to hear the bells ring out for midnight, had a kiss and a cuddle and went back to another pub before heading home.

I never usually go out for NYE because I'm always worried everywhere will be jam packed, I won't get a seat and have to wait ages at the bar, but we managed to find a place that was relatively quiet so I took advantage and tried as many different cocktails as I could

 

[Shinji01]

I never usually go out for NYE because I'm always worried everywhere will be jam packed, I won't get a seat and have to wait ages at the bar, but we managed to find a place that was relatively quiet so I took advantage and tried as many different cocktails as I could

Well, that s huge difference from Japan, beause everything closes down form the afternoon of the 30th. Offices are closed from the 28th too.
even public transportation becomes less.

If you end up outsideon the 30th and 31st, you are pretty much screwed.