Straight Hair Pics =)

Hey everyone~
 So I remember I posted about my hair progress (3 years natural) and I mentioned that I was going to straighten my hair but I never posted any pics!! So this post is to show my straight hair. I was actually so surprised about how it came out! I had no idea you could straighten natural hair to the point that it looked like a perm! I was really happy with the results =) It lasted a pretty long time too. After I graduated I didn't revert back until a good two to three weeks of straight hair.

Current Situation

Well...I've been out of school for a couple of weeks now (3 weeks) and I still haven't found a job and freelance work isn't working out for me so well. The only work I have received for freelance translation is this one brochure job on technical houses and it was because no one else felt bothered to do it...I got paid so that's good but it didn't amount to anything. I did get another offer from a guy that made Japanese textbooks. I gave him a suggestion on a google group page I'm on and he really liked it so he offered me this job but after giving him more sample sentences, he wasn't satisfied and wrote that he thought I was a professional when he saw my suggestion on the group page. I can't be mad however, it's partly my fault. I was so excited about the job offer I didn't take my time and proof read, I didn't think and I just sent it in half ass like thinking it was good enough. Every things just weighing down on me right now...I mean I have almost $10,000 dollars interest to pay on my loans and $100,000 in total (principal) that I borrowed to just finish school. Just looking at these numbers is making my head spin because I have no idea how I'm  going to pay for it all...I thought I could start by doing freelance work during the summer to pay down some of the interest but for most of the work they want professional translations and I just don't have the experience yet to say that I can handle it. I've applied to countless jobs and still no one's getting back to me...so I'm really at a loss right now. I mean, my dad says to take it one step at a time, but what step am I suppose to take when I have no opportunity to go on. Right now I feel like I've just wasted money because I still don't entirely understand the Japanese language and even though I have an idea about what I want to do, I have no experience and I feel like no one will give me a chance to gain the experience. I know I have to study more but I just don't have the money to continue schooling or go to a school focusing on translation. I feel like I'm in a pitch black room with only a match that has a bud of flame on the end. Groping through the dark with no way of turning on the light.

Translation...and other things

Hi everyone,
 
So I've graduated from school and like everyone (or mostly everyone) I'm looking for work. It's a long drawn out process with no certain outcome and it's killing me a little inside everyday. Besides that, I think I've found what I want to do with my life...well at least for the time being. I want to translate. Although I don't have that much experience with it (I did translate for my senior thesis and I have done little homework assignments here and there) I decided that it would be good for me to try my hand at some freelance material. A few days ago, this lady (although it might be a man I'm not sure...) post on one of the google groups that I joined for translation that he/she's looking for someone to do a rush job for a brochure translation. I e-mailed her back and told her although I don't have a lot of experience I might can be able to do it and at first she/he was hesitant because I'm not a professional but after an hour or so and no one took the offer he/she offered it to me! I was so excited because this was my first translation job ever that I was getting paid for!

Needless to say it took all night (until 5 am) but I got it done. However, because I was so new to the freelance translation business, I had no idea about how to charge. XD I asked my boyfriend (just as clueless as I was) so I went with charging by the hour...later to find out that most translators charge by the character. (So now I charge .10 cents a character) but I lost a bit of money on my first job but not to worry because today, he/she e-mails me again about another assignment they have for me to possibly complete! I'm elated that they would come back to me and I immediately said yes....but I think this person might be on a different time zone than I am because she/he sends me the materials so late that I wind up having to stay up to get it done. This project today that she/he proposed to me is a little bit bigger than the last one so I told her that I would probably need a little more time to finish this one (if she/he sends it too late) I would rather it be sent during the day so I can work on it and have it finished in the the morning when she wakes up...but I guess we would have to collaborate on that since this is only my second project and I don't really know about the company or anything...(I thought about that this morning to, so I sent her/him an e-mail asking to fill me in on the details about who he/she works for)

Even though thinking about it, I should have got up a little bit earlier and maybe could have caught her/him and she/he could have given me the materials earlier...but I mean I didn't know I was going to be asked for a second job so...I can't beat myself up too much....but anyway, I'm just happy that I'm able to get myself started in freelance work! It's good for my Japanese and my pocketbook lol so I guess it's a win win situation...however I just can't stand the tight deadlines...I hate working under pressure and the quality of my work suffers when I'm under pressure =( So...hopefully I'll be allowed more time to do this next project since it is the weekend and all....(cross my fingers!!!)

Besides my start in translation, it's been a pretty lax summer so far. My grandma's here for a little bit (she came to my graduation and now is staying with us for a little bit) and she cooks so I'm getting a little bigger lol (not too big though..I hope -__-; )

 ...but the one thing that is really making this summer difficult is being away from my boyfriend...we got so close so fast and the spring semester just flew by spending time with him. I don't know where all the time went honestly...being at home now I would just give anything just to hug him again...I miss him so much. We talk pretty much every day though and skype helps a lot so it makes it easier...but it's not the same. I also worry about us being separated by our careers and jobs we get...I don't know where my Japanese is going to lead me and I don't know where he's going to end up...I want to start living with him and starting the next phase of our relationship but all this uncertainty is just daunting and I don't like it...all I can say now is that I hope we can get through it together and end up together like I envisioned us...but no one can be sure of the future and that's a scary concept to me. He's my first...for everything...and I don't want to give up because when I look at the big picture I don't want to be with anyone else...I mean I feel like I can go the distance with this guy, I love him and to me, that's pretty much all I need...and him feeling the same way about me, just fuels my love even further to keep pushing to make it work. Anyway that's enough about my personal life lol so embarrassed!

My Korean Boyfriend.com

LOL So the other day I stumbled on this site called My Korean Boyfriend. com (http://mykoreanboyfriend.com/) and it's this cute site about a Filipino girl and her Korean boyfriend lol Even though I have no idea if they're still together the site has evolved into a cultural haven and is directed towards people that like and want to learn more about the Korean culture. Browsing through the site they also have these really cool T-shirts which are absolutely adorable! and if you happen to have a Korean boyfriend lol even better because most of the shirts are directed towards it (and it just so happens that I do have one lol) Hyun Wook and I have been going out for around 5 months now and when I saw this site I thought it was just adorable and I just had to have a t-shirt lol Anyway, sorry for my rambling but if any of you get the chance you should check out the website =)