my name is never was

Interview today, so fingers are crossed for that. I'm pretty sure I'll do fine, though. I mean. This is me. I'm self-confident and all that, aren't I? I'd certainly like to think I am. I mean, I may be quiet but I'm certainly not shy. Nowhere near how shy I used to be at any rate.

I remember when I was 13 and refused to talk to new people unless they talked to me first or I was with a friend who talked to them first. Seems light years away from the person I am now. Perhaps I still only talk to strangers when I need to or if they speak to me first, but at least I'm comfortable doing it. I don't blush or try to escape or just smile and nod. I've really grown up. And that's so weird to be able to look at myself and say that.


...and why did my printer only print the first 4 pages of this 10 page document? *blinks and pokes it*


<EDIT> I see there is now a post about icons that didn't load properly/won't delete on the main "help" page for LJ. Well. At least I know it's not just me and all I need to do is wait for now. </EDIT>

demand a better future

My English teacher said, and I quote, "this is one of the most beautiful reports I have ever been given. Will you print me out another copy to keep?" about my report on Japan. (Which I got a perfect score on, btw.) Yeah. That made me feel very good today. (It was also a pretty interesting read. Let me know if anyone is interested in seeing it.) I told her just to keep the copy in her hands, since I didn't want to go through all the trouble of reprinting it and such.


And I think my interview went well. I was less nervous about it, but I was late (long story short - I got really lost as it's in Kanata which I don't know very well), so we'll see. :\


I'm in charge of the Guide meeting tonight. I'm doing the "I Believe in Me" challenge which is really cool and encourages girls to believe in themselves and their own abilities. Yeah. If anyone here wants help with that, just let me know. ;)

report on Japan

Ok, it's been asked for and it doesn't take much to twist my arm.

First I'll describe the report a bit, since I'm unable to replicate the exact effects I used with word and double printing using HTML. The cover page had "日本" written in bright red down the right side so it took up most of the page. All index/reference pages included afterwards (table of contents, etc) included the Japanese term (or as best I could guess it) along the right side in watermarked red kanji. The body of the report itself included a picture with a map and flag of Japan on the first page and then random images of life in Japan watermarked behind the page for the rest of the report. There were images of kimonos and temples and bars and the business place and Shibuya crossing and such.

You'd have to see it to really get the full idea, but yeah. It was pretty cool.

The report focuses on Japan's culture and what aspects of it are especially important for the business traveller to know. I have to give a related oral presentation with a group in April. Liz helped me out with the research (as we're a team) but I wrote all the text myself to give it a uniform feel - we'd decided on this together.


( and here's the text of it )