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Aug. 23rd, 2008 03:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
demeter918I've been meaning to post about this for a while now, but on July 24th, I officially ended my three year stint in Japan. =) I went a little off the wall with the stress of moving back stateside, getting things cleaned and packed up, canceling my gas, electric, phones, and etc, and just saying goodbye to my friends here. So overall, it really sucked. *ponders* To move from Japan is like experiencing a mini-war.
Actually, I went to Tokyo almost immediately after I packed out of my apartment and spent a few days there before flying to Taiwan to relax and vacation for a bit. I came back to Japan for a few days and then I headed to Russia for two weeks to do the Trans-Siberian railroad... but today is my very last day.
wow, this my last hour in Japan as an almost-employed. This is my last night in Japan as a legal resident. This is...
and then my mind usually wanders off into other territory. My brain is not wired for one-track thinking, methinks.
I'm a little sad, scratch that, I'm really sad. I've spend the last three years of my life here and I've carved out a comfortable niche. Before people ask why I'm not staying, I'll just say that it definitely is time. I love the country, I love the people, I love my friends, my apartment, everything... but dude. There are times I love my job, but there are a lot of times where I kind of felt impatient about it. So yeah. It's time to move on!
My three years here were basically everything I had hoped for. =) Far better in fact! I had made a list prior to going to Japan and excepting Okinawa, I made it to everything on the list! I visited South Korea, China, Taiwan, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. I saw the Three Gorges before they become the Non Three Gorges. I saw the DMZ, the famous waterfall near Manila, the Terracotta Army, Angkor Wat, the Royal Palace in Bangkok, and millions of other things. I've studied tea ceremony (love), flower arrangement (indifferent), koto (the Japanese equivalent of a harp), I've even learned a traditional Japanese dance. I've purchased a real kimono, I've woven cloth shoes, I've made tofu, soba, sushi. There's a million things I could add on here in some weird attempt to prove that I made use of my time but I guess...
Yeah. =) I really enjoyed my time here!
I'm at Kansai International Airport and Russia was beautiful and fantastic, but I literally had a crying bout at the checkin counter; I can't believe I started crying in front of the checkin attendant! She looked so scared that she let me come on with overweight luggage. 0_0 That was surprising, considering how strict they are.
I guess it's also because I came back from Russia with one of my best friends in Japan and we got separated during immigration and customs and I can't find her now, and she's probably headed back towards our old Japanese home city of Toyama... so I basically missed out on saying goodbye. I'm really sad about that.
Anyways. I guess this is goodbye to Japan.
=)
Fow now. Bwah ha hahhahahahahahahahaha.
Actually, I went to Tokyo almost immediately after I packed out of my apartment and spent a few days there before flying to Taiwan to relax and vacation for a bit. I came back to Japan for a few days and then I headed to Russia for two weeks to do the Trans-Siberian railroad... but today is my very last day.
wow, this my last hour in Japan as an almost-employed. This is my last night in Japan as a legal resident. This is...
and then my mind usually wanders off into other territory. My brain is not wired for one-track thinking, methinks.
I'm a little sad, scratch that, I'm really sad. I've spend the last three years of my life here and I've carved out a comfortable niche. Before people ask why I'm not staying, I'll just say that it definitely is time. I love the country, I love the people, I love my friends, my apartment, everything... but dude. There are times I love my job, but there are a lot of times where I kind of felt impatient about it. So yeah. It's time to move on!
My three years here were basically everything I had hoped for. =) Far better in fact! I had made a list prior to going to Japan and excepting Okinawa, I made it to everything on the list! I visited South Korea, China, Taiwan, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. I saw the Three Gorges before they become the Non Three Gorges. I saw the DMZ, the famous waterfall near Manila, the Terracotta Army, Angkor Wat, the Royal Palace in Bangkok, and millions of other things. I've studied tea ceremony (love), flower arrangement (indifferent), koto (the Japanese equivalent of a harp), I've even learned a traditional Japanese dance. I've purchased a real kimono, I've woven cloth shoes, I've made tofu, soba, sushi. There's a million things I could add on here in some weird attempt to prove that I made use of my time but I guess...
Yeah. =) I really enjoyed my time here!
I'm at Kansai International Airport and Russia was beautiful and fantastic, but I literally had a crying bout at the checkin counter; I can't believe I started crying in front of the checkin attendant! She looked so scared that she let me come on with overweight luggage. 0_0 That was surprising, considering how strict they are.
I guess it's also because I came back from Russia with one of my best friends in Japan and we got separated during immigration and customs and I can't find her now, and she's probably headed back towards our old Japanese home city of Toyama... so I basically missed out on saying goodbye. I'm really sad about that.
Anyways. I guess this is goodbye to Japan.
=)
Fow now. Bwah ha hahhahahahahahahahaha.
