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rai
Joined: 19 Jun 2005
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Location: Osaka
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| Lyrajean wrote: |
. I'm used to interior spaces that are about 50-60 degrees.
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Howzabout interior spaces that are about 20-30 degrees? In my horrifying (but thankfully relatively brief) stay in Nagano that's what it was like. As a friend of mine said, "It's like camping out INDOORS!"
We had heated toilet seats, and when one guy tried to save money on his electric bill by unplugging it, the water in his toilet froze. I say give Okinawa a try; it's just one year, but not going could result in a life-time of regret.
Oh, BD is run by just one guy and he approves accounts when he can, usually blocks of them at a time. Just keep checking back (but if you complain about this placement on BD people will probably send you letter bombs...) |
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furiousmilksheikali
Joined: 31 Jul 2006
Posts: 1660
Location: In a coffee shop, splitting a 30,000 yen tab with Sekiguchi.
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 7:07 am Post subject: |
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I've been staying away to avoid all the snarking I seem to have generated, but this merits an explanation. I live in Northern VT have for all my life. Try a non-centrally heated house when it's minus 20 F. And you wake up to discover there is no hot water for a shower -done it many times... I'm used to interior spaces that are about 50-60 degrees.
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The snarking you obviously counted on receiving.
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| The only useful piece of advice I seem to have gotten from this thread is that yes, Okinawans do speak Japanese so my studying won't have gone to waste. |
Then let me give you some more useful advice. As everyone here is trying to tell you you're clearly wound up too tight and your best bet is to do everyone a favour and stay at home. Allow someone who will appreciate the job to take it.
Get your parents to buy you a pony but give them strict instructions on the colour you want it to be otherwise heaven knows what kind of hissy fit you'll throw. |
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buddhaboyjp
Joined: 24 Jan 2006
Posts: 75
Location: Dai Po, Tai Wo
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 8:47 am Post subject: |
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Oh dear me!
I'm being sent to Hawaii of all the curst places to live!
What ever shall I do? |
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6810
Joined: 16 Nov 2003
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I amn't in Okinawa,
but I'm doing fine. |
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nonsmoker
Joined: 20 Apr 2007
Posts: 352
Location: Exactly here and now.
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Yeah don't go there...it is SUCH a hellhole 
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seanmcginty
Joined: 27 Sep 2005
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Yeah don't go there...it is SUCH a hellhole
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Hey thats funny. I recognize that picture, that is the same resort my wife and I stayed at 2 years ago! I forget the name but it was up island, near Nago. Small world! |
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chirp
Joined: 03 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Lyrajean wrote: |
I've been staying away to avoid all the snarking I seem to have generated, but this merits an explanation. I live in Northern VT have for all my life. Try a non-centrally heated house when it's minus 20 F. And you wake up to discover there is no hot water for a shower -done it many times... I'm used to interior spaces that are about 50-60 degrees.
What I am not so crazy about is perpetually hot weather and being 200+miles and 37000 yen from anywhere else in Japan.
The only useful piece of advice I seem to have gotten from this thread is that yes, Okinawans do speak Japanese so my studying won't have gone to waste. |
To the OP,
You can buy one way tickets for 10,000 yen, Naha to Narita on Skymark.
But let's put Okinawa aside for a moment. Whether your placement was in a cold or hot part of Japan, I think that you should carefully consider something even more important. You appear to want to go someplace where you'll be "used to" things. A wise man once told me, "if you wanted things to be the same as at home, you should have stayed there".
Everything will be different in Japan, no matter where you end up. That is part of the challenge and excitement of living away from home. I am not trying to be condescending, but perhaps you could try looking at your placement as a whole new adventure. From the climate, to the culture, to the the temperature indoors.
If this is something you really don't want to try, please do as others have suggested. Try explaining your feelings to JET and see if they can move you. Alternately, maybe you should consider that staying home might be the best option for you at this point in your life.
Do some research on Okinawa - it might improve your outlook!
Good luck. |
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Big John Stud
Joined: 07 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject: Re: stuck in Okinawa for a year! |
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Got my JET placement today. I figured I was a shoe in for somewhere in Tohoku because I was bright enough to request it, and Fukuoka Kyushu, on the placement requests section of my app.
Low and behold, they had the wisdom (or lack there of) to place me in the one place in Japan I ahd no particular desire to go.
OKINAWA!
Anyway, if anyone has any heads up on what its like to live there I'm looking for inspiring stories, things to do, etc... I'm not the outdoorsy type. And I have no idea WTF I am going to wear since I come from cold climate and all my suits are wool. Was looking forward to an unheated apartment with feet snuggled under a kotatsu drinking genmaicha in February.
And BTW, pls don't tell me to register over at Big D. I tried and my acc. never got activated.... |
What irony  As JimDunlop2 wrote I am one of those guys who would kill to be placed in Okinawa! Trust me adjusting to warm weather is a lot easier than adjusting to cold weather! |
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Gypsy Rose Kim
Joined: 08 Dec 2006
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Just because you were accepted to JET, doesn't mean the ONLY way for you to go to Japan is to take the position offered through that particular program.
There are hundreds of other jobs in areas you might prefer. Step back. Weigh your options. Do what will make YOU happy. Forget about what other people have to say.
Now, you had it in your mind that you'd get accepted to JET and live somewhere cold and snuggle under a kotatsu while wearing a hanten and sipping ocha for half the year. It's NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
So, you can go with JET and give ALL of that up, or you can pass up on JET and get a job somewhere up north. It's your choice.
For the record, I had four great years in Japan and I didn't go through bloody JET. You have more options than you are letting yourself see right now. Chin up, stop being gloomy, and start being proactive! A year from now, you'll be happily settled and none of this will matter, anyway. |
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Deicide
Joined: 29 Jul 2006
Posts: 1005
Location: Caput Imperii Americani
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| Lyrajean wrote: |
I've been staying away to avoid all the snarking I seem to have generated, but this merits an explanation. I live in Northern VT have for all my life. Try a non-centrally heated house when it's minus 20 F. And you wake up to discover there is no hot water for a shower -done it many times... I'm used to interior spaces that are about 50-60 degrees.
What I am not so crazy about is perpetually hot weather and being 200+miles and 37000 yen from anywhere else in Japan.
The only useful piece of advice I seem to have gotten from this thread is that yes, Okinawans do speak Japanese so my studying won't have gone to waste. |
To the OP,
You can buy one way tickets for 10,000 yen, Naha to Narita on Skymark.
But let's put Okinawa aside for a moment. Whether your placement was in a cold or hot part of Japan, I think that you should carefully consider something even more important. You appear to want to go someplace where you'll be "used to" things. A wise man once told me, "if you wanted things to be the same as at home, you should have stayed there".
Everything will be different in Japan, no matter where you end up. That is part of the challenge and excitement of living away from home. I am not trying to be condescending, but perhaps you could try looking at your placement as a whole new adventure. From the climate, to the culture, to the the temperature indoors.
If this is something you really don't want to try, please do as others have suggested. Try explaining your feelings to JET and see if they can move you. Alternately, maybe you should consider that staying home might be the best option for you at this point in your life.
Do some research on Okinawa - it might improve your outlook!
Good luck. |
Good Points, you heard her, she said she has been bolted up in some hole in New England her whole life. My advice to her is to take a trip to NYC before she leaves the country...she just may be able to handle that... |
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gaijin4life
Joined: 23 Sep 2006
Posts: 150
Location: Westside of the Eastside, Japan
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| nonsmoker wrote: |
Yeah don't go there...it is SUCH a hellhole
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Yah, those umbrellas are lined up way too straight for my liking.. clearly its a terrrible place - I wouldnt go there ... (!)  |
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nonsmoker
Joined: 20 Apr 2007
Posts: 352
Location: Exactly here and now.
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| nonsmoker wrote: |
Yeah don't go there...it is SUCH a hellhole
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Yah, those umbrellas are lined up way too straight for my liking.. clearly its a terrrible place - I wouldnt go there ... (!) |
Actually now that you mentioned it, those umbrellas look very in line. This means either 1) the beach-goers got together and decided to make the beach aesthetically pleasing or 2) the lifeguards are really @nal. If it's the latter, you're better off staying in Vermont - no lifeguards there! |
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