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If you had two weeks until you returned home what...

 
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kidkensei



Joined: 17 Nov 2008
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:09 am    Post subject: If you had two weeks until you returned home what... Reply with quote

Would you do? Pay your utilities, eat a few last mochi .. ..
Anything Im forgetting?
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Shonai Ben



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sell all my stuff.......
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mhard1



Joined: 09 Dec 2009
Posts: 54
Location: Japan

PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i would contemplate just what exactly am I going to do with my life now.
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Bread



Joined: 24 May 2009
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Blow all my savings on health insurance.
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taffer



Joined: 03 Nov 2006
Posts: 50
Location: Japan

PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:36 pm    Post subject: What would I do? Reply with quote

I would head to the nearest shrine, not temple. I would take a good look around...absorb the nothingness of it all. I would then think a bit about how I had too much stuff and that I should give most of it away. I would be inspired to hastily undo my watch and let it fall to the ground there, littering that sacred space. After that, pull out my cell phone. You guessed it, let that fall too. I might cry. Dunno...oh yeah! Resolve right there and then that things which do not fit in my pocket are not be taken- you get the picture. I would lighten my load. I would click on a Zero 7 song on YouTube by the name of Throw It All Away. Lastly, I would reach out to absolutely everyone I knew here in this country and express humble thanks for whatever they should be thanked for.

Yep, that's what I would do.
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womblingfree



Joined: 04 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd take a plane somewhere, hire a car and have a blast with the partner of my choice.
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MrCAPiTUL



Joined: 06 Feb 2006
Posts: 232
Location: Taipei, Taiwan

PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I left I was finishing my MBA. The last two weeks I was just focusing on finding a job and getting resumes to recruiters, saying what's up to friends before leaving, and then wondering in amazement how I managed to fit what used to be an entire apartment of belongings into less than 2 suitcases.

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robertokun



Joined: 27 May 2008
Posts: 199

PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shonai Ben wrote:
sell all my stuff.......


Easier said than done this time of year, when everyone's either giving or practically giving their stuff away.
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steki47



Joined: 20 Apr 2008
Posts: 1029
Location: BFE Inaka

PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Two weeks before I left Japan the first time I made a mental checklist of things to do and places to go.

In no particular order:
-went to Ise Shrine
-had yakiniku
-ogled HS girls
-went to the ninja house in Iga
-ate at Kappa Sushi

Probably did a few more things, but I can't remember right now.
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japantimes



Joined: 19 May 2010
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2010 3:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Take photos of every place that has some meaning for you, your first apartment, place you first met you GF and so on...
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OneJoelFifty



Joined: 06 Oct 2009
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2010 8:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Give all your things to some guy on a forum by the name of OneJoelFifty.
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gaijinalways



Joined: 29 Nov 2005
Posts: 2279

PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2010 8:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Give all your things to some guy on a forum by the name of OneJoelFifty.


Wait a minute, I did that, but you were supposed to cough up,
ahem, some money in return....100,000 yen sounds about right. Cool

Of course, I only gave you my excess baggage, now did that include my wife... Shocked Razz , can't remember. Oh well, 100k still sounds about right for peace of mind (mine or yours, not sure).
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OneJoelFifty



Joined: 06 Oct 2009
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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2010 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You'll get it end of the month, promise...

Your wife says hi.
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