All work and no play...

makes Indy a dull but responsible adult!

Well I was bound to end my lady-of-leisure lifestyle sooner or later, it's just a shock to the system after all this time!

It has been a long while since my last post, but we have been very very busy!

My Personal Shopper position has turned out to be more of a concierge role, but I am serving high-spending customers and have the chance to meet some real characters. Predictably falling in line with my experience, those who spend the most (eg dropping $20,000 on one watch) are the most nonchalant and friendly about their purchases, while those who spend in the lower end of the ultra-high spending category are often trying to impress somebody, whether it be the friends with whom they travelled here, their partners, or themselves, and can be more challenging to deal with.

My duties as concierge include serving delicious coffees and chocolates, and quality-testing these products thoroughly.

The teaching is also going well. I have some lovely adult students at the Japan Club of Guam (Job #2), and my kids at the School (Job #3) are good on most days!

Kentaro is not letting the fact that he still hasn't received his green card slow him down at all. As President of ********* Trading (Job #4), I have hired/enlisted him as my slave and he is doing my bidding all over town. Our sake is now available at all the major supermarkets and most of the hotels in Tumon. The next step is to broaden our product line and advertise advertise advertise!

Speaking of advertising, my 5th job as Japanese-talking face on the Visitor's Channel is starting to get me smiles from strangers and phony requests for autographs from co-workers.

Episode 1 of the Guamazing Race features Monday night, which will no doubt earn Kentaro and myself even more fame on island. Episodes 2 and 3 follow the next two Mondays. I can't wait to see us sweating like jungle pigs as we truck up and down the mountainous south of Guam.

My parents have purchased local membership at the Hyatt hotel, so on my day off we can lounge around the pools there and pretend that we're on vacation in paradise instead of just living here!