Equilibrium Instabilis

As every thing I want to do, my trip to Japan is getting complicated. I need to get a certificate of eligibility in order of getting a working visa. They need me to send them some documents via standard courier (and this is slow) and then they will apply a form to the Ministry of Justice (and this is the slowest part). I had already bought an air ticket for the 30th August but my tutor asked me whether I could change my booking for a later one. I told him that I have bought an economic fare ticket which cannot be changed. Now I know that it is possible (paying 129 euros) but in his last email he said me that Toshiba will pay me a one-way ticket. I prefer them to pay my old ticket and get it changed.

Now that the money is not a problem, I realize that I wanted getting to Japan at the same time as the Vulcanus do. I am almost sure that I won’t participate in its first weekend in Tokyo. Starting a thing like this together will unite them very strongly and now it will be even harder becoming another member of the group (since I will be working from the very first day, and they will be learning Japanese during four months, together). That reminds me that I have to hurry!

Well, the first problem has been solved but I’m sure that more things will happen, because why should things be as easy for me as for everyone else?

Salut les Erasmus!

Ça va? Ça fait longtemps que je ne dis rien mais faute de trop bosser, comme toujours. Maintenant l’août va bien tôt arriver et je vais commencer mes vacances, mais aussi je laisse mon entreprise. La raison: le Japon. Oui mes potes, je vais faire un “deuxième” Erasmus en Japon. J’habiterai là-bas pendant 6 mois, depuis Septembre jusqu’à Février (les mois que j’ai manqué à Paris). En fait, je vais faire un internship à Toshiba Research&Development en Kawasaki (à 18 km de Tokyo), pour travailler en Robust Speech Recognition. Je vais essayer écrire ici (en anglais) mes expériences dans la terre des samurais. Tout sera complètement différent de tout ce que j’ai appris pendant ma vie, mais c’est justement ça ce que m’incite à y aller.

À bientôt mes amis, et je vous rappel que vous pouvez me rendre visite si vous en avez envie!