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| Stormchild |
 Posted: Oct 18, 2005 3:45 am |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
Posts: 269
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Quite suddenly and unexpectedly, I have an opportunity to go to Japan and teach English. I just got word today that I've been accepted, so I have about two weeks to pack up all my stuff, move most of it to storage (and sell or throw out the rest), renew my passport, get a work visa and plane tickets, cancel all my local services, get a new laptop (mine's broken), and get to Japan. I've never been there before...but why start with a vacation when you can just move there?
I'll be teaching in Yamagata (about 300 km north of Tokyo) for the next year. After that, who knows. It's going to be a very busy couple of weeks, followed by a period of confusion and disorientation (maybe not the right term when you're moving *to* the Orient). I've been studying Japanese quite seriously for the past year and a half, but I know I'm going to be lost for awhile anyway.
All part of the big adventure. |
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| Aprilis. |
| Posted: Oct 18, 2005 4:03 am |
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クムリウタ
Joined: 26 Aug 2005
Posts: 884
Location: Canada
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wow that's really something. well firstly, congratulations! this is a really great opporunity! i'm planning to teach oversea (hopfully in japan too) after i finish my BA degree. did you get this job offer thru oxford program or the offical japan government program?
best of luck to you; leaving vancouver, settling in yamagata and all. hope you'll be able to keep us posted after you arrive in japan! |
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| Lady Shura |
| Posted: Oct 18, 2005 5:45 am |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 05 Oct 2005
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| I hope you have fun, and be successful in Japan. You're doing what a lot of us wish we could do. ^^ |
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| Mokyomi |
| Posted: Oct 18, 2005 7:15 am |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 14 May 2005
Posts: 203
Location: Malaysia
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*gasp*
That's so lucky of you =D. It's so inspiring to me when someone goes to another country and teaches people there english ^^. I hope you have a lovely time there.
I would join you. But I can't.
Hey, maybe after teaching english in Japan. You can teach Japanese in my school in Malaysia  *goes to an international school--english spoken most of the time* ^^v |
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| yumiotsuka |
| Posted: Oct 18, 2005 8:04 am |
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フレンジャー
Joined: 01 May 2005
Posts: 955
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woo u must be really good to teach over there.. we ppl in channel-ai will support u..!!  work hard! |
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| Ryu-Chan |
| Posted: Oct 18, 2005 8:39 am |
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Happy Days
Joined: 09 Jul 2005
Posts: 139
Location: Makai
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YOU'RE MOVING TO JAPAN!!? 
I wish I could move to Japan...my mom's relatives are over there in Hiroshima!
I could teach English to Japanese kids but...I'm too young! Ha! |
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| sfsol7319 |
| Posted: Oct 18, 2005 12:08 pm |
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甘えんぼ
Joined: 26 Sep 2005
Posts: 71
Location: Taiwan
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Japan!!!
I really envy you.
haha~
Anyway, hope you'll be used to living there as soon as possible.
Then, please kindly share any news about Ai with us.
You're much closer to Ai than we after all.
Finally, wish you luck! |
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| MightyFlameboy |
| Posted: Oct 18, 2005 8:07 pm |
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Happy Days
Joined: 23 Jul 2005
Posts: 117
Location: Singapore
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Wow... I'm sooo envious of you! It'll be a whole new life and adventure for you in this foreign land, but I bet it's gonna be a fun and exciting one! After getting my degree, I'm also in hopes of landing a job in Japan. Well that'll take at least 5 more years.  All the best in your career and don't forget to post your experiences here at Channel-Ai! |
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| Clover |
| Posted: Oct 21, 2005 3:10 pm |
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ユメクイ
Joined: 06 May 2005
Posts: 1029
Location: I need to find a job... boohoohoho
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WOW this is very sudden. I hope you are happy and did the right choice (ofcourse you did  ) Good luck with getting to understand the place  |
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| arone |
| Posted: Oct 21, 2005 11:56 pm |
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SMILY
Joined: 25 Apr 2005
Posts: 392
Location: HONG KONG
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That's should be a great experience Stormchild!!
Good luck~
so how long will you teach english there? |
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| Stormchild |
| Posted: Oct 22, 2005 2:02 am |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
Posts: 269
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| MightyFlameboy |
| Posted: Oct 22, 2005 9:22 pm |
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Happy Days
Joined: 23 Jul 2005
Posts: 117
Location: Singapore
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Stormchild wrote: Also...I recently met a really nice and very cute Japanese girl.  I met her here in Vancouver, but she'll move back to Kyoto in December, and I'm planning to go visit her when she gets there. She likes Ai Otsuka too! 
So anyway, we'll see. Maybe I won't come back. 
That's real lucky. I would die to meet a girl like that haha. If I had such luck as you, I probably won't return to my homeland too. Good luck finding her! |
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| HachiRoku |
| Posted: Oct 22, 2005 9:42 pm |
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Happy Days
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Posts: 107
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| aww i wannna move to japan it seems like a great place. well i wish the best of luck to u dere. |
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| ^KaedE^ |
| Posted: Oct 23, 2005 2:56 am |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 23 Oct 2005
Posts: 11
Location: Malaysia
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tat's so cool!!!
u go to japan?!
wow~~~ i wan go~~ XD |
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| Stormchild |
| Posted: Oct 26, 2005 5:31 am |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
Posts: 269
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Well, today I booked my tickets. I'm leaving on November 12, flying to Narita. From there, I'll take the express train to Tokyo, and then the Shinkansen (bullet train) to Yamagata. I will pick up my passport on Friday, and my visa a week later. I bought a new PowerBook and digital camera for my trip too.
Tomorrow I'm going to see the girl again.
I only have a couple more weeks to see her here, but I just have to wait a few more weeks after that to visit her in Kyoto.
When I get to Japan I'll post some pictures. |
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