Comments on: On Being Alone in an Office In Japan http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/02/19/alone-japan-expat/ A New England Expat in Japan. Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:52:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Losing Interest in Japan as an Expat | jeannettosaurus http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/02/19/alone-japan-expat/#comment-3216 Sat, 13 Jul 2013 08:26:03 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1506#comment-3216 […] On Being Alone in an Office In Japan (thisjapaneselife.org) […]

]]> By: On Being a Crow in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/02/19/alone-japan-expat/#comment-3197 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:01:04 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1506#comment-3197 […] Alanna Schubach is a former expat in Japan and the current editor of Such Sweet Thunder, a journal dedicated to the emotional connections we form with music. She has written before for This Japanese Life, “On Being Alone in an Office in Japan.” […]

]]> By: Archana http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/02/19/alone-japan-expat/#comment-2649 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:17:30 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1506#comment-2649 wow – very expressive writing – I felt like i was listening to you tell me about this.

]]> By: Ahmad Butt http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/02/19/alone-japan-expat/#comment-2307 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:02:05 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1506#comment-2307 A very honest piece Alanaa, which I am sure reflects the feelings of many ALTs’s.

]]> By: expatseek http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/02/19/alone-japan-expat/#comment-2299 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:35:21 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1506#comment-2299 What an honest account of your experience- a great guest write up!

]]> By: expatseek http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/02/19/alone-japan-expat/#comment-2298 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:35:06 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1506#comment-2298 What an honest account of your experience- a guest write up!

]]> By: yokaiakito http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/02/19/alone-japan-expat/#comment-2286 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:44:45 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1506#comment-2286 Thank you for being a guest writer! This was a great article! Feelings of anxiety, alienation, and, finally, acceptance (at least moderately) are very universal, and I think you did a great job of showing that, even in such an extreme situation as living in a foreign country!

]]> By: Catspaw http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/02/19/alone-japan-expat/#comment-2285 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:14:17 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1506#comment-2285 “Do you have brooms in America?” one asked. – “perhaps my frantic facial contortions were disturbing” – “I was authentically adult. It wasn’t about concealment or repression so much as endurance, a particularly Japanese value, a way — or Way — of surveying in solitude the jagged, nervous landscapes of one’s own mind until a new strength emerges.”

Brilliant stuff!

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