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This is a post-dated post (wrote it on the day before I left)…I would probably be somewhere in the land of the brave at the moment, possibly either in NY or NJ
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It’s been way too long since my departure from the land of the brave. I only lived there three years, but it was one of the three most dramatic and memorable years in my life. Part college life, part first time freedom, but I love the good ole US of A. I love the food, I love the cities, I love the climate (well, I DID live in California) and I love the people. Ever so polite with great customer service, many have tried to replicate by have sorely failed.
When I left so many years ago (2002 to be precise) I did not think that it would take me such a long time to return. I always had grand plans of returning to do my MBA, and possibly starting a career there. I was young, I was ideallistic and naive. Now I am not so young but still ideallistic and naive. I did not realise how difficult it was for me to return to the US of A as a tourist, not to mention as a resident. My Malaysian passport would be the major hindering factor. Bureaucratic red tape, low exchange rate and general lack of holidays whilst I was in Malaysia held me back like nails to a coffin.
Well, I’m back now. It might not be for good, but at least I’m back. It might not be home (California was), but it’s close enough.
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Escape while you can! The USA of 2010 is bizarro world compared to the USA of 2000. The whole country is going off the deep end-politically, socially and economically. All the goodness is being slowly sucked out of the country by the increasing number of lunatics. (Especially in Alabama!)
All that said-I don’t think it will be that hard as a Malaysian to get a visa, so long as you have a employer sponsoring you.
Then again-that was what I thought about getting back to Japan and look where I am.
Comment by Skippy-san 05.09.10 @ 1:58 amLeave a comment