Live in Japan....Teach English
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exactly! and I'll bet they'd roast a pig in your honor to satiate your cravings for more than just fish and rice.
or else kill you and shrink your head.
xfer - many years ago I saw a Nat. Geographic special on the cargo cults. I wonder if it is out there somewhere for purchase.
or else kill you and shrink your head.
xfer - many years ago I saw a Nat. Geographic special on the cargo cults. I wonder if it is out there somewhere for purchase.
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hmmm, japan does NOT "treat foreigners very well and hold them in high esteem." well, i guess this is true for short-term visitors - you'll be treated like royalty, as japanese people are very outwardly polite (for a limited amount of time.) BUT if you want to live there, you may have a problem with people hating your guts and thinking that you're a smelly, rude, creepy gaijin, etc. the japanese code of respect is a pretty difficult thing to grasp, especially if you didn't grow up there - some things that they find offensive are boggling and complicated and sometimes irreparable.
if you end up in a small town like xfer mentioned, you might end up being treated like a black person in 1950's america - except you'd all alone in it. i'm really scared of japanese farm-folk.
if you want to try it out, definitely try to live in the bigger cities.
i personally wouldn't recommend living in japan for more than 3-4 months. that's all i can handle, at least... and i AM japanese. since i grew up in the US though, they don't really consider me one of their own, despite the fact that i speak japanese fluently (and with no accent.) fuck, they don't even consider you japanese if you grew up in japan, leave the country for a few years and then come back again! they're that picky.
hi, i sound really bitter. i really hated living there past 3 months. i guess it's not as horrible as i make it out to be if you're just not hyperaware of the social codes/culture like i was. it's tough being a gaijin and at the same time being able to understand fucked up shit people are saying or doing (because they don't think you'll understand) AND then knowing exactly what's going on... but then not being able to do much about it.
of course though, the upside... great food, amazing sights, totally weird shit that you have to blink a few times to make sure you're seeing it right, awesome technology, awesome fashion, talking/remote control toilets, general charming quirkiness/creepiness. japan is amazing amazing amazing to visit.
used schoolgirl panty vending machines are now illegal though.
if you end up in a small town like xfer mentioned, you might end up being treated like a black person in 1950's america - except you'd all alone in it. i'm really scared of japanese farm-folk.
if you want to try it out, definitely try to live in the bigger cities.i personally wouldn't recommend living in japan for more than 3-4 months. that's all i can handle, at least... and i AM japanese. since i grew up in the US though, they don't really consider me one of their own, despite the fact that i speak japanese fluently (and with no accent.) fuck, they don't even consider you japanese if you grew up in japan, leave the country for a few years and then come back again! they're that picky.
hi, i sound really bitter. i really hated living there past 3 months. i guess it's not as horrible as i make it out to be if you're just not hyperaware of the social codes/culture like i was. it's tough being a gaijin and at the same time being able to understand fucked up shit people are saying or doing (because they don't think you'll understand) AND then knowing exactly what's going on... but then not being able to do much about it.
of course though, the upside... great food, amazing sights, totally weird shit that you have to blink a few times to make sure you're seeing it right, awesome technology, awesome fashion, talking/remote control toilets, general charming quirkiness/creepiness. japan is amazing amazing amazing to visit.
used schoolgirl panty vending machines are now illegal though.
xfer
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welll damion said they treated him pretty nicely for 4 years! but they were continually suspicious he was ruining their children.
coelacanth_M, this is kinda weird....last night, upon further reading a book I bought it said EXACTLY what you're saying which is a little scary. Alot of people have said the same thing...visit, check it out, see if you like it, but you might not like living there. Thanks for the info!
xfer...it took me a while to pick up on the "king of the borrowers" comment you made (ok, so I didn't say I was thinking about going to japan to teach spelling)
xfer...it took me a while to pick up on the "king of the borrowers" comment you made (ok, so I didn't say I was thinking about going to japan to teach spelling)
xfer
I JERK OFF TO ARCTOPUS
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Dude I'd totally go for it if I were you.
This has been my summer of japanese stuff... reading Murakami non-stop. And just recently I discovered some AWESOME Japanese film such as
Happiness of the Katakuris
Battle Royale
and Audition
I VERY much want to explore Takashi Miike's other films and also see The Quiet Family which Happiness of the Katakuris was based on.
Brandon
EDIT: I'm pretty sure one of my heroes Del Tha Funkee Homosapien learned Japanese so he could play video games that were only released there. Man I love his song Proto-Culture... a whole rap song about video games.
This has been my summer of japanese stuff... reading Murakami non-stop. And just recently I discovered some AWESOME Japanese film such as
Happiness of the Katakuris
Battle Royale
and Audition
I VERY much want to explore Takashi Miike's other films and also see The Quiet Family which Happiness of the Katakuris was based on.
Brandon
EDIT: I'm pretty sure one of my heroes Del Tha Funkee Homosapien learned Japanese so he could play video games that were only released there. Man I love his song Proto-Culture... a whole rap song about video games.
I`m writing from a Japanese highschool right now (in Osaka, although I live in Kobe). Summer vacations are on now so there isn`T much to do.
I love it here, but it isn`t for everyone. Hordes of people last only a few months and then return home. No matter how confident you are about your ability to live in a very foreign country, realize that you can`t prepare for what`s to come. If you can handle the first 3-6 months (the time when everyone gets depressed and homesick) then you`ll be fine.
Gaijin are treated politely but will NEVER be accepted. There is a very deep-seeded distrust of foreigners here no matter what anyone says.
I`ve been here for 14 months and I can report that I haven`t seen any Kayodot.
AEON`s a conversational school so you`ll probably be placed in or near a big city.
I love it here, but it isn`t for everyone. Hordes of people last only a few months and then return home. No matter how confident you are about your ability to live in a very foreign country, realize that you can`t prepare for what`s to come. If you can handle the first 3-6 months (the time when everyone gets depressed and homesick) then you`ll be fine.
Gaijin are treated politely but will NEVER be accepted. There is a very deep-seeded distrust of foreigners here no matter what anyone says.
I`ve been here for 14 months and I can report that I haven`t seen any Kayodot.
AEON`s a conversational school so you`ll probably be placed in or near a big city.
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