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From: "Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan
Subject: Re: How long have you been in Japan?
Date: 5 May 2006 07:07:08 -0700
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Louise Bremner wrote:
> Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Michael Cash wrote:
> > > On 5 May 2006 02:08:00 -0700, "MMike" <mike@gaijin-in-japan.com>
> > > brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
> >
> > > >It's difficult to discuss issues even with single long termers. The fun
> > > >is GREAT, and a good release, but I would also like to find those who
> > > >are planning to spend the rest of their life living here.
> > >
> > > There are probably several of us who will end up in that situation,
> > > but it isn't from planning, I would bet. I doubt any of us planned to
> > > be here as long as we have.
> >
> > 18 months was the "plan" in my case. No major regrets though.
>
> Hey! That was longer than our plan. Just a long-ish holiday--maybe a
> year or so.

I'm still on holiday. "Plan" was to go east from Japan, and I was
supposed to have reached Europe a "little" while back.