Dealing with not having an excuse for being F*cked..

Reverse-culture shock, readjustment and other issues of repatriation for gaijin going home.
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Dealing with not having an excuse for being F*cked..

Postby ichigo partygirl » Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:33 pm

So im back in NZ after a year in Japan. I know i year isnt long compared to the time you longtimers have been there but hey...
Im finding it hard to get used to life here.......
Any tips for the best way to get over Japan???
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Postby Greji » Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:40 pm

ichigo partygirl wrote:Any tips for the best way to get over Japan???


Just don't try! That'll get you back up here faster! Sure went by quick though, didn't it!
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Postby gomichild » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:02 pm

Never done it myself....
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Postby FG Lurker » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:08 pm

ichigo partygirl wrote:So im back in NZ after a year in Japan. I know i year isnt long compared to the time you longtimers have been there but hey...
Im finding it hard to get used to life here.......
Any tips for the best way to get over Japan???

Feels like just a month or two ago that you got here... Time flies.

Going home can be a lot harder than coming here. You go home expecting things to be "normal". They are normal, but since you've been in Japan for a year your perception of normal is no longer the same!

I ended up traveling in Canada and the US for a couple of months after I went back. It was a rough adjustment and I had to escape from my hometown...

Good luck IPG, I hope you re-adjust to NZ soon!
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Postby Mulboyne » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:51 pm

There are a few thoughts in this thread.
sillygirl wrote:Reverse culture shock? You bet your ass. I can sum it up in one word:

BLEARGHOWWHATHEFUGEEARGHPAH!!
There are also a few other comments in the Fuck It! I'm Leaving Japan thread.
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Postby Charles » Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:38 am

Mulboyne wrote:There are also a few other comments in the Fuck It! I'm Leaving Japan thread.

Hey, what's the deal with that thread? I click and all I get is a warning that "you do not have permission to access this page...your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page.."
What's the deal, is that some sooper seekrit forum only available to Premium Users?
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Postby Greji » Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:56 am

Charles wrote:Hey, what's the deal with that thread? I click and all I get is a warning that "you do not have permission to access this page...your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page.."
What's the deal, is that some sooper seekrit forum only available to Premium Users?


Just Aussies!
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Postby Iraira » Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:18 am

gboothe wrote:Just Aussies!:cool:


Ok, I got the same message, and I listened to a digeridoo (I'm sure the spelling is wrong) song before trying it again, but it still went to the "You aren't special enough to enter here." message.
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Postby kamome » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:01 am

You must donate some cold, hard cash before getting an upgrade to "premium" status and ascend to the highest levels of fucked-dom.

The secret to getting over Japan? Time - the longer you're home, the more comfortable you will become. But I agree that it's tough - I still want to go back on occasion, but only for shorter periods.
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Postby AssKissinger » Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:19 am

My first year abroad was in Korea and I was a real nut case when I got home. I headed back overseas shortly thereafter. I don't the hard core dissociation starts until you've been three years abroad. After ten whew...

This is one of my favorite threads

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Postby FG Lurker » Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:36 am

Charles wrote:Hey, what's the deal with that thread? I click and all I get is a warning that "you do not have permission to access this page...your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page.."
What's the deal, is that some sooper seekrit forum only available to Premium Users?

It's the "sooper seekrit forum" where non-cheapasses laugh our asses off at cheapass losers like you.
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Postby Greji » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:41 am

FG Lurker wrote:It's the "sooper seekrit forum" where non-cheapasses laugh our asses off at cheapass losers like you.


Cold shot Lurk! hehe :p
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Postby ichigo partygirl » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:38 am

Thanks guys. I think the going from summer to fricken NZ winter has just made it that much harder...
Yeah i think once i get a job it will be better...at the mo too much free time and no money!!!
I just dont want to become one of those 'in Japan....' people. ZzzZzzzZzz
NZ is very close to Aussie - maybe i should move there to the warmth and become really f*cked !! I love my neighbours.....
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Postby CrankyBastard » Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:24 am

I don't get it. Culture shock, I mean.
I left Wales shortly after my 16th birthday for a life on the ocean wave.
I haven't been back, except for a few fleeting visits in almost forty years.
Japan has been 'home' since I swallowed the anchor.
I have no regrets to speak of.
Life's what you make it, I suppose.
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Postby Taro Toporific » Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:25 am

kamome wrote:The secret to getting over Japan? Time - the longer you're home, the more comfortable you will become.


I don't get it. I've been here for more than 20 years and the ONLY problem about spending a month or two in the Real World is having to come back to the Land-of-Concrete(tm)...more so when I came back last month to hot-craptacular Japanese summer. IchigoPartyGirl, please send me some that crisp, cool Kiwi air to make feel better as I play in the tub with a 20 kilo block of ice.
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Postby kamome » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:44 pm

Yeah, I was happier after I came back overall, but I still miss you FG's and certain other elements of Japan even now. Would I trade what I am doing now for a life in Japan again? Only if I was very well paid to do it.
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Postby ichigo partygirl » Wed Aug 09, 2006 1:20 pm

Taro Toporific wrote:I don't get it. I've been here for more than 20 years and the ONLY problem about spending a month or two in the Real World is having to come back to the Land-of-Concrete(tm)...more so when I came back last month to hot-craptacular Japanese summer. IchigoPartyGirl, please send me some that crisp, cool Kiwi air to make feel better as I play in the tub with a 20 kilo block of ice.
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Im realing trying my hardest to chanel that air your way.....its sorta freezing to the trees on the way though..

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Postby Greji » Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:12 pm

ichigo partygirl wrote:Thanks guys. I think the going from summer to fricken NZ winter has just made it that much harder...
Yeah i think once i get a job it will be better...at the mo too much free time and no money!!!
I just dont want to become one of those 'in Japan....' people. ZzzZzzzZzz
NZ is very close to Aussie - maybe i should move there to the warmth and become really f*cked !! I love my neighbours.....


Does this mean I will have to take those sheets you wanted a year ago home now? They are still sitting on my office book shelf after only a year now!
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Postby kurohinge1 » Wed Aug 09, 2006 3:28 pm

ichigo partygirl wrote: . . . NZ is very close to Aussie - maybe i should move there to the warmth and become really f*cked !! I love my neighbours.....

Sorry, Bondi's got a "full" sign up. No more pommie backpackers or kiwis allowed in until some of the old ones go home, so you'll just have to take a number and wait. ]http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2165&stc=1&d=1155104368[/IMG]

You'll need a boat and some large digging implements.

Good luck.

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Postby sillygirl » Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:07 pm

Gah....

Been back a year and a bit after 11 years in Japan.

Still fucked. If not more fucked than before....:cool:

Meh...no hope for ya, Ichigo... hee hee!


Sigh. Feels like wherever I am I'm a fucked gaijin.
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Postby ichigo partygirl » Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:44 pm

Hmm unfortunately if i carve up NZ some Maori mythical creature is likely to eat us all so thats not a good idea.....
Gboothe..im sure there will be a day when they are needed, just hang onto them for a while - while you're waiting you could build a little sheet fort or something to play in.
I guess ill just have to drink and avoid weekdays!!
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