For my 50th post I wanted to celebrate by starting a new topic! (yes yes, 50 is hardly anything to be excited about compared to you people in your 3000s... haha)

Ok, in 5 years time I see myself having graduated from university with a BA Japanese Studies and working possibly (hopefully ) for a Japanese company.

I also see myself being fluent in Japanese That is a nice goal to aim for!

How about all of you others? I can already guess who the woman Ahochaude will be married to is..

just cuz i'm on break, i'll answer. :OP

ano....working in the hospital as a cytologist or a clinical laboratory scientist on the bench or promoted to be a supervisor. if not, research for a company.

o0o, wait..maybe join the JET program, o0o, wait, maybe study abroad..hmm...all these options. wow..hm..yes. yummy...
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In five years I shall be living in lovelessemotion's Antarctic holy land, worshipping jdorama and participating in nonstop orgies. Failing that I'll probably become a break dancing instructor.

I'll be right here, still posting Ryoko-chan pics.

shotgun_divorce wrote:

In five years I shall be living in lovelessemotion's Antarctic holy land, worshipping jdorama and participating in nonstop orgies. Failing that I'll probably become a break dancing instructor.

Within the next 5 yrs? Hmmm..I don't make any plans.

shotgun_divorce wrote:

In five years I shall be living in lovelessemotion's Antarctic holy land, worshipping jdorama and participating in nonstop orgies. Failing that I'll probably become a break dancing instructor.

No comment.

bmwracer wrote:

No comment.

There's plenty of room for Ryoko in Antarctica, too.

shotgun_divorce wrote:

There's plenty of room for Ryoko in Antarctica, too.

Uh, that's okay. Her and I will just spend time kickin' it here in the South Bay...

bmwracer wrote:

Uh, that's okay. Her and I will just spend time kickin' it here in the South Bay...

Fair enough. If you get bored with that, though, you'll know where to go for orgies, jdorama, and break dancing lessons.

shotgun_divorce wrote:

you'll know where to go for orgies, jdorama, and break dancing lessons.

Heh. Interesting combo. Sort of a Caligula-meets-hip-hop-meets-Japan thing...

bmwracer wrote:

Heh. Interesting combo. Sort of a Caligula-meets-hip-hop-meets-Japan thing...

Exactly. However, it will probably devolve quickly into sort of a me, alone -meets- extremely cold -meets- nothing involving japan other than surviving on instant ramen mixed with ketchup packets.

It's a nice dream though.

what do I see myself in next 5 years?....
studying in university taking medical... do some part-time job and buy a lot of jdorama with the money from my part time job

This question reminded me of a joke from comedian Paula Poundstone... "Do you know why adults ask kids what they want to be when they grow up? They're looking for idea!"

--- groink

thats a tough one though ive heard that question lots of times, i really cant see myself or even try since i dont wanna predict my life, ill just go with the flow bec. if i do think about it, i might end up not being a gd
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Where do I see myself in five years? Hard to say... Seeing I'm a total grown-up and have already established myself in my career of choice, there really isn't that much to change in five years. However, I'll tell you what I'd like be/have in five years:

1) Sakai Noriko gets a divorce from her husband. Later discovers me after searching the web and answering a "wink" e-mail made by me on get-a-date.com, then eventually falling in love with me for my technoweenieness. Eventually marries me, creating cute little groinks and Nori-Ps.

2) Get out of the computer engineering business and onto something more enjoyable. Maybe build Japanese anime garage kits for a living (some people get up to $150 to build a kit). Or maybe with the experience I'm getting doing captures of Jdoramas, I 'd like to go into the video production business.

3) Speak an elementary level of Japanese. I may still have a hard time having a conversation with Noriko-chan, but I have "other" ways of communicating with her.

--- groink

groink wrote:

This question reminded me of a joke from comedian Paula Poundstone... "Do you know why adults ask kids what they want to be when they grow up? They're looking for idea!" --- groink

That's funny..But I also see it as if I were being interviewed.."So, what do you see yourself in the next five years"

Seeing myself so desperate to get a job that day I said "I'd grow bigger alongside with the firm because the firm has given me the greatest opportunity to develop myself in contribution for my gratitude, I develop the firm to be bigger and more competitive."

Woo hoo..then I got the job then after that 5 yrs has past..heck..I don't care anymore!

Become a rockstar!

If that fail, i'll become an engineer

Marry with a japanese girl!

easy... be my own boss, have a house (trying to get a loan right now, but it doesn't look too good ), a nice car (mine's, hmm.. ok), and a beautiful wife (inside and out). Yukie-chan!! where art thou?!

hopefully on my way to getting married

Amazing how fast these threads fill!

I feel so young, the majority of you seem to already have graduated uni and have been working for several years..

I'm just over half way through my university degree.. hmmm

It is quite interesting that most of you seem to want to change your career path (^^), any particular reason?