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Tokyo Rude
Joined: 28 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:48 pm |
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Yeah SK paying for the airline ticket is pretty great! Also lower cost of living, better pay, etc. Though really, from what I've heard the best of the best is China. Outside of all the censorship, the scenery, life, and girls are the absolute best. Seriously I'd need to get the name of the area again, but my friends that have taught in all over Asia have said the girls in China are the most beautiful girls in the world.
If you want serious recommendations, uh..PM me! Keep in mind the hardest fucking part is getting the visa. If you really want to work in Tokyo, it's even harder. If you're just like, FUCK YEAH JAPAN, then yeah Jet. Where you'll be stuck in the middle of god damn no where and it takes 3 months for them to turn your internet on and you have to drive 20 minutes in a car that you have to pay all the shit for and you're making shit pay.
But yeah! South Korea, man if I hadn't studied that Japanese! Better food, real American food, big boobs! |
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Tokyo Rude
Joined: 28 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:15 pm |
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| sam wrote: |
give me a month and i can tell you if one company is okay or terrible, at least.
and yeah, JET is cool if you want to be living in a town of 3000 people on a mountain but i dunno, i like people too much. |
sam tell me which company so I can tell you if you're about to be fucked or not. If it's Heart English School, enjoy being proper fucked! They'll hire anyone! Even Philipino women that say "I am very much liking teaching the children" when asked "How do you keep a group of kids interested?" |
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Tokyo Rude
Joined: 28 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:15 pm |
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Thanks for being straight with me luckystrike about the JET experience. Every JET guy I've worked with has sort of looked at the ground and mumbled when they talked about what they were getting paid/benefits etc. Mostly I was describing my experience with Heart English School, which yeah, will give you a job and visa. But will eat at away at your soul. Consider them short term option.
You absolutely need the B.A. to work in this country. I don't think the Japanese government will even spit on you if you don't have one.
Having a teaching degree is good. Most if not all of these jobs give fuck all about Japanese ability. A lot of them don't want you to speak Japanese at all in class/lessons. The one I work for does, and it makes things a lot easier! I don't have to spend 5 minutes trying to think of a way to describe "boring" or "tired".
Also yeah the job is easier if you drink because people in this country fucking love getting plastered. |
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Tokyo Rude
Joined: 28 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:23 pm |
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| GalaxyHead wrote: |
So does anyone know how legit this International Education Services in Shibuya is? They sent me instructions for the next step in the application but I want to make sure they aren't scamming me. I read all of their documents and they don't ask me to pay them money so it doesn't seem like a scam, but the documents seem shoddy.
Also, they claim to pay $30 bucks an hour or a minimum salary of 30,000 grand a year (3 million yen) depending on what you teach, 14 paid holidays, and 6 days vacation after 6 months. How much is rent in Shibuya/Tokyo a month, food, etc? Is that enough to live on and have some spending money ):? |
Oh hey I think I applied to those guys. Don't really remember, applied to a bunch of a freaking places.
You can live in a guesthouse, just move in for about 70,000 a month. Shibuya is like Times Square so rent can get pretty high. If you want to move into an apartment be prepared to pay at least one month's rent (probably 2) + at least one month deposit (probably 2 and you'lll never see it again) + at least one month key money (again 2 and you'll never see it again) + real estate agents fee 1/2 to 1 month's rent + 1/3 gurantor company fee.
Also you NEED to know if you're on a salary or not. You pretty much have to be because you need a sponsor for your work visa. If they don't take you to get your gaijin card before you start working I'd probably tell them to fuck the fuck off.
That will be enough money to live off of. You should probably be okay on that salary if you don't blow it on 500 yen beers everyday. |
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Tokyo Rude
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:25 pm |
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| Yeah, pretty much they SHOULD help you provide housing, but it might suck dick. If it does, I can certainly help you find something that doesn't. |
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Tokyo Rude
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| Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:41 pm |
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| crispyambulance wrote: |
| What are your living conditions like? Do people treat you funny because you're white? Do you know enough Japanese to understand what they're saying about you? |
Pretty good! Was hell to set up!
Maybe you got treated strange 10 years ago, but not anymore!
Usually they don't say anything about you. Though sometimes girls will say "Maybe we should talk to this guy." "But I don't know English!" |
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Tokyo Rude
Joined: 28 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:08 pm |
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Might start working a GABA soon.
Also just got a 3 year visa (yesssss) |
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