My visa has been granted!!

YES, I got a work permit for Canada the other day!!

It's been pretty much two months since I first applied for it. I was actually so sick and tired of checking out online about how the things were going every single night. It was like a depressing routine as I knew it'd be a time-cosuming process that averagely takes you two months or more until the final decision of your visa application is made. It was absolutely a downer past several weeks!!

On the other hand, I admit that I was too optimistic about it too. I though it'd never be longer than it really was, but it did, actually.. I might've had a wishful thinking that I'd be able to get a visa easily cuz I've got all the applications for a visa in various countries done with no troubles. Anyway, it's done, so what I need to do at this stage is to decide the date of departure which is in the final stage to fly over to Canada.

In my lifetime schedule, I'm suppose to stay there for a year to pave my own way to achieve something big!! This journey would be a very important step to reach my life-time goal. Can't waste even one day while in the country. 

 

　ようやく、カナダワーホリのビザ申請が通りました。申請開始から約２か月。色々な情報錯綜の中、なんとか自力で取得。

　これまでAUS,NZと自分でワーホリ取得をしてきましたが、こんなに手間と時間がかかるのは初めて。ほんとにめんどくさいことが多いし、なにより思ってたよりほんとに時間がかかってしまった。まずは今年の申請開始期間が例年より遅かったこと、そして申請期間も数ヶ月かかるとは申請直前まで知らなかった。今まで色んな国でビザ申請をしてきて、すべて通ってきたので、ちょっと甘くみてました・・。それに過去に色々な国で長期滞在しているので、それもひっかかるのではという心配がずっとありました。現にそのような事例があったようなので。毎晩、毎晩、結果が来ているかどうかチェックする作業がしんどかったですが、運良くすべてがうまくいってくれました。あとは出発日を決め、最終準備をするのみですね。

　予定では１，２週間後に１年間旅立ちます。しっかり目標に向けて毎日を過ごし、選手から指導者に向けて、独自の道で切り開いてきます。誰がなんと言おうと自分は自分。信じられるのも己自身。また海外の厳しい環境を常に選びながら、強く、逞しくなって帰ってきます。必ず成功するために。

 

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A bike trip to Awaji island.

Hi, guys.

My mate and me went out to Awaji island by bicycle to travel all the way around it over two days the other day. It was about a 250km trip to complete in the bad weather. 

Awaji island（淡路島） is an island in Hyogo prefecture where is located at right next to Osaka prefecture. People usually visit there for spa. I'd never been there before, so I always wanted to go, and the crazy plan came up to mind as most of tourists head off by car!! Never come along by bike, though!!haha 

But it was definitely an unfogettable experience and those memories remain in my heart for good.

　先日、淡路島まで自転車の旅を決行！友人と２人で大阪の地元から明石までの５０キロと淡路島１周（ショートカットは若干アリ）の計約２５０キロの距離をクロスバイクで走破。１泊２日の地獄のような旅でしたが、終わってみればアッという間で楽しかった。素晴らしい経験、思い出ができ、やりきった満足感は半端なかったですね。

The photo below is the bridge has had the longest central spand of any suspension bridge in the world. It links the city of Kobe on the mainland to Awaji island, in Japan.

下は明石海峡大橋

Japan great buddha, which is 100m high.

世界平和大観音像。

The other bridge to Awaji island from Tokushima, Shikoku island.

奥に見えるのが徳島県へと続く鳴門大橋。

I could say it has nothing to have fun but nature, but you will be refined yourself by an abundance of nature. However, it made us go nuts while we were struggling to keep peddling on the extreme uphills. And I was also sick and tired of peddling in tailwind from the coast line. 

But I should thank my frend who accompanied me for the kink. You're the best man, bro!

  淡路島は今回初めて行きました。感想は何もない島といったところ。笑　けど自然に溢れ、住み易さは感じれたかな。山続きでありえない坂の連続に心折れていた友人H君。帰りの１００キロはほとんど向かい風でキレながら走っていたのは私です。笑　二人とも自然に怒り、無力を知った旅でした。しかし、こんな突飛なことに付き合ってくれた友人に感謝！ありがと！

 

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