Update on Life

Still no pay, and at this point, I'm thinking it's pretty unlikely I'll ever see any of the $3000 I'm now owed. Strangely, I'm kind of at peace about it all. For now, I'm still going in to work for 3 reasons. First, I don't really have much else to do. I've been applying for new jobs, but you need to remember I came with the expectation of not only getting a pay cheque, but getting a cash advance from the company to survive the first few months. Without either, moving, paying rent on a new place and buying food until I start getting paid by them is looking unlikely. Second, I feel bad for the students. They're hurt by this too, since the way Nova is set up they pay heaps of money for lessons for multiple years, which they're likely to all lose now. Finally, part of me is still hoping that I'll get at least the first paycheque. At this point, I'll probably keep applying for jobs until the end of my 2 days off, and if I don't have any promising leads consider just packing things in (and paying a huge cancellation penalty for my phone). As I see things though, it's been a great experience, and I've learned a lot about myself and about the world. It's too bad things have gone this way, but maybe it means my karma is owed now. Does karma pay interest? Most of the employees are a bit shell-shocked right now. Today, there was only one instructor in the head branch. I had this one kid class today where only a single 5 year old girl showed up, and because her friends were there, she just sat there and cried the entire class. I kind of knew how she felt. I still have about half the money I came over with left. I don't think that it's quite enough for a plane ticket home, but I've always got credit cards too. Just kind of debating now how long I should hold out before I give up. The three main options if I'm not paid are to a)cut my losses and go home immediately, b)splurge on the remaining of my money and see a bit more of Japan, but come home even more in debt, or c)keep living off the cheapest of food and drag things out while hoping for something good to come along. Despite the horror of it all, I'm still in a pretty good mood about things, and am finding it easier to just be amused by the irony of the entire thing than to really get upset. Life's crazy sometimes.