An Introduction

Below I allow you to delve into the depths of my mind (watch your head near the rock pools...), I suppose it would only be proper to introduce myself; I am lady after all. So, as the name suggests, I am lost in translation. Did you see the film? I am Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson). OK, I'm not. I'm me. But I do live in Japan. And I can't speak Japanese. And I do spend most of my time lost.

I'm, actually, lost in Tokyo.

A young lady, early 20's, just doing her thing before the rigours of life set in. Well, as much of my thing as I can manage outside working 10 hours a day. Mind you, you can squeeze a lot out of a weekend if you forgo a little sleep (though it tends to be nothing to write home about)! But unlike Charlotte, I'm happy to be in Japan, and I'm quite happy to be lost. My favourite hobby is aimlessly wandering around strange places (but I'm careful not to wander into strange, creepy places in a Sarah Michelle-Geller-esq style - did you see the Grudge? Terrible, terrible...).

And my job? Well, there are only two things a young, unqualified, mono-lingual being such as myself can do out here: hostess; or English teacher. Pretty similar occupations, really, both involve an endless string of clients, both involve a lot of chit chat, but one is by day, and one is by night, and one is marginally more respectable than the other. I opted for the marginally more respectable occupation, and despite the corporate crap that must be endured, I enjoy my job.

So, that's a brief rundown.

More to come later.