Trust me, Mike, you are the last person I would try to impress, but to make things more clear to you, I am one of those who did not arrive to Japan with a visa gently handed out to him by a company. I started from 0 and fought my way through the jungle.
So no silver spoon Nova BS, or other large concern who would pay my rent and pat me on the back when I felt like deploding another nuke. Current events of my life are even more exciting, but due to ongoing legal proceedings I cannot tell you more. Perhaps, you will catch it in news one day. I wrote my first message short, as I did not intend it to be my CV. 11 or 30 years is not much differnece, Mike. 2 and 5 years is. And you know it well. After some time little things will seem shocking, and you basically take it as a normal status quo. I didnt say how long i am here to bragg, but to make a point that I am not some shmuck sitting in a wooden shack in Southern Virginia, with a Fuji poster on his wall, and a 神風 bandana, pretending he knows it all.
In regards to marriages. Remember one thing. What people say aloud may differ from what they REALLY think or feel, as there is only few nutcases like me, who will say what they think whatever the consequences. Poeple do not like to talk about failing marriages. I wrote one book about Japan already, and I do not intend to write yet another one here on the forum. If we all were to speak fairly, we would not be able to give any opinion at all. We would be forced to know every single person in the society and then dish out and average score, whch would still be subjective. Again, you guys may give her mellow advises, which are levelled and political. I f.. hate politics hence I say it straight. Anyways, this is the last time I scratched my itching spot and replied to yet another thread "how to Japan", because it alwyas has the same outcome - walls of text about nothing really important or valuable. As you said, I better focus my self-proclaimed educated self on calligraphy, it is way more challanging and less stressful.
