MOM's Approval: Short-lived Elation

On 29th, a message came from MOM, telling that they were

still reviewing my EP renewal application. The title said,

“We are still working on your appeal.” And “We know this

appeal is important to you… We will make every effort to

get back to you within the next 3 weeks.” They know the

importance but still need three weeks…

And this afternoon, I received another message this time

to notify that they had approved my appeal. I WAS ELATED

only momentarily. Going into the MOM website, I printed

the approval letter. My second look at the letter found

that they had given me only 12 months. “You are not

welcome any more” is loud and clear. A year doesn’t give

me much time to think about the future. At this moment,

my thinking is that I’ll apply for PR status – for the

third time. But I shouldn’t expect a positive result given

the two negatives and the government’s overall stance

toward foreigners. I am still feeling daunted.

Next week, work in Tokyo, though I have only looked at

part of the agenda very cursorily last night. I hope this

work will go smoothly and let me forget about all those

terrible things.

I will open a bottle of rose now. I don’t know if this is

going to be for celebrating my extended life here or

feeling further down.

I’ve been VERY busy with work for the last 10 days or so.

No exercise at all.

Alcohol intake record:

August 25 (Thu.) – 31 (Wed.): none