tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77183440585793560542011-04-21T20:35:12.424-07:00A lost generation in contemporary Japan, Niki's diaryNikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10291465790507620368noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718344058579356054.post-46496740314831587972008-02-14T09:12:00.000-08:002008-02-14T09:24:06.633-08:00

In recent years, I did not have any sweetheart whom I gave chocolates on St Valentine's Day. I did not give any chocolate to anybody today neither. I bought social obligation chocolates, "giri-choco" in Japanese, to whom I planned to meet this week, but the plan was postponed.I remember that an Iranian man gave me a rose out of a sense of social obligation when I stayed in Iran about seven or

Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10291465790507620368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718344058579356054.post-37584829368995671962008-02-13T08:52:00.000-08:002008-02-13T09:07:14.235-08:00

I received the results of my recent IELTS test last Saturday. I took the test in late January.It was the first time that I took the IELTS test and also I could not make adequate preparations for it, hence I thought that I would not be able to get high scores. After taking the test, I guessed that the overall band score might be about 5.0 because I was not sure I could answered most questions

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I was very busy this week. I wrote my paper on Silk Road diplomacy last month, but I had to alter some parts of it and to add some explanations. Also I must find a job.I have not found a better job than I experienced before. I was rejected after a job interview at an NGO office in Tokyo. Because my supervisor of an MA programme in the UK advised me to find a job at an NGO office, I thought that I

Nikihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10291465790507620368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7718344058579356054.post-83500401545073593002008-02-03T21:36:00.000-08:002008-02-03T21:42:47.518-08:00

The snow is falling in Tokyo today. I went to some grocery stores about 10 minutes walk from my apartment to buy some foods. It was hard to walk on due to the snow like sherbet on the road. Because the heel of my boot is damaged by the snow, I must bring the boot to the shoemaker and have the heel fixed.It was very cold outside. When I came back to my apartment, my feet became cold. Immediately

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31 January 2008I went to an NGO office for the second interview today. I received the invitation for the callback from the office and scheduled an appointment yesterday. I concerned about the Japanese essay and the translation from Japanese to English that I wrote before the first interview of the 28th this month, but that seemed to be all right. I was confident that I could get a high mark in

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29 January 2008I had a job interview at an NGO office in Tokyo yesterday. Before the job interview was started, I took the tests of easy calculation, Japanese essay and the translation from Japanese to English. I finished the calculation in the time limit, though I did not know how long the time limit was. The essay and the translation had to be written in thirty minutes. Because I was not

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This is my personal diary. I call myself "a lost generation in contemporary Japan" which means Japanese people around 25-35 years old who could not have opportunities to get permanent jobs due to economic depression from the 1990’s to the early 2000’s in Japan and still have a hard time finding jobs. Though it is very hard for me to find a permanent job, my life is not always bitter. In this blog

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