One proud Mom tonight

**jrandom** · 19th July 2008, 19:57

Congratulations!

A quiet word in Rachel's ear, though - if she ever gets lonely over in Nippon, she needs to find the foreigner hangouts in her area rather than trying to, er, 'integrate'.

Based on Japanese condom sizes and a few odd subtitled porn movies which I'd really rather forget, I'm pretty sure that Japanese men have really small willies.

**alanzs** · 19th July 2008, 19:57

Originally Posted by Mom

Thank you. Interestinly enough the call ended with food. Apparently I get to buy her dinner? Love it!

I do understand. I look forward to the day when my grown kids pay for dinner as well...

How is it that every time the kids call, money seems to creep into the conversation? My wife and I laugh "How much did this call cost us this time?" Gotta love 'em though, 'cause you can't sell 'em or eat 'em...

**Mom** · 19th July 2008, 20:04

Originally Posted by alanzs

I do understand. I look forward to the day when my grown kids pay for dinner as well...

How is it that every time the kids call, money seems to creep into the conversation? My wife and I laugh "How much did this call cost us this time?" Gotta love 'em though, 'cause you can't sell 'em or eat 'em...

She is on tough love as far as money goes

**alanzs** · 19th July 2008, 20:23

Originally Posted by Mom

She is on tough love as far as money goes

I usually just drag out the conversation to see how long it takes before the inevitable question pops up:

"Dad, I need ________ (fill in the blank) for school, the car, whatever and I have been working really hard, but can you help me out, please, I know you said you wouldn't, as I am working, but blah, blah, blah..."

I usually give in (or split it with them), my wife hits me, tells me I spoil the kids and I swear to not give in again, next time.

**MyGSXF:Me** · 19th July 2008, 20:38

WOOHOO!!

That's awesome news babe!!!

Huge congrats to Rachel!!!!

In this day & age.. it is a valuable language to know!

ps: take tissues to her graduation.. LOTS & LOTS of tissues!!!

**Laava** · 19th July 2008, 23:11

Congrats Anne, you are obviously very proud!

**Toaster** · 19th July 2008, 23:28

Congrats! party at your place huh?

**kerfufflez** · 20th July 2008, 01:36

Originally Posted by Mom

The school year there starts July. So she has a bit of time to decide.

Congratulations to you and your daughter.

Just in case you're not aware, the process for the JET (English teaching) programme takes absolutely ages, i.e apply in Oct/Nov for starting work the following July/August.

**Mom** · 20th July 2008, 08:23

Originally Posted by Toaster

Congrats! party at your place huh?

What a good idea. Been a while since we had a bit of a do here, away to talk to Maha!

**Mrs Busa Pete** · 20th July 2008, 09:12

Send Rachel pete and my congratulation. She will be glad that her schooling is over now won't she. Now she can concentrate on coming home and saving some money.

**Mom** · 20th July 2008, 09:26

Originally Posted by busa pete

Send Rachel pete and my congratulation. She will be glad that her schooling is over now won't she. Now she can concentrate on coming home and saving some money.

She cant come home! I can not graze 3 horses and house her working dog...LOL.

She has a really good job at the moment, and has her horses being grazed in return for giving riding lessons to a grandson. She has finally managed to get her ex to leave the house and has 2 flatmates on board. She reckons by the end of the year she will have her debt clear and be able to actually make some serious plans.

**Shaun** · 20th July 2008, 10:01

Originally Posted by Mom

Rach was an exchange student to Sendai High School 5 years ago...LOL.

She recently got a part time job as a tour party liason officer for an inbound tour company that arranges school tours from Japan. She will keep at that, and her beloved Horsey jobs...LOL till the end of the year anyway.

She has always wanted to go to Japan and teach, so she will probably look at that next year. There is a huge amount of very well paid work there if she wants to take it.

Lots of horse work over there as well. congats on her BA

japanese is not the easiest the learn, I had to learn it very fast a few years back by living over there, on a Horse farm, I do believe KIWI's ( Due to the Maori language) pick up speaking Japanese easily, as the sound is the same

**Mom** · 20th July 2008, 10:07

Originally Posted by Shaun

Lots of horse work over there as well. congats on her BA

japanese is not the easiest the learn, I had to learn it very fast a few years back by living over there, on a Horse farm, I do believe KIWI's ( Due to the Maori language) pick up speaking Japanese easily, as the sound is the same

Rach tells me it is a lazy mouth language, with lots of tonal sounds like Maori. I can still hear her talking to her host father on the phone when she got back to NZ and been blown away.
Rach is big time into her horses, and did a stint of jockey training a couple of years ago. She does a bit of part time work up here for a riding establishment that host Japanese tour parties for rides. I have no idea what whe will end up doing, but picking the Japanese and horse thing will be the mainstay of it.