Julia KaNeko
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- 25 Aug 2016
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Hello, I am Lady Julia KaNeko!
Hi, I'm new here and this place seems very nice so far. It looks very informative and such.
So, as the title states, I do have goals to one day go to Japan. I believe that having a Bachelor's Degree is one of the essential needed in order to go. Having JLPT certification would be nice as well and hope to one day have N1 certification.
But until all that happens, I'm just a 24 year sophomore in college while doing Japanese self-studying on the side (Hiragana looks confusing, but I'm starting to recognize the characters). I do wish I could make some friends with people in Japan, or someone who speaks it fluently, because I feel it would help keep me on my toes... I kinda feel bad, because I used to have moderate knowledge of Mandarin Chinese, but as soon as I graduated high school, and because I didn't have anyone to speak Chinese with, my knowledge of the language as slowly deteriorated... But I hope that by being on here, maybe I will make some friends and, well, who knows? Maybe we'll meet someday.
So, here are some of my questions/concerns I have about Japan:
Lady Julia KaNeko (8/25/2016)
Hi, I'm new here and this place seems very nice so far. It looks very informative and such.
So, as the title states, I do have goals to one day go to Japan. I believe that having a Bachelor's Degree is one of the essential needed in order to go. Having JLPT certification would be nice as well and hope to one day have N1 certification.
But until all that happens, I'm just a 24 year sophomore in college while doing Japanese self-studying on the side (Hiragana looks confusing, but I'm starting to recognize the characters). I do wish I could make some friends with people in Japan, or someone who speaks it fluently, because I feel it would help keep me on my toes... I kinda feel bad, because I used to have moderate knowledge of Mandarin Chinese, but as soon as I graduated high school, and because I didn't have anyone to speak Chinese with, my knowledge of the language as slowly deteriorated... But I hope that by being on here, maybe I will make some friends and, well, who knows? Maybe we'll meet someday.
So, here are some of my questions/concerns I have about Japan:
- How much does one need to save up? Getting a place, getting furniture, food, etc...
- How does one handle the culture shock? Oh, my God! I'm in Japan! :woot: ...Oh, my God, I'm in JAPAN!
- Is it difficult to make friends? Julia, I'm hi!
- Will it be harder to settle in Japan since I'm Black? I feel like people would touch my afro because who wouldn't? It's so poofy.
- Is it difficult to find a place to live? I'm not loud! Just when people cheat in video games!
Lady Julia KaNeko (8/25/2016)