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 Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 4:36 pm
Freakezette Clint Beastwood I should be going next summer. I think I'll probably be in either Sapporo, Tokyo, or Aichi, although I've never heard of Aichi. I'll have to look it up. Wherever they send me, they're supposed to give us like a couple weeks off towards the end, and I plan on going to Osaka to pick up on some kansai-ben. xd Aichi's a prefecture, isn't it? Where Nagoya is. I'm applying for JET this fall, so if I get in, I'll be going next summer too. I hope I make it! My friend got sent to Sapporo and he says he's really enjoying it, but its hard work. But I'm thinking thats because our college (Ball State) is on some sort of stupid decellerated program, which kinda ticks me off since I've already got 100 and 200 level finished. But I guess I'll kind of have to get force catched up when I go. Hahahaha... sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 2:35 am
Wisteria Darling Anyone here yet? Living, studying, touring? If you are in the greater Tokyo area, maybe someday we forum members can set up a meeting and just have fun! Im living in Japan now. Living in Ikebukuro in Tokyo! Having a forum members meeting sounds great! The only other person that I have met in Gaia is one of my mates (who I actually got into Gaia) he lives near Funabashi in Chiba. Freakezette RubyJewelStone For those who want to do JET, from what I've heard, don't make plans for placement in Tokyo. Since it's about the "internationalization of Japan." Yeah, they have stats somewhere on the page, and during 2003-2004, out of over 6,000 JETs a whooping 12 were placed in Tokyo (over 200 were in Saitama, though, which is right next to Tokyo). I think if you get chosen to be a JET but request like Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, they'll probably tease you and put you in Hokkaido. One guy came in to out class to talk to us about JET, and he said he requested those cities and instead got placed on a tiny island between Shikoku and Okayama. He stayed for 3 years so it couldn't have been all bad. I've heard you're more likely to get one of your choices if you research and put a smaller city on there (and you can always request something that is near a big city biggrin ) I've also heard smaller cities are more likely to help you out with your rent and such (That guy I mentioned before had a fully furnished apartment and free rent, probably why he stayed there for 3 years) If your really worried about placement you should try applying through Nova, Thats what I did, cause I had heard that getting a placement through Jet in Tokyo or Osaka was really hard. And I got Tokyo (well Saitama actually but only just and Im living in Tokyo!) Gozen_Kumi Is anyone here a teacher/assistant teacher in Japan? Does working at Nova count?
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Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 4:52 am
I'm torn. If I applied through Nova, I could get somewhere in the vincinity of Nagoya which is fine with me.... but the CIR position in the JET program sounds far more interesting/challenging.
I'll be looking into those as another route to get myself back here in Japan for a third time.
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 2:49 pm
Ah...yes the beauty of a small city. Not to mention all the victims...imean...people to practice your Japanese on. Actually...come to think of it, they'll probably be trying to run you down if you're like the only English speaking person in a hundred mile radius to practice on... whee
I always hear horror stories about Nova,Aeon, and Geos...
But basically my main worry about going to Japan is hair care. Since the only salons that I heard of that deal with black hair are in Tokyo. I might might be burning up vacation days just to get a perm... crying
(Starts looking for cities next to Tokyo)
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 10:31 am
RubyJewelStone Ah...yes the beauty of a small city. Not to mention all the victims...imean...people to practice your Japanese on. Actually...come to think of it, they'll probably be trying to run you down if you're like the only English speaking person in a hundred mile radius to practice on... whee I always hear horror stories about Nova,Aeon, and Geos... But basically my main worry about going to Japan is hair care. Since the only salons that I heard of that deal with black hair are in Tokyo. I might might be burning up vacation days just to get a perm... crying (Starts looking for cities next to Tokyo) Ha, that's one of things i'm worried about should I end up in Japan for a year. I have really thick curly hair, and any humidity only makes it fuzzier (the thin dry air of colorado actually works to my advantage) so it will be twice as curly anywhere in Japan. I imagine in a country where everyone has straight thin hair the curly conditioners will be hard to come by. Shoes too, I'm going to be requesting care packages from home frequently. biggrin
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 9:22 pm
Freakezette Ha, that's one of things i'm worried about should I end up in Japan for a year. I have really thick curly hair, and any humidity only makes it fuzzier (the thin dry air of colorado actually works to my advantage) so it will be twice as curly anywhere in Japan. I imagine in a country where everyone has straight thin hair the curly conditioners will be hard to come by. Shoes too, I'm going to be requesting care packages from home frequently. biggrin Most definitely. If I get to go on a summer exchange program and I lack that option, you'd be seeing me with an extra suitcase of haircare products. I'll be reading the intructions out loud to someone if I have to, I need my perm. I hope it doesn't show as explosives since customs descidedly doesn't like me. (or my studded pants...) Shampoo and conditioner, methinks, you can get away with. I think I'll be good with the shoes, though. My feet haven't grown for like three years. Whoo size 6.5! (Although my messed up sneakers say 7-8.. stare )
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:06 pm
ha! i wish i wuz...but i will be in a few more weeks....yea2x! xd cool
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:11 pm
i wanna go to japan crying
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:06 pm
Freakezette RubyJewelStone Ah...yes the beauty of a small city. Not to mention all the victims...imean...people to practice your Japanese on. Actually...come to think of it, they'll probably be trying to run you down if you're like the only English speaking person in a hundred mile radius to practice on... whee I always hear horror stories about Nova,Aeon, and Geos... But basically my main worry about going to Japan is hair care. Since the only salons that I heard of that deal with black hair are in Tokyo. I might might be burning up vacation days just to get a perm... crying (Starts looking for cities next to Tokyo) Ha, that's one of things i'm worried about should I end up in Japan for a year. I have really thick curly hair, and any humidity only makes it fuzzier (the thin dry air of colorado actually works to my advantage) so it will be twice as curly anywhere in Japan. I imagine in a country where everyone has straight thin hair the curly conditioners will be hard to come by. Shoes too, I'm going to be requesting care packages from home frequently. biggrin Haha! I win the easy hair managing in Japan thingie I guess! It won't do anything but go straight.
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Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 9:09 pm
As I've mentioned, my friend is in Sapporo till December, but he told me about what happened when he bought his cell phone a few days ago. Apparently all it cost him was 1 yen...and it came with a free watermelon. Then I saw a picture of it...and it still looks nicer than my phone. I'm gonna cry ;-;
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:06 pm
Clint Beastwood As I've mentioned, my friend is in Sapporo till December, but he told me about what happened when he bought his cell phone a few days ago. Apparently all it cost him was 1 yen...and it came with a free watermelon. Then I saw a picture of it...and it still looks nicer than my phone. I'm gonna cry ;-; I want a phone.... crying
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:19 pm
Clint Beastwood As I've mentioned, my friend is in Sapporo till December, but he told me about what happened when he bought his cell phone a few days ago. Apparently all it cost him was 1 yen...and it came with a free watermelon. Then I saw a picture of it...and it still looks nicer than my phone. I'm gonna cry ;-; Yet it would cost a good chunk of cash for a RENTAL...No fair... I've given up up on getting good techy stuff here...
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 11:54 pm
i'm in japan now... hashima city, outside of Nagoya. it'really hot here.
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:34 pm
crying Japan Japan where for art thouu Japan
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:40 pm
TemperanceYumi crying Japan Japan where for art thouu Japan what is that supposed to mean? but anyway... now i'm off on kyushu... headed for tokyo area (TOMORROW!) but... yeah, on the way here, a friend of mine said 'this is the middle of nowhere, right?' and i said, 'yeah...' and he said 'well, i just saw 2 vending machines on the side of the road.' i think that people should get a kick out of that! ~Megaman2040
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