Took me forever to write this...nangbabyMarch 3 2011, 19:46:44 UTC
I've read your LJ, but it seems I didn't understand precisely what you were writing about. I thought you were translating doujin work and other mangas, not actually creating them yourself. Now I see why you're so popular on Twitter. ;)
The reason why I was concerned, though, was because it sounded from your entry that your primary motivation for becoming more proficient in Japanese was to improve communications with your friends, not your career. (I've also forgotten that you learned English as a second language...for someone not comfortable in it, you use it a lot better than my monolingual self.) In your replies you make it a lot clearer the professional reasons are just as important and you've planned this out. I apologize for the mistaken assumptions on my part.
I suppose I'm biased because I've been hurt by friends. I had friends -- not just Internet friends, but face-to-face friends who I've known for a decade -- and almost invariably, every last one of them have turned on me at one point or another. Heck, I've known magnus-samma
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Re: Took me forever to write this...miludaMarch 9 2011, 07:50:01 UTC
I just don't see it as failure. I see it as another path to somewhere else. It's hard to call something a failure because that means it's the end... life's not over yet
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"Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for having a job and I don't despise my work, but it rendered all that work I did studying for naught."
It's not over yet. You can change it. You can try to search for another job somewhere else, something more worthwhile, something not entry level, something that pays more. You have to work for that, though. I wouldn't suggest leaving your job until you find a new one. Most people who just start jobs always jump to other jobs after they get hired. There's always opportunity... you have to seek it.
Long reply Part 2miludaFebruary 23 2011, 00:34:04 UTC
I am not depending on them in anyway-- I will be getting my own apartment, I will be making new friends regardless, and I will be working to improve my Japanese. I have NO guarantee I would be placed near them anyway (also, they are all across Japan, being placed "near them" is an impossible feat if "near them" did not equate to "being in Japan") so I have already accepted that I may not even see them even if we are in the same country. The country may be small compared to the USA, but it is about the same size as California, and being in California, I know exactly how far Northern California and Southern California is. It's pretty darn far and we don't have a cool bullet train like they do
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Long reply part 3 (Final) wow character limit LJmiludaFebruary 23 2011, 00:46:14 UTC
"What if despite all that do, you never get comfortable with your Japanese language skills?"
I'm never "completely comfortable" with English and here I am using it. I am a second generation Taiwanese-American. I was born & raised by immigrant parents. I learned English on my own, as I could not ask my parents how English worked since they were not fluent speakers. I believe that language cannot be 100% mastered. The point of doing this is not because "I seek full comfort" in understanding Japanese. The point of doing this is to understand Japanese to an extent on which it can be a possible employable skill and improving it. The more I use it, the more "comfortable" I will be by using it. I'm not saying that I don't enjoy speaking Japanese at the same time. I use it everyday and I love using it to watch animation, play games, read comic books, and talk to my friends. I love learning about my Japanese friends through their own language. They often tell me that I have enough knowledge of the Japanese language to be "understood
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The reason why I was concerned, though, was because it sounded from your entry that your primary motivation for becoming more proficient in Japanese was to improve communications with your friends, not your career. (I've also forgotten that you learned English as a second language...for someone not comfortable in it, you use it a lot better than my monolingual self.) In your replies you make it a lot clearer the professional reasons are just as important and you've planned this out. I apologize for the mistaken assumptions on my part.
I suppose I'm biased because I've been hurt by friends. I had friends -- not just Internet friends, but face-to-face friends who I've known for a decade -- and almost invariably, every last one of them have turned on me at one point or another. Heck, I've known magnus-samma ( ... )
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It's not over yet. You can change it. You can try to search for another job somewhere else, something more worthwhile, something not entry level, something that pays more. You have to work for that, though. I wouldn't suggest leaving your job until you find a new one. Most people who just start jobs always jump to other jobs after they get hired. There's always opportunity... you have to seek it.
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I'm never "completely comfortable" with English and here I am using it. I am a second generation Taiwanese-American. I was born & raised by immigrant parents. I learned English on my own, as I could not ask my parents how English worked since they were not fluent speakers. I believe that language cannot be 100% mastered. The point of doing this is not because "I seek full comfort" in understanding Japanese. The point of doing this is to understand Japanese to an extent on which it can be a possible employable skill and improving it. The more I use it, the more "comfortable" I will be by using it. I'm not saying that I don't enjoy speaking Japanese at the same time. I use it everyday and I love using it to watch animation, play games, read comic books, and talk to my friends. I love learning about my Japanese friends through their own language. They often tell me that I have enough knowledge of the Japanese language to be "understood ( ... )
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