my life here in Toronto

phew, it's been super busy! very most importantly, very very productive!

well, I had an interview with a local recruitment company that deals with Japanese clients in TO and surrounding area last Thursday morning, which went really well. The staff were such positive minded professionals and they shared such useful and insightful perspectives with me on my job search, and made me feel very comfortable working with them. Isn't is always amazing whenever you encounter inviduals who are purely positive on what they do in their lives?? I have fortunately had a few positive meetings with what I call: REAL people since I arrived here in Toronto.

Not to mention my great friend, Ange here in this city, our mutual friend, Voltaire invited me over to this house party last Friday to a studio where a few of his friends reside in down town Toronto. One of the tenants, Carrie was one of the people I felt so REAL communicating with, and she is such a talented artist (painter) and had her amazing work of portraits hanged on the wall in her flat. The style of her work is definitely influenced by the Japanese cartoons and American pop culture. White thick outlines define the feature of her painting and sort of reminded me of my old drawings that I did back in 2000:

also, meeting with ilya has been such a wonderful experience to me too.
he is my new friend and is my roommate for my new place in Toronto.

i am not able to describe the way he is in a simple sentence, but I really find this boy REFRESHING!

he has such a free spirit, ability to brightens up other people's heart and mind so naturally, and smiles and laughs so soulfully as well. i also appreciate him eating healthy (people say that I eat healthy), cares about the environment and nature and spends his money wisely. It's really exciting to know that I have such cool roommate and my living situation has been taken care of so smoothly like this :) Thanks very much, ilya. You are the best!!

Speaking of taking care of things in my life...yes, JOB situation.

Well I wrote above how I had a meeting with the recruitment company last week.
They kindly sent two applications for opening positions already, one of them showed their interests after seeing my resume. They asked me to complete a translation test to see my translation skills, and I have obtained an opportunity to attend an interview with the company tomorrow late morning already.

The company is located in Barrie, so I still how to think about how to commute there, but I think it will be always a positive experience for me to go and present myself to the Japanese company seeking an international candidate for their translator's position and see what they see in me as their potential employee. :)

So yes, it seems as though everything that I worried about soooo much while living in Japan is falling into the right places so naturally.... I feel such a bright sunshine in my body and know that everything will be super positive for my life here in Toronto.

After black rain overcasting my mind and soul in my journey to re-gain the strength within me, finally everything seems to be taken care of smoothlly, and I am very appreciative for all that I have in my life right now. Thank you :)