(01/03/2011 01:13 PM)Tetris999 Wrote:  I don't know heartless, maybe you should've done japanese prior to going to japan and stayed in new zealand for work?

But yeah, new things never come easy when you're trying them out for the first time; it's a normal thing that happens to EVERYONE. Don't let it get you down though! I know thousands of stories of people going to foreign lands knowing nothing and they come out with a great life in the end. Hell my first job as a secretory was LADEN with mistakes, but you get used to it and carry on, which is what I'm trying to stress here; if things get bad, just forget about it and move on with your life, it always gets better ;).

well he did do a course in japanese before going, but obviously learning and using japanese every day are two different things ^^
stick with it heartless ;) you'll be fine

everybody has got to start somewhere, and beginning life again in a new country is by no means easy