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2012-09-28 05:07 6067419 Anonymous Roll the dice in Japan or USA? (c82-cosplay-day-3-2-046.jpg 1000x1500 161kB)
I will try to make my situation as short and to the point as possible. I'm a American girl in my early 20's. Decent looking, not overweight. Life happened and my school plans went bust and I am broke. My family is broke and can barely help themselves let alone me. My whole life fits in my car which is all I own in this life. I am currently living back in my home town with friends and couch hoping trying to find a shit-tier job in this economy. Before shit went downhill I had visited Japan off and on totaling like 3 months. I have taken classes and am conversation and hoping to improve further. I have thought about trying to work there but the whole 4 year degree thing is a huge barrier. Anyway to sum up I am homeless and broke and scrambling to find a shit job just to survive. Only have limited funds and some help from friends. Should I spend the rest of my twenties saving to get some community college credits and maybe a degree, or should I go the path of selling what I can to get over to Japan, where I do have a couple friends, and try my luck with hostessing or getting a ESL job with less stringent requirements. I have no ties to any place really, as long as I can make some money and have a place to stay. >Inb4 OP is delusional about glorious Nippon. >Inb4 you can't work legally as an American without a degree. >Inb4 Hostess rape/muder/deportation stories.

2 min later 6067427 Anonymous
Staying in the US and pursuing higher education seems like a safer bet.

3 min later 6067435 Anonymous
Post pics of yourself in a meido outfit with some neko ears, pls.

6 min later 6067461 Anonymous
Join the Air Force. You get a much better than shit tier job. You get a degree no matter what job you end up doing. And if you want you can just get based in Japan. It's a win win win situation. I was in the same exact situation as you a few years back. Joined the AF and it was the best decision I've ever made. I even still get to go to school for free while in the Air Force. They have schools on every base.

13 min later 6067522 Anonymous
>Inb4 OP is delusional about glorious Nippon. But you are. >Inb4 you can't work legally as an American without a degree. Degree or not, no one will hire you. >Inb4 Hostess rape/muder/deportation stories. At least you're aware of them. also >OP can't inb4

17 min later 6067562 Anonymous
>>6067461 Can't join due to chronic medical issues.

19 min later 6067578 Anonymous
OP do you even cost of living?

22 min later 6067604 Anonymous
>>6067562 PMS?

22 min later 6067608 Anonymous
>>6067578 I have cost of living issues currently no matter what country I am in. Also I never said Tokyo was my only option.

22 min later 6067614 Anonymous
>>6067562 ouch. I'd say to go to the middle of Africa and have people throw money at you just cause you're white. You'll live like a god.

23 min later 6067615 Anonymous
>>6067562 op confirmed for obese

24 min later 6067626 Anonymous
>>6067604 Meant as a joke but you aren't far off.

29 min later 6067670 Anonymous
>>6067626 Hysteria

30 min later 6067673 Anonymous
>get job >pay rent Not that hard.

31 min later 6067681 Anonymous
>>6067419 >American girl >early 20's >Decent looking Couldn't just finding a guy fix your situation? I mean I know chivalry is dead but men still like to take care of women and all.

33 min later 6067695 Anonymous
>>6067626 If you're fat just save money by not eating. Less money spent on food. Weight is going away until you run out of fat fuel. and then after you're not fat anymore you can marry a rich cougar before she dies. It's a win win win situation.

35 min later 6067705 Anonymous
>>6067681 You're adorable.

35 min later 6067717 Anonymous
>>6067695 My bad didn't read that you were a woman. Don't try to marry a cougar, don't go to Africa. You'll get raped in a heartbeat instead of being a queen.

37 min later 6067734 Anonymous
>>6067419 >Anyway to sum up I am homeless and broke and scrambling to find a shit job just to survive. >on the Internet Yeah, sure OP. I think they give you lodging if you want to teach English over there so it's a live option I guess; would look better than unemployment on a resume at least.

42 min later 6067790 Anonymous
>>6067419 Does your 'PMS'-like problem prevent you from becoming a prostitute? Honestly the amount of money you can make doing it is ridiculous.

42 min later 6067792 Anonymous
>>6067705 Well I blame feminism. There's lots of lonely white "nice guys" out there though. See 4chan. Good luck to you nevertheless.

44 min later 6067803 Anonymous
These kind of threads kind of make me realise about the differences between 1st world and 3rd world countries. When I was 'broke', I had no electricity, and I used to ate at a communitary place. I don't know what your definition of 'broke' is but... believe me, if you have internet, you're not that bad. Just need to find a decent job, get some money, and then study.

50 min later 6067846 Anonymous
>>6067608 >I never Tokyo I never any cheap Japan. Probably any "back home town" < Japan unless hometown == NYC.

58 min later 6067902 Anonymous
>>6067803 There are smartphones now and Starbucks or Mcdonalds and a lot of places as well have free internet there. Though yeah, this feels like first world problems.

1 hours later 6067978 Anonymous
>>6067803 Shit. Remember when i was young, my parents had to pay bills didn't have proper christmas presents, this was the saddest day of my life.

1 hours later 6068010 Anonymous
>>6067419 If you are decent looking and not overweight like you said go stand on a street corner

1 hours later 6068085 Anonymous (1399416-bueno[1].jpg 904x573 254kB)
>>6067419 where you at op i may be able to help pic unrelated

1 hours later 6068228 Anonymous
>>6068010 this, that's how our girls make money. also might as well try camwhoring, money is good, go to chaturbate and regiester there so i can fap to more white pussy

3 hours later 6069164 Anonymous
>>6067419 Go to Europe and enjoy some free healthcare. Why Japan? As a gaijin with no qualifications what are you going to do? Compensated dating with middle-aged salarymen who prefer white women? Travel to Europe and get a minimum wage job, you'll even be able to study.

4 hours later 6069198 Anonymous
>>6069164 hahaha She like our small penis.

4 hours later 6069215 Anonymous
>>6069164 >Travel to Europe Okay, sounds doable >and get a job How's OP going to do that in Europe?

4 hours later 6069219 Anonymous
>>6069198 thats bullshit but i believe it

4 hours later 6069232 Anonymous
Join my harem OP. I'm short on American girls, you have to be hot though and you'll live like a queen.

4 hours later 6069249 Anonymous
>>6069215 Get a shit job. There are jobs that natives consider too shit to do and just claim benefits instead. The jobs are there if you really want to work.

4 hours later 6069353 Anonymous
>>6067419 Hey OP!! I googled Shit-job for u!! http://www.burondo.net/ U can get much money here!!! yay I helped gaijin girl. what a wonderful day!!

4 hours later 6069359 Anonymous
You can probably find a job easily over here. Being a native English speaker alone is a huge plus and at least is a guarantee that you'll be working above minimum wage. Living in a guest house or with a friend can work out temporarily but your biggest obstacle will be to find a sponsor for your visa. You can work under the table for a short while but will need a visa and foreigners registration job working anything official. Japanese companies can only legally sponsor those who have a 4-year degree. There are many different methods to obtain a visa but through your employer may not be an option for you. If you can find a way to do this ahead of time and can manage to execute this plan in the three months before your traveler's visa expires you'd be good. A few thousand on a language school may get you a decent extension and you can apply for a work visa to get an official part-time job.

4 hours later 6069375 Anonymous
>>6069353 hehe nice one.

4 hours later 6069382 Anonymous
Become a porn star and pay the bills with that. Pursue a biology degree and emigrate to glorious Japan.

4 hours later 6069398 Anonymous
Find a rich man. Yes, that easy.

4 hours later 6069418 Anonymous
>>6069398 Rich men want wealthy cultured women though, not some bitch living out of her car.

5 hours later 6069485 Anonymous
All English teacher in Japan has the teaching or language degree. no decent jobs for homeless. only prostitute. but it means you will be a property of yakuza. better to stay in US until get some profession.

5 hours later 6069500 Anonymous
>>6069418 Find a moderately wealthy man with a white fetish.

5 hours later 6069513 Anonymous
All English teacher in Japan has no life. small income hard work. She wants get money more easily.

5 hours later 6069710 Anonymous
Get a job in the Australian mines. A year or two there should sort your finances out

5 hours later 6069729 Anonymous
>>6069710 Closer to home, for about the same pay, the Albertan oil sands. Everyone would be hitting on you though, you'd be the only woman for miles

5 hours later 6069781 Anonymous
>>6067419 >Teaching english >not a doss job for lazy weaboo's. We get a ton of you guys in Hong Kong as well.

6 hours later 6069826 Anonymous
You should be able to a get a loan for school, OP. Not sure if you're in university yet, but the federal loans they give you for Uni are usually enough to live off of. But they only give you shitty a Pell Grant for Junior College, which barely even covers the cost of classes and your books.

6 hours later 6069952 Anonymous
>>6069418 some might not, some just want an ordinary girl because they are easier to please.

6 hours later 6070024 Anonymous
Do you possess any skills? Also, you can get an ESL job without a 4-year degree. Simple certifications acquired through night schools can get you surprisingly far. I know a lot of people teaching making over 200,000 yen/month with only part-time hours. I would recommend being a volunteer reading tutor at your local library. It looks much better on a resume than nil.

6 hours later 6070060 Anonymous
>>6069826 >your books >2012 >buying books

6 hours later 6070116 Anonymous
>>6067419 If you go to Japan in your current condition I imagine you will end up as a worker for a pink salon.

7 hours later 6070142 Anonymous
OP you're completely delusional. You can easily find a job working nights or weekends (usually better pay) and live off that until you get yourself in school/a better job. Don't make things harder on yourself by going to a foreign country. You have enough problems as it is.

15 hours later 6074741 Anonymous (1343692971569.gif 550x550 89kB)
>>6069353 Second Impact? Is this some kind of Neon Genesis job?

16 hours later 6074843 Anonymous
Do you have decent SATs or APush grades? Or have you gone through the whole IB Diploma program and achieved around 30-33 points out of 45? Because if that's the case, not only you can get a place in a top-tier university but also, you can benefit from student loans. This being said, I would recommend you to try to re-apply this year, see how it goes and wait. Good luck, and really, I hope things turn out well for you.

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