« on: July 26, 2010, 05:46:24 PM » |
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We all know you live in Japan, but I want to know how you got there, and what you're doing there. Take it from the top!
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« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2010, 07:36:23 PM » |
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Yoooo, not available. I'll get back to you in about a week!
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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2010, 07:37:01 PM » |
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Yeah I always wondered the same thing.
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« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2010, 05:40:09 PM » |
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Soooooo I wish my story were more interesting. Basically I just went to college after high school and then straight after graduating, I got a job teaching in Japan. That's the super-abridged version.
Below is the slightly less abridged version...
I grew up bored in Podunk, USA, deciding that I'd get out of my crappy state no matter what. I couldn't afford out-of-state tuition, so I studied in South America for a semester and loved it, which made me more determined to get out. I'd become extremely interested in different cultures and excited just to have new experiences in new places with different people. While finishing up my degree, I was wondering how I could use it to work abroad, and I heard about a really good program for getting you set up to teach English in Japan. Sounded a little over my head at the time, since I had no experience with the language, little knowledge about Japanese history and culture, and very little experience teaching. But at the last minute I decided to go for it, and I rushed to get my application sent out just in time. For some reason it didn't occur to me to apply anywhere else as a backup. I didn't have any professional recommendations; it was so rushed I couldn't even get my school advisor to write me a rec. But regardless, I secured an interview and eventually got accepted, and a few months later I was in Japan. So yeah... that was a few years ago. And still here I am.
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« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2010, 01:30:00 AM » |
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howd you get to south america?
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« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2010, 06:48:53 AM » |
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And where in South America?
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« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2010, 04:47:42 PM » |
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Since it's a grill gaijin thread... what are you going to do next?
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« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2010, 11:37:01 PM » |
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Don't worry Hardway, your thread will come in due time.
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« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2010, 12:55:18 PM » |
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Additionally, what does you face even look like? This is the mystery that haunts me in my dreams...
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« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2010, 08:07:05 AM » |
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The gaijin is back. All will be answered soon.
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« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2010, 02:54:39 AM » |
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Ufff been crazy busy lately.
I went to Chile for a (study abroad) semester in uni. I'd chosen Spanish as my minor, but I realized that even, what, 3-4 years(?) of classroom learning wouldn't be very useful, so I figured I should immerse myself if I wanted to actually be able to do anything with it. But I never did do anything with it anyway, so I've lost a lot of the Spanish that I picked up there cos it's been so long. But on a positive note, the other day I started reading The Alchemist in Spanish, and it's actually not as bad as I had feared. But I did read it once before in English. Is that cheating?
What I'm going to do next... god... I really just don't know, thanks for reminding me. I have a few ideas. One involves the Peace Corps. I'd love to go back to Latin America and actually get pretty fluent in Spanish. Also not a bad thing to have on your CV, and it's really helpful for getting a pretty decent government job. Oh, and, um, helping people is cool too. I was also thinking of getting certified to be a teacher, but I don't that'd be very fulfilling and the pay is crap. It's just a pretty easy thing to get into. Other ideas involve looking for work in the States and applying for grad school, likely something that will keep me traveling. Kind of interested in the idea of getting into social work. But what I'd really like to do is to make a living in the music industry and, somehow, eventually support myself as a musician. But I'm not sure how practical that is.
You'd think that I'd have this pretty much figured out as I approach the big three-zero. Maybe one of these days I'll grow up.
As for my face, well.. my mum tells me I'm handsome. So I must be. She wouldn't lie to me, right?
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« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2010, 11:04:43 AM » |
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You'd think that I'd have this pretty much figured out as I approach the big three-zero. Maybe one of these days I'll grow up.
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« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2010, 09:57:30 AM » |
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I'm gonna do the Peace Corp too! I'm gonna major in Ag with a minors in teaching. Africa for me!
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« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2010, 11:55:39 AM » |
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I'm gonna do the Peace Corp too! I'm gonna major in Ag with a minors in teaching. Africa for me!
Haven't you ever watched Tears of The Sun?!?!?! Africa is a deathtrap!! |
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« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2010, 12:27:05 PM » |
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I'm gonna do the Peace Corp too! I'm gonna major in Ag with a minors in teaching. Africa for me!
tbh i was really thinking of doing this... im working on an associates in crop and fruit science... almost done with soil science... i always considered this an option but now moreso since im almost done with the schooling. and africa is fucking awesome, ive always wanted to see/conquer mt kilimanjaro. |
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« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2010, 05:46:19 PM » |
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I love you doc  no homo |
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« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2010, 05:52:26 PM » |
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i love hiking/ climbing....at times its a bitch, but when you get to the top, and look out at everything you just climbed and everything else surrounding........  just stay in school, it gets better after high school. education opens alot of windows in life and schooling provides alot of networking, win win. |
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« Reply #17 on: August 07, 2010, 10:31:15 PM » |
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No way in hell I'm ever leavin school lol. I live in Texas, and theres a disability program for deaf and hard of hearing kids (I am one). Gets me into any college in the state for free, so long as i got the grades  |
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« Reply #18 on: August 08, 2010, 02:59:46 AM » |
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No way in hell I'm ever leavin school lol. I live in Texas, and theres a disability program for deaf and hard of hearing kids (I am one). Gets me into any college in the state for free, so long as i got the grades Are you deaf, or just hard of hearing? Are you secretly Smoundzou's son? |
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« Reply #19 on: August 08, 2010, 09:31:10 AM » |
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Haha, I'm pretty damn near close to being deaf. I have to lip read without my hearing aids. And no lol, that honor is not mine
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« Reply #20 on: August 08, 2010, 01:27:24 PM » |
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Haha, I'm pretty damn near close to being deaf. I have to lip read without my hearing aids. And no lol, that honor is not mine
Ahh, I got ya. Do you know sign language? |
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« Reply #21 on: August 09, 2010, 11:47:18 AM » |
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Haha, I'm pretty damn near close to being deaf. I have to lip read without my hearing aids. And no lol, that honor is not mine
Ahh, I got ya. Do you know sign language? Some basics. I'm learning though. My loss is progressive, so I will need it eventually... |
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« Reply #22 on: August 09, 2010, 05:55:14 PM » |
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Get yer own thread, CreaO.
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« Reply #23 on: August 09, 2010, 08:03:51 PM » |
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Get yer own thread, CreaO.
:p I'm not gonna make my own questionare thread lol. What are you gonna do in the PC? |
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« Reply #24 on: August 10, 2010, 06:09:43 PM » |
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 You can jack my thread, I'm just messin.
But yeah, I think about the only thing I'd be qualified to do is teach English. Which I'd really like to get away from, but I can do it a little longer. |
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