Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed.news.qwest.net!news.uswest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Bryce" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <3a1d1813.0310280820.b8c2e1a@posting.google.com> <8bbtpvkdsmq392mugtpdlvscho6gerv05m@4ax.com> <02ptpv8lnak38uidvrfalvh7of8lpkl5rg@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Computer animation jobs in Jp. for an American girl? Lines: 68 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:29:36 -0800 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.160.95.12 X-Trace: news.uswest.net 1067448522 216.160.95.12 (Wed, 29 Oct 2003 11:28:42 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 11:28:42 CST Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:7059 "Haluk" wrote in message news:bnnpqt$13cc2q$1@ID-201738.news.uni-berlin.de... > "Ryan Ginstrom" , haber iletisinde ?unlar? > yazd?:bnn54f$13ju1r$1@ID-101276.news.uni-berlin.de... > > > > "Bryce" wrote in message > > news:aBBnb.429$Ru1.51663@news.uswest.net... > > > > > > "Michael Cash" wrote in message > > > > They may succeed and live the life of Riley here, staying until they > > > > die at a ripe old age. Or they may get disgusted and leave in six > > > > months, taking with them a profound and everlasting hatred of Japan. > > > > Or anything in between. > > > > > > It's bittersweet either way I think. > > > > It could be worse -- unable to handle the real Japan, you could be forced > to > > flee to a small subtropical island, and while away your time on some > beach, > > drowning your sorrows in awamori. > > > > Or to thirld world country, drowning your sorrows in Jack Daniels... > > One sure thing is living in Japan -at least as a spouse to JW, remarkably > and irrevocably changes your life. > > I always envied people with simpler lives, such as those who are married to > someone from their culture, or their country. Because in my case anyway, > there was always something missing. Don't get me wrong I loved my wife but > either I wasn't very much happy or she'd be miserable. We even thought > living in a third country such as US or Europe, hoping to find a place where > both of us could be reasonably familiar with the culture. > > I remember the "homesick crises" that hit me at intervals. First was like a > month after I arrived Japan and it took me about 2 months to feel better. I > later figured out that it wasn't homesick, it was called culture shock. Than > about 6 months later a real homesick crises came. Another one was like a > year later. Than I felt OK for almost two years. But the last one was pretty > damn severe, it forced me back to Turkey. > > Now I get homesick in my home country. Last weekend during one of those > crises, I ordered tendon, ocha and nigiri moriawase and except for saba, I > hate sushi and ocha has never been my favorite. Go figure... > > So going back home ain't no solution. In my case at least, I got two homes > and I'm never fully at home. > > Things might be better for gaijin-gaijin couples though. Cause I'm pretty > confident that both of them will have homesick about the same time and in > worst case they will catch the next flight home. > > Key point there. At either home, you never feel "fully" at home. It's strange.