http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog Web Designer, Game Developer, Japan Lover & Gunpla maniac, basically a massive geek Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:36:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/japan/jet-the-result-is-in/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/japan/jet-the-result-is-in/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:28:49 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=1187 After what feels like a lifetime of waiting, my JET result letter is finally with me, so am I off to Japan? Well in a word, no. Not at the moment anyway, I’ve been selected as an Alternate(Reserve) candidate which means if any current JETs or shortlisted candidates step out of the programme I might [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/japan/jet-the-result-is-in/feed/ 6 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/japan/jet-the-interview/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/japan/jet-the-interview/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:36:15 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=1070 I’ve had a few days to reflect on my interview now, so it’s time to yammer on about it for a bit. My invitation letter instructed me to arrive 30 minutes prior to my interview time, in fact I was even a little earlier than that – I wasn’t taking any chances. After passing through [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/japan/jet-the-interview/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/japan/jet-a-disappointing-sidenote/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/japan/jet-a-disappointing-sidenote/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:28:03 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=465 So I applied for JET, but found out yesterday I didn’t get selected for interview. To those not familiar, JET is the Japan Exchange and Teaching program. I applied back in November of last year to be in ALT(Assistant Language Teacher) which would involve moving to Japan for a year to help teach English in [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/japan/jet-a-disappointing-sidenote/feed/ 5 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/gmg-radio-awards-2009/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/gmg-radio-awards-2009/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:53:51 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=210 Friday was works annual awards ceremony / Christmas party. They always put on quite a do and this year was no exception! The events took place at the Palace Hotel in Manchester, made my way across in the morning as the events began at 12. Arriving at Manchester Piccadilly, nice day! The Palace Hotel, massive [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/gmg-radio-awards-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/so-the-prime-minister-visited-my-work-today/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/so-the-prime-minister-visited-my-work-today/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:16:39 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=160 Working for GMG Radio and being based at Real Radio Yorkshire you get used to famous people being on air, usually across ISDN but a fair few drop in too. Alexandra Burke, Alesha Dixon and JLS to name but a few recently. Despite that, when a rumor started this morning that Prime Minister Gordon Brown [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/so-the-prime-minister-visited-my-work-today/feed/ 2 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/gmg-week-one/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/gmg-week-one/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:56:15 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=65 So week one at my new job has flown by and I thought i’d just write about it a little bit. I work in the Digital department, based at the Real Radio Yorkshire studio, producing websites and such to go with on and of air advertising campaigns. I’ve produced one site so far and done [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/gmg-week-one/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/the-job-plot-thickens/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/the-job-plot-thickens/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:26:12 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=60 Why is my life never simple…The Day before i’m due to start this Graphic Designer job in Bradford I get word back from another interview I had, which is a much better opportunity and pays considerably more offering me the position!! Of course that’s something I can’t turn my nose up at so I had [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/the-job-plot-thickens/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/employed/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/employed/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:18:55 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=57 Further to the post titled “Fridays Interview” I’ve since been contacted with a job offer, woohoo! There were supposed to be a second lot of interviews but turns out I made a decent enough impression to get offered it from the first, happy happy happy! No related posts.]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/employed/feed/ 2 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/fridays-interview/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/fridays-interview/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:08:23 +0000 James http://www.naffworld.co.uk/blog/?p=53 So the interview went really well! There’s still every chance I won’t get the job but as far as the interview goes I’m very happy with how I came across. The company produces a number of trade magazines for the textile industry, quite similar to UBM that I worked for many moons ago. The job [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/work/fridays-interview/feed/ 2