What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

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Ack wrote:Partridge, are you only interested in Japan or getting teaching experience in East Asia in general? My brother used to teach in South Korea and now teaches at a university in China.


I'm trying to do teaching in Japan because it's one of the easist ways to get employment in Japan as a recently graduated undergrad in Japanese Studies and Translation Studies Xp
I wanna become a translator/interpreter eventually, but my Japanese just isn't good enough yet, so I wanna get a job in Japan to help facilitate the language learning through immersion and get an idea of Japanese professional/business culture.

Thank you for the offer anyways though :)
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Try to get an internship at 8-4 Play or something.
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:D I'll be working six nights a week with Tuesdays off.

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:( Of course it happens less than a week after I'm done with counseling, but I am just getting tired of dealing with people again. I can't depend on anybody besides my family. Well, not true, there's some, but I'm about to move away from them. It just gets so annoying always being the one having to initiate, especially when you get turned down half the time, and the rest of the time gets a maybe that likely will become a no.

I'd hide a dead body for these people, and getting them to hang out for an hour is like pulling teeth. I'm supposed to start accepting that people like and care like the therapist said, but that's really hard to do when these people will fawn over how great of friend or person you are and then not contact you for weeks and turn you down when you try to meet up.
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Any of you guys here experienced with PTAC AC units? I'm pretty sure mine at my apartment is crap and a lot of outside air is coming into my place, making it muggy, humid, and my allergies are going crazy. Maintenance had to fix this thing several times last year when it would stop blowing cold or heat. I almost think this is a bigger issue for my things and health though. I have two dehumidifiers and the one in the living room only took like a mere week to fill up. I can't tell if investing in a bigger more heavy duty dehumidifier or air purifier of sorts would be worth it or not. I can even see it physically with my posters as they start to droop, I know this isn't good for electronics or my health either. I called them yesterday to explain what I think is going on, maintenance came today, but I have no idea what the hell they did... if anything. Starting to lose my patience.
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Xeogred wrote:Any of you guys here experienced with PTAC AC units? I'm pretty sure mine at my apartment is crap and a lot of outside air is coming into my place, making it muggy, humid, and my allergies are going crazy. Maintenance had to fix this thing several times last year when it would stop blowing cold or heat. I almost think this is a bigger issue for my things and health though. I have two dehumidifiers and the one in the living room only took like a mere week to fill up. I can't tell if investing in a bigger more heavy duty dehumidifier or air purifier of sorts would be worth it or not. I can even see it physically with my posters as they start to droop, I know this isn't good for electronics or my health either. I called them yesterday to explain what I think is going on, maintenance came today, but I have no idea what the hell they did... if anything. Starting to lose my patience.

Well, I’m not an HVAC tech, but I’ve stayed in plenty of motel rooms that had PTAC units. :lol: They always seemed to work really well, but then again... a motel room is smaller than a whole apartment, so there’s less air to condition. :wink:

It’s hard to know exactly the root of your problem, but I could speculate what I might do in your situation.

Before dropping a hundred bucks on a new dehumidifier, I would try spending a dollar and eighty-five cents on a tube of caulk. If I was feeling REALLY fancy I would spend seven dollars on a can of expanding foam + a razor and some sand paper.

Basically, I would seal all the air leaks around all the doors and windows, and around the a/c unit itself. There’s no point spending time, money, and energy trying to bail out the boat until you plug the whole in the hull. You know what I mean?
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Maybe see if you can get your landlord to pay for an actual AC technician, not just some local fix-it guy, to look at the unit and evaluate its health and suitability for the space.
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:? Finally got a chance to hang with a certain friend before I graduate, but things were a bit... weird. Right off the bat she mentions she is single again, and, from the mind of a person who can't tell this stuff to save their life, I think she was being flirty. Later, when other people were around and she said something that made it sound like we had sex, when the pastor questioned it she just giggled and looked at me... so confused.
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Do you find her attractive? If you do, ask her on a date. Sounds like she might be interested.
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Ack wrote:Do you find her attractive? If you do, ask her on a date. Sounds like she might be interested.

Agreed. People do not casually bring up the fact they are single unless they are testing the waters of your interest.
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