Nihon ni Kaeritai!!

Yo, I just graduated and now I've got jobs lined up - what the heck? Its starting to feel like forever since I was in the land of milk and honey. And by milk I mean chu-hai. And by honey I mean women that stay attractive through their 50's, do whatever it takes to make you happy and even when they bitch at least I don't understand it.....I'm not bitter

Anyways, I'm already afraid of getting sucked in to a job and not being able to return home. Here are some suggestions for you kids out there. If you ever get the opportunity to go to Japan - DONT LEAVE. Everyone says you can do whatever you want once you graduate, but that's bull crap. If you study abroad in Japan, finish your school there and find a way to get a job. Its WAY easier to get a job in Japan once you're already there. The pay and hours may be crap, but you're still there and not in America forgetting your Japanese and hating your life.

Unfortunately, because Japan relies so heavily on exports, it was hit pretty hard by this recession, so now is not the best time to be job hunting there. But I'm sure I could find a job picking up high school girls. Somebody has to keep these girls from making a mistake and sleeping with the old salarymen for Louis Vuitton bags (which is actually no joke and a pretty big issue in Japan)....I think I could handle that job

Well, this time last year I was probably lifting some huge ass shrine or stumbling to the last train in Nanba. Hopefully this time 2 years from now I'll be home and rich enough to support a spoiled joshikousei.

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I have been missing the Nihon a lot lately (no surprise there), but I have been keeping my sanity with 3 little things that give me the taste of Japan, even though I`m stuck in this world of obesity and rudeness.

First - Tsubaki
This stuff is magic. I`m pretty sure its the Japan equivalent of Vidal Sassoon, its not all that expensive but it certainly does the job. It gets your hair soft and awesome (I think it even says that on the label). It does make your hair feel a little `heavy` though, but nothing a blow dryer and some wax cant fix.

Second - Movies. Particularly Shinobi and Hazard
I really enjoy and recommend these movies. Shinobi is essentially the Japanese Romeo and Juliet with rival ninja clans, but the action is sweet and its a good story. Hazard is a pretty unique story following a Japanese kid coming to New York so its got a good mix of Japanese and bad english. Odagiri Joe is in both of these movies, but he plays COMPLETELY different characters. Hazard was definitely the less popular movie, but I like it better - I strongly recommend this one. I like the main gang leaders way of mixing in Japanese words with his English and vice versa - its pretty fly.

Third - this may be a little hard for the rest of you, but Japanese Fashion
I was lucky enough to bring back a Japanese girl omiyage, so I get to see Japanese fashion quite a bit. Unfortunately she is not so in to gyaru fashion, but I`ll convince her soon enough. Yakusoku dayo.