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Brooks · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1369 Location: Sagamihara

he also wrote, "tucked away in the NW Pacific, they had no idea how the rest of the world lived."

gaijinalways · Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 2279

15 years in Asia; nearly 10 in Japan, 2 in Taiwan, 3 in Hong Kong (before the handover). I have found Japan to be the best for making money, plus I gained a spouse here. Taiwan was enjoyable (great food, great people Cool

), but the pollution was bad ('95 and '96) and with the subway construction Taipei was a real mess. Hong Kong was a very fun place to live, I saw more art type of things (performances, concerts, etc..), didn't enjoy it as much as I was struggling, though I had cheap rent.

As to languages, I found studying Mandarin the most enjoyable (though swearing in Cantonese has its moments Laughing

), and Japanese is there, but I find the grammar confusing at best.