No no, I’m not talking about credit cards here. My beloved visa status called “designated activities” or also “working holidays” would have ended on Aug. 28th but my flight back is already booked for Sep. 5th so I had a small problem here. Well, since my work is officially over since Aug. 18th, I went to the Tokyo regional immigration office (actually I’ve been there more often now than I’ve been to Takaosan…) to change my visa status from that kind-of-resident-thing to “temporary visitor”:
*sigh* now I cannot run away from the fact that I will leave this country in just two weeks. So many dear memories, so many dear people, so many things I will miss… 🙁
Two more weeks is better than nothing – but I know it’s hard to say good bye sometimes. Enjoy every day. You will realize that 3 days before departure, you will be looking forward to coming home, believe it or not. By the way, maybe your first niece will be born by then already. At least that’s what the doctor said on my last visit (which was 3 days ago) – he said she will be there by 1.September…. but let’s see…