James Hart
@jim
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Lives in Ariake, Tokyo
Registration: 01 July 2005
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Some features I have been thinking about by Kenji
Hi, This is an excerpt from an email conversation with Julien. I would like to know what you think about those features. Longitude and latitude informations per blog. This would be generated by clicking on a local map of the country you are ...
How about a RSS feed? PunBB seems to have that functionality. I use a feed aggregator for all the blogs and news sites I read. It would be great to be able to see the latest Expat-Blog posts on there as well... Read More
(Job in Japan) Is it an interesting offer? by Julien
Hi, I have found a job offer in Nagoya, Japan, I think I am suitable for the job, and I'd like to know if you think it is a good offer. > It's a job in IT (technician/engineer level) > The employer pays the visa and the accommodation > The salary ...
Sorry, this has gone rather off topic. About an IT job in Japan, you've got two options as I see it: Japanese company: low pay, difficult working conditions, but great chance to learn Japanese, get into the way of life and get Japanese work ... Read More
(Job in Japan) Is it an interesting offer? by Julien
Hi, I have found a job offer in Nagoya, Japan, I think I am suitable for the job, and I'd like to know if you think it is a good offer. > It's a job in IT (technician/engineer level) > The employer pays the visa and the accommodation > The salary ...
Sure, it's hard to be really integrated here. People I know who have been here 10 or 15 years are still viewed as foreigners and treated like tourists. I know it's like that, so hopefully it won't bother me. I will always be "different" here. ... Read More
(Job in Japan) Is it an interesting offer? by Julien
Hi, I have found a job offer in Nagoya, Japan, I think I am suitable for the job, and I'd like to know if you think it is a good offer. > It's a job in IT (technician/engineer level) > The employer pays the visa and the accommodation > The salary ...
Update? How did it go, Julien? Sorry I didn't get back to you before. Read More
Reverse Culture Shock by Guesposter58
Hmm. All last week I was back in the UK (mixing some work, with a short break). The last time I was back there was in November last year, and also the previous August. One thing I noticed this time though was I seemed to be suffering more from ...
I definitely get that. Usually straight away, at the airport. I'm so looking forward to being on English soil again and then suddenly the package tour from Corfu arrives: Skinhead Dad with a football shirt on and a can of lager. Sunburnt Mum ... Read More
James Hart in Japan by jim
Hey, I know some of you already, but for those of you I don't, my blog is at http://jimmyhart.blogspot.com I played around with the design a bit yesterday, so I thought it was presentable enough to submit it here :cool: Anyway a bit about me: I'm ...
Cheers Julien Yeah, I guess I've been lucky with my job up to now; I hope it continues like that.... Did you speak Spanish while you lived in Spain?隆Claro, que s铆, hablo espa帽ol de p*ta madre! No tengo pinta de espa帽ol para nada, pero hablo m谩s o ... Read More
Why did you move to a foreign country? by Julien
The first poll of the expat forum! It is associated to this post: /forum/viewtopic.php?id=27 Did you move for professional reasons, for your studies, because you really wanted to (you move without a job), or for any other ...
Because I wanted to For my job (Professional reason) I fell in love All 3. I answered "I fell in love" ;) , but even if I hadn't, I would still most probably be living in a foreign country now. Read More
According to you ... by Julien
According to you, which city will host the Olympic Games in 2012?
Me too! Please: Paris! London is a great city and the games would be an enormous success there: no other city comes close in terms of being such an integrated international cosmopolitan city, but what is the attraction of an Olympic Games to a ... Read More
Got answers? I got questions! by cactus jack
I'm looking for info on becoming an expat. My biggest concern is viability. I know very little about what's outside of the US. While I am writing up a list of potential countries, I am digging into "other" bits of info I feel I'm going to need. ...
1) Why did you become an expat?Because being abroad is so much more interesting than being stuck in the same place forever. Like when you go away for on holiday for a couple of weeks and when you get back it seemed like a month, when you live abroad ... Read More
James Hart in Japan by jim
Hey, I know some of you already, but for those of you I don't, my blog is at http://jimmyhart.blogspot.com I played around with the design a bit yesterday, so I thought it was presentable enough to submit it here :cool: Anyway a bit about me: I'm ...
Que tal todo? 32 degrees at night?! I don't miss that... I hope you have aircon (we didn't while we were in Madrid!). How long have you been working for your company before they sent you to Japan?Just under 5 years; previously I'd worked for them in ... Read More
James Hart in Japan by jim
Hey, I know some of you already, but for those of you I don't, my blog is at http://jimmyhart.blogspot.com I played around with the design a bit yesterday, so I thought it was presentable enough to submit it here :cool: Anyway a bit about me: I'm ...
Just a detail, can I use a RSS agregator to read your blog?You should be able to. I use feedburner: My feed Let me know whether it works; I'm not sure whether any actually subscribes to my feed. (I don't!;)). Do you have a blog, by the way? J Read More
James Hart in Japan by jim
Hey, I know some of you already, but for those of you I don't, my blog is at http://jimmyhart.blogspot.com I played around with the design a bit yesterday, so I thought it was presentable enough to submit it here :cool: Anyway a bit about me: I'm ...
Cheers Julien. Aaah, yes: the sun in Spain! I lived in Madrid for 2.5 years and almost forgot that rain existed. We're in the rainy season at the moment in Japan....quite a change. So have you adapted to the siesta-lifestyle out there? I found the ... Read More
James Hart in Japan
Hey, I know some of you already, but for those of you I don't, my blog is at http://jimmyhart.blogspot.com I played around with the design a bit yesterday, so I thought it was presentable enough to submit it here :cool: Anyway a bit about me: I'm ... Read More