Kevin Gowen <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message news:<2tj4jqF1uuvaqU33@uni-berlin.de>...
> John W. wrote:
> > Kevin Gowen wrote:
> > 
> >> John W. wrote:
> >>
> >>> "Fabian" <lajzar@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
> >>> news:<2thu10F1va4l2U1@uni-berlin.de>...
> >>>
> >>>> John W. hu kiteb:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> How many companies in your home country would act as a guarantor for a
> >>>>> new employee? At best some of the better ones might have corporate
> >>>>> housing that they'd put you up in, if you're a truly special employee.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> And most likely they wouldn't do it for a Japanese employee either, so
> >>>>> take some comfort in that. You might ask for a week in a hotel or
> >>>>> something.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Completey differnet standard. Companies back home wouldnt need to, 
> >>>> because guarantors arent required for 99% of housing.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> And there's plenty of housing in Japan that doesn't require a
> >>> guarantor.
> >>>
> >>> Either way, good luck with it; I'd give a lot to have the opportunity,
> >>> guarantor or not. I'd live in a box for the chance.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Why do you think Japan is Shangri-La? If you want to be there so 
> >> badly, do something about it. Wishing is a sign of passivity and 
> >> weakness.
> >>
> > So is role playing and stuff like that.
> 
> Double-U tee eff, mate?
> 
> > Maybe someday you'll figure out life isn't that easy. 
> 
> There is a vas deferens between "Life isn't that easy" and "I am life's 
> bitch". It is little surprise that you are bemoaning your station as the 
> result of your being the victim of circumstance.
> 
There's also a difference between bitching about life to friends and
bemoaning my station in life. I'm generally very optimistic and
upbeat.

> > But, then, maybe 
> > your wife molds her ambition around your life instead of it being a 
> > mutual relationship. 
> 
> I see. So you are molding your ambitions around her life. 

Most certainly.

> Not that 
> there's anything wrong with that. Do people in tech support even have 
> ambition?
> 
We try not to.

> > And, of course, you don't have any kids as part of 
> > the equation.
> 
> Actually, I do. Well, just the one.
> 
Congratulations. Now do you think you could just up and leave both
wife and child for a year or so to go follow what is essentially a
selfish dream?

John W.