Comments on: On Staying Sane as an Expat in Japan http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/22/7-ideas-for-staying-sane-as-an-expat-in-japan/ A New England Expat in Japan. Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:52:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: sdubinina http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/22/7-ideas-for-staying-sane-as-an-expat-in-japan/#comment-3233 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:15:06 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1626#comment-3233 #6 is so spot on! I think my year of teaching in Prague has been marred by my idea of it having to be the time of my life and the disappointment of its failure to turn out as such. I am still hoping, though, that Japan will be far more exciting and interesting (flavored kit-kats???) But I’m only reading your blog and not psyching myself out the way I did pre-Prague for a few months.

]]> By: James Booker http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/22/7-ideas-for-staying-sane-as-an-expat-in-japan/#comment-2964 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:07:51 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1626#comment-2964 I’d sponsor that kickstarter project!

]]> By: James Booker http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/22/7-ideas-for-staying-sane-as-an-expat-in-japan/#comment-2963 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:06:47 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1626#comment-2963 @ Kamo,

I’d have said “Just try to prove you’re a terrorist or ‘benefit scrounger’ and you should be OK…”

London is pretty decent, can be messy though! After 3 years of living in sheltered ‘suburbanite-esque’ Japan it might be a bit of a culture shock!

I’m not too clued up on our ‘insane’ student visa policy… so I can’t help, or can I?

]]> By: James Booker http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/22/7-ideas-for-staying-sane-as-an-expat-in-japan/#comment-2962 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:02:03 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1626#comment-2962 Oh awesome, a Masters you say, will it be in… hmmm. creative writing perhaps?
(just a guess on my part)

Off to China, to teach? http://www.thischineselife.org haha!

]]> By: Pink Barry http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/22/7-ideas-for-staying-sane-as-an-expat-in-japan/#comment-2924 Fri, 31 May 2013 23:50:00 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1626#comment-2924 Getting that “oh thank goodness – everyone feels this way” feeling again. I truly wish I’d read something like this before I ran away like a chump – may have stayed in Japan and toughed it out a little longer… I do, however, take great comfort in the drunken night club photos I managed to accumulate in my short time over there. If a picture of yourself drinking a bottle of champagne in the middle of a busy Roppongi street with a group of 7-foot tall Nigerians dressed as Power Rangers and an unusually-unattractive-and-therefor-affectionate local gal doesn’t convince you you’re having a good time, nothing in this life will.

]]> By: Joleen http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/22/7-ideas-for-staying-sane-as-an-expat-in-japan/#comment-2918 Thu, 30 May 2013 13:52:52 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1626#comment-2918 I’ve been studying in Japan for some months now as an exchange student and your article has really relieved. Although I too have only around 70 days left, since I’ve been living here loneliness, confusion and the want to cry has hit me several times and the thought that I’m wasting my time also has occured to me several times. I might have had my hopes set too high, but your blog has made me understand that it’s ok to have these feelings. After all, we’re only human. Thank you. :)

]]> By: kamo http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/22/7-ideas-for-staying-sane-as-an-expat-in-japan/#comment-2884 Sat, 25 May 2013 01:34:00 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1626#comment-2884 The LSE’s good. I was just across to road, so I suppose I should feign some sort of inter-collegiate rivalry. But I spent too much time in the Library there researching my thesis, and it’s a very nice library. Not as olde-worlde pretty as the Maughan, but easier to navigate.

Yep, as a Brit I’ve not got much to offer on the visa front, I’m afraid my wife (then girlfriend) had a bit of a faff sorting it when she did hers, but apparently they’ve got even more anal about things since then. ‘Insane’ is probably a good word for it. Just try to prove you’re not a terrorist or ‘benefit scrounger’ and you should be OK…

]]> By: jdslagoski http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/22/7-ideas-for-staying-sane-as-an-expat-in-japan/#comment-2881 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:04:46 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1626#comment-2881 Hello! I am a PhD Candidate from the Department of Foreign Language & ESL Education at the University of Iowa. I am conducting a research study on the adjustment process of people, like yourself, who have gone abroad to teach English. I am sending this invitation to you based on your blog postings about living and teaching English in Japan. I believe this is a timely request in that you have decided to leave. The study will involve being interviewed for no more than 3 hours online via web conferencing or online survey in either one, two, or three sessions within a 3-month period. If you are interested, please email me.

Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

]]> By: Looking back | A gaijin in Japan http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/22/7-ideas-for-staying-sane-as-an-expat-in-japan/#comment-2876 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:25:04 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1626#comment-2876 […] Hindsight Last, I’ll address the thing I thought, a year ago, that I would have to say. The thing about FUN. This Japanese Life puts it better than I can: […]

]]> By: Looking back | A gaijin in Japan http://thisjapaneselife.org/2013/05/22/7-ideas-for-staying-sane-as-an-expat-in-japan/#comment-2875 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:20:22 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=1626#comment-2875 […] Hindsight Last, I’ll address the thing I thought, a year ago, that I would have to say. The thing about FUN. This Japanese Life puts it better than I can: […]

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