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Re: The Japan obsession

Postby Sourfacekid » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:28 am

I'll move there for the miniskirt uniforms ;/
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Re: The Japan obsession

Postby Pas » Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:59 am

Sourfacekid wrote:I'll move there for the miniskirt uniforms ;/

Enjoy spending 15 years in prison for even looking at them.

Unless of course you mean you want to wear the skirts, in which case, continue |:>
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Re: The Japan obsession

Postby OmniStrata » Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:40 pm

Koopiskeva wrote:I'm Filipino btw.

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He's just jealous because I was acknowledged before him :p

I really don't care that the Japanese people did stuff in the past and are technically racist even today. [they don't mind tourists, but they really really don't want you living there] At least, that's what my friends who lived in Japan for over 18 months would say.

One of them, goes by the handle ElvenShadow on the interwebs, was going to join an arcade gaming tournament, but all his Japanese acquaintances claimed they couldn't team with him because they had other plans that evening, suffice it to say, he went to said tournament and found the same people who refused him...

But even then, teh pr0ns good and well, it's where my martial art comes from. Note: Shorei Goju karate by itself sucks, but once you learn ground grappling and throws, defending yourself becomes much much easier...
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Re: The Japan obsession

Postby Castor Troy » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:03 pm

I have a friend who's living in and teaching english in Japan because he couldn't amount to anything here in the states.

I'd go to Japan just for Akihabara alone, but my obsession with everything japanese died a long time ago.
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Re: The Japan obsession

Postby Castor Troy » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:10 pm

OmniStrata wrote:
Koopiskeva wrote:I'm Filipino btw.

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He's just jealous because I was acknowledged before him :p

I really don't care that the Japanese people did stuff in the past and are technically racist even today. [they don't mind tourists, but they really really don't want you living there] At least, that's what my friends who lived in Japan for over 18 months would say.

One of them, goes by the handle ElvenShadow on the interwebs, was going to join an arcade gaming tournament, but all his Japanese acquaintances claimed they couldn't team with him because they had other plans that evening, suffice it to say, he went to said tournament and found the same people who refused him...

But even then, teh pr0ns good and well, it's where my martial art comes from. Note: Shorei Goju karate by itself sucks, but once you learn ground grappling and throws, defending yourself becomes much much easier...


Another filipino here! :wink:

But I'm completely americanized and don't know tagalog. :?
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Re: The Japan obsession

Postby Sukunai » Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:08 am

Sourfacekid wrote:I'll move there for the miniskirt uniforms ;/


From what I'm told, (by people in Korea), Koreans females are a LOT more into wearing skirts. Maybe Japan is not entirely the right country for you.
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Re: The Japan obsession

Postby Athena » Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:57 am

Why was I summoned?

Look. Jokes aside, living in Japan is no different than living in any other country in many ways. If you think you can just up and escape your problems in life by moving to Japan, just think about if you had to move to another area within your own country, and try to get a job and build a life. For many weeaboo, that ain't happening in the next town over, let alone Japan.

I came here because I was offered a job. I move here from nearby (Korea is relatively nearby) and at the time everything I owned fit in two suitcases.

Teaching English in Japan is a phrase that covers a lot of permutations. I actually do teach. Most English "teachers" do no such thing, and most of them I have very little respect for because they have little respect for the profession of teaching (my actual profession, my career, not just my temporary position until I figure out what the hell I am doing with my life, like so many others here), and because they often lose all sense of propriety thinking that gaijin status allows them to do whatever they want without consequences. In the Eikaiwa industry, perhaps I don't care quite as much. However, working in the public school system means you have a responsibility as part of the core education of your students. These are great kids. They deserve your best, every day, and if you give it to them, you will get so much in return. Those that think the job is their ticket to a weaboo paradise, and who the hell cares about the kids, will invariably bitch and moan that they encounter racist attitudes, or that people do not include them, or they're being ostracized. Bunch of fucking bullshit. They bring it on themselves by acting like self-entitled (usually white, but not always) cretins. If you're an incompetent yet amazingly arrogant asshole, don't be surprised when Japan tells you've just been voted off the island. And no, I don't fucking care if you have an American (or Canadian, or British, or Aussie) passport, and neither will the Japanese.

I have had nothing but the best experiences with Japan, its people, and its institutions. Sure the DMV is hell, but that's like some sort of universal no matter which country I have lived in. Come to Japan if you have a legitimate economic reason, and if you are capable of being a responsible adult, who actually gives a damn about your job. If you're not or you don't, stay home.
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Re: The Japan obsession

Postby Dar » Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:34 pm

lol... lighthouse...
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Re: The Japan obsession

Postby NagaMyrmidon » Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:12 pm

It may be the fell of visiting another country which many things that you like come from.
For example: When I was a little kid I wanted to go to China because most of my toys came from there.
My brother and some of my friends wanted to go to Germany because they like the music.
And my brother (the same one that liked the german music) now wants to go to Russia because a lot of the teachers of the conservatory (that's the music school, if you didn't know) come from there.

I wonder if I would be able to go to Japan after I do my licentiate of Composition of the Conservatory, but I do not have much hopes.
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Re: The Japan obsession

Postby RooRooRocket » Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:40 am

I like anime a lot but I like lots of other things too. I wouldn't say I'm so obssessed with anime that it makes me want to go to Japan. The only merchandise I have is a small figurine of Yuki from Haruhi Suzumiya. I'd like to go to Japan on holiday, if only for the cultural aspect. I wouldn't want to live there or anywhere else really, I'm fine where I am.

I think I'll join the group of people who say those who aspire to become Japanese are the sort of people who give tourists a bad name. The sort of people who try and speak Japanese without knowing the language. Who only want to isit the country because of anime e.t.c.
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