some good advice here. thanks! luckily for me, i have a good knowledge of japan and a genuine interest for it and everything involving it (refer to my sig
). i'm going to try my hardest to get into JET since its been something i've been considering ever since starting my undergrad. i'm curious as to where your placement city/town was? i've got a few friends scattered around ranging from some in osaka, nagoya, tokyo and fukuoka. unfortunately dont know anybody in hokkaido strangely enough.
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Originally Posted by ncrx
one other thing, have a back up plan, for when you come back. set your goals, be ready with a time line of what u want to do. i planned to only stay 2yrs, travel as much as i could, see as much as i could, party like an ass, and save 0 $ kuz i wanted the time of my life. i stuck to it.. rigidly.
i guarantee, you will not want to come back. and if and when you do, you will struggle upon returning.
1. you will hate the lack of customer service you receive here.
2 you will hate how everyone is rude, dickhead, thinks they're gangster.
3. you will hate 711 here.
4. you will hate how the night life absolutely sucks cock in comparison
5. you will hate not being a superstar haha
6. you will hate how you can't train every where
7. you will hate not being able to get a can of beer from the vending machine downstairs
8. you will hate not getting completely tanked in a park under the sakura trees
9.... the list goes on
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funny you mention all this since its so true when i came back after a month stay in japan. that country truly changes your perspective on everything. i dreaded the last night i had in japan (which ended up interestingly enough at a kyabakura until morning followed by an earthquake).