Comments on: A Fresh Start on School, Life and Japanese http://joeinjapan.com/2008/08/30/a-fresh-start-on-school-life-and-japanese/ Life in Japan as a Coordinator for International Relations Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:54:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Trog http://joeinjapan.com/2008/08/30/a-fresh-start-on-school-life-and-japanese/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Trog Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:23:21 +0000 http://joeinjapan.com/?p=81#comment-169 Good luck Joe, I think you have good insight into yourself with this one. I think the path that you took in your first semester is common to many foreigners in Japan - and the key is to enjoy it for a bit and then move on. I was always sad to see people staying in the same rut months/years later. There is quite a different Japan to experience with greater language competency and moving out of the socialising-with-gaijin-and gaijin-junkies sphere. Enjoy your parents visit too - I will be interested to see how it goes (a couple of parental visits I had were "interesting" to say the least, with parent-child role reversal being the salient feature) Good luck Joe, I think you have good insight into yourself with this one. I think the path that you took in your first semester is common to many foreigners in Japan – and the key is to enjoy it for a bit and then move on. I was always sad to see people staying in the same rut months/years later. There is quite a different Japan to experience with greater language competency and moving out of the socialising-with-gaijin-and gaijin-junkies sphere.

Enjoy your parents visit too – I will be interested to see how it goes (a couple of parental visits I had were “interesting” to say the least, with parent-child role reversal being the salient feature)

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