John W. <worthj1970@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 10, 8:22?am, Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I want to live in Japan for the simple fact that it is different. I'd
> live anyplace, really. Plop me down in just about any country and I'm
> as happy as a clam. Japan is easier simply because I speak the
> language, know people there, more or less know how to survive, and
> always find fascinating things to see/do. I've been trying to convince
> the Japanese friends (MD researchers, for the most part) that I play
> soccer with to get me a job as a lecturer on US healthcare but they're
> all too junior to have that kind of pull. There's no way I could go
> back to eikaiwa (too old, for one thing).

Too married, for another :-)

> But I think your philosophy is the basis for many self-help books;
> living life on your own terms is the dream of most of us, I think,
> regardless of location.

How's your IT skill-set?

Mike