Nova's situation is worstening day by day. We've been hearing about NOVA in the news/internet a lot recently and receiving unprofessional and uninformative faxes from the CEO as pay day on the 15th Oct slowly approaches. I was talking to some fellow workmates yesterday and we came to the conclusion that the future looks grim for NOVA. Now we're kind of just working voluntarily and morale at work is low at most branches. I'm only going to work for 2 reasons, the poor students who probably won't get their money back if NOVA closes and the poor Japanese staff that have to deal with the problems if we Toppatsu. Honestly, I don't think we'll get paid on the 15th, but if by some chance a miracle does happen, we might get paid on the 19th, but i highly doubt that...

A few days ago, the Australian government issued a warning to us to have a contingency plan. Jeremy and I are lucky we'll still be able to survive if NOVA doesn't pay come pay day but I feel sorry for new instructors some of which have only been in Japan a few weeks and instructors with families - they've probably got it the worst!!

So, if NOVA doesn't pay on the 15th Oct, should I go into work on the 16th? That's the big question on a lot of instructor's minds at the moment who are still working for NOVA. I'm still undecided and I think Jeremy is too...*sighs* ...nevertheless i think there'll be a huge strike nationwide. I'm anxious to know our fate. Fingers crossed we'd either get paid or NOVA declares bankruptcy so we we're entitled for unemployment from the government right away. Worst case scenario - NOVA just drags this on...in which case, if we quit, we won't be entitled for unemployment for a while....

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Ok enough about NOVA! I've been hanging out with Miki a lot lately. She's probably the closest friend I have here now. Last week we went to Tokyo to get our hair done together. We spent over 4 hours in the hair salon. I know it's shocking but at least u can say at least we kind of got our money's worth. I got my hair cut (more like a trim), coloured (a brownish colour with pink tones which some people can see and some people can't haha) and I got treatment too!!! The hairdresser curled my hair with a curling tong and I thought it kind of looked cool on me, so I was thinking of buying a Babyliss or a GDH straightener (coz u can curl ur hair with a straightener). I heard from June she bought a GDH and according to her 'it was a good investment' lol..Anyway ill think about it when I get back to Melb, I dunno if they sell it here...and if they did I wouldn't know where get it...perhaps i'd have to go to Tokyo.

Next week if we get paid, Jeremy and I will be going to Tokyo again and probably stay the night there. Even thought I went with Miki last week I didn't buy anything so next week I hope to update my wardrobe with some new winter pieces and dresses. The weather has kind of cooled down a bit especially at night. Since I took most of my clothes back to melb in June I'll have to buy a new batch of clothes from scratch again. I like shopping. Wait, let me rephrase that, I LOVE shopping, but...I'm so indecisive!!! I need someone to help me decide, someone I can trust, someone with the same taste as me...ahhh so difficult!! Well I know the look I want for this winter so shouldn't be too hard, hopefully.