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wolfman

Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 189
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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i liked this thread better when everyone was picking on me for being a naive dreamer.  |
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abufletcher
Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 779 Location: Shikoku Japan (for now)
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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Don't like bickering and personal attacks on internet forums? Oh you naive dreamer, you!  |
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Mamasita516
Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Posts: 56 Location: Kansas City, MO
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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I was a naive dreamer too...I tell you what...this board beat that right out of me!!  |
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Mamasita516
Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Posts: 56 Location: Kansas City, MO
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I was a naive dreamer too...I tell you what...this board beat that right out of me!!  |
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wolfman

Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 189
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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Don't like bickering and personal attacks on internet forums? Oh you naive dreamer, you!  |
i'm going to go to japan and learn the ways of the samurai and it will solve all my problems and i will find peace in my life and inner enlightenment will come to me. i will reach nirvana. [/sarcasm]
CUE: NO WONDER WHY SALARIES ARE DROPING AND JAPAN SUX OMGZ
alright, we're all jerks.
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abufletcher
Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 779 Location: Shikoku Japan (for now)
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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You Do remember that Tom Cruise got killed at the end of that movie, right?
Seriously, (no really!) working overseas has been the best thing in my life. Well, no I guess I'm supposed to say getting married and having children...but well, yeah, it's been pretty darn great. And while I may not have reached enlightment just yet, I'd say I'm a lot further along on the path than most of the folks I left behind in the US.
So dream on! Go for it Wolfman, y no te temes Mamasita. Agarra tu morral cargada y vente! |
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wolfman

Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 189
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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You Do remember that Tom Cruise got killed at the end of that movie, right?
Seriously, (no really!) working overseas has been the best thing in my life. Well, no I guess I'm supposed to say getting married and having children...but well, yeah, it's been pretty darn great. And while I may not have reached enlightment just yet, I'd say I'm a lot further along on the path than most of the folks I left behind in the US.
So dream on! Go for it Wolfman, y no te temes Mamasita. Agarra tu morral cargada y vente! |
i don't speak spanish but i stil loved what you said before that.
I was probably being melodramatic earlier in the thread when i talked about wanting to experience the life force and spirit of japan and what not. didn't mean to make it sund like i "buy into the hype".
i'm just really interested in japan and the average 9-5 suburban mall crawling american life is NOT for me. |
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gaijinalways
Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 2279
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:17 am Post subject: |
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I'm sure you'll find it interesting here. There are problems here, like anywhere else. Some of them are related to being a resident alien, others are related to how you deal with the culture and life while you are here. I've had many interesting moments here, both good and bad.
If you want another point of view, check out 'Young Dude's Guide to Japan'. Sometimes it reads like a Japanophile's 'wet dream', but they have some good info at times, and some of the posters have spent some time here (though they tend to be 'down7 on teaching ).
Japan is really what you make of it (though that suburban mall life is slowly creeping in here )! |
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