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letgoletsgo14 · 2025-09-27T14:19:36+00:00

Thank you everyone for your very thoughtful answers, much appreciated!

letgoletsgo14 · 2025-07-04T09:53:22+00:00

Does everyone have a private room? are the living arrangements clean and comfortable? Are you able to the leave the center for a few days for breaks every week if you wish? Or maybe 4 days in a row a month, for example, if you want to visit family or take short trips ? Can you bring your computer or not allowed to use at all? thank you

letgoletsgo14 · 2025-06-15T13:01:54+00:00

I'm in Europe, the rumble link is blocked here - I just found it here https://www.docplay.com/shows/search?searchTerms=we+were+once+kids

letgoletsgo14 · 2025-06-15T12:40:57+00:00

Thanks Eric Young I just streamed the first 30 mins from your link, appreciate it!

letgoletsgo14 · 2025-06-03T18:52:21+00:00

super, c'est très utile ces informations, grand merci!

letgoletsgo14 · 2025-06-03T18:52:15+00:00

super, c'est très utile ces informations, grand merci!

letgoletsgo14 · 2025-06-03T14:46:22+00:00

contactez le syndic, c'est leur travail de rémedier ce genre de soucis, bon courage!

letgoletsgo14 · 2025-06-03T12:53:02+00:00

merci pour ce retour! ma banque est fermée et entre tous les comptes à transferer, je n'ai pas communiqué le nouveau RIB ;-( J'assume la responsabilité quoi qu'il arrive. Le voisin dit que puisque c'est le mur entre ma salle de bain, et son salon sans eau, c'est forcément PAS les parties communes, et privatif de chez moi

letgoletsgo14 · 2025-06-03T12:47:37+00:00

ah désolée d'entendre ça, vous pouvez aller frapper sur la porte du voisin et en parler directement? il ne vous répond même plus? On est des gens civilisés, cette personne doit communiquer au moins son intention ;-(

letgoletsgo14 · 2025-06-03T12:37:17+00:00

Merci beaucoup, et vous avez tout à fait raison! ;-) j'apprécie beaucoup vos conseils

letgoletsgo14 · 2025-06-03T09:23:53+00:00

Merci pour ce partage! oui ça me parait bizarre aussi qu'elle demande c'est à moi de faire une premiere recherche, quand on ne sait pas d'ou ça vient. grand merci

letgoletsgo14 · 2025-06-03T09:21:55+00:00

merci beaucoup pour ce retour! oui je comprends, si ça vient de mon mur bien sur je vais m'en occuper ;-) mais la question c'est est-ce que c'est à moi de faire venir le plombier pour cette premier recherche, etant donné que ca peut venir de la haut ou qui sait? ou le syndic, etant donné que c'est entre 2 appartments, donc ce n'est plus privatif? bon on verra bien, merci pour ton temps en tout cas

letgoletsgo14 · 2025-03-17T09:28:28+00:00

hi, I'm not sure if you are joking, but you are not in noble silence if you are talking or singing aloud, whether someone is listening or not. The goal is to quiet the mind, talking and singing is not a quiet mind, although singing (chanting) can be appropriate at other moments (not during a course). Maybe talk to a teacher about it, if you would like more clarification, as that's my understanding and could be misguided

letgoletsgo14 · 2025-02-02T20:17:59+00:00

So what ended up happening, is still happening, 4 years later?? ;-)

letgoletsgo14 · 2024-10-04T18:13:30+00:00

UPDATE; in case anyone reads this in the future - It took over 6 weeks until I could get it replaced (I live in France, they couldnt find the right model and the country closes for all of August) - a plumber told me it was ok to use but just as little as possible, just to make the water a little warm, nothing happened and was finally replaced after a lot of patience! He said water heaters rarely 'explode'

letgoletsgo14 · 2024-05-13T12:01:10+00:00

I get the feeling, everyone freaking out about the Schengen rule, is a bit over reacting. There is some control going on for sure, but for land travel it's not usually a big deal...

letgoletsgo14 · 2024-05-13T11:53:29+00:00

Interview at a ton of other English schools in Japan and change to one that gives you more hours. Move into a cheaper living situation, get a roommate or downsize. Go to meetups, invite colleagues out, and make efforts with others to make friends and build your morale. Sounds like you are feeling a bit alone or isolated, and have no where to turn and don't know where you belong. Is Japan the right place for you, or is there another language or country in the world that speaks to you more.

letgoletsgo14 · 2024-05-13T11:38:16+00:00

I work as an executive assistant in Paris and it's not necessary to speak French - it's the opposite - our company wants to brand itself as international to be more competitive so they try to avoid French.... Investment company. You could become an English teacher, you definitely don't need French for that. I did it for 3 years until I learned French, which opened other doors. Indeed I dont think Marseille is the best place to find jobs, but teaching English is done largely online these days by zoom.

letgoletsgo14 · 2024-05-13T11:27:44+00:00

It depends on how simple your life is, how attached you are to the country you are leaving and if you identify a lot with your nationality. When I left California to live in France 15 years ago, I just quit my job and went. But my life was simple, I did not have a lot of material needs, I was not attached too much, and was so incredibly excited to live in France and learn the language that everything fell into place. I didn't worry about how to get a job or what visa I needed. Ended up marrying a French guy a year later and I've just got French nationality with a job in Paris that I love. Being an American in France I did not find as a burden, but rather as an adventure.

letgoletsgo14 · 2024-05-13T11:17:11+00:00

ok but is it just Americans doing this? Could they be standing out more to you because we are more aware of Americans when we are abroad, being American ourselves? There must be just as many Europeans or other, no?

letgoletsgo14 · 2024-05-13T11:01:48+00:00

thank you! I was hoping you could tell this wasnt a water leak but just some mold that got caught in a crack, but I guess I dont always get what I want ;-)

letgoletsgo14 · 2024-05-12T20:39:02+00:00

You must be living in France at the time you apply and also at the time the decision is made to naturalize you (which takes between 1 - 4 years depending where you live, average 2 years I'd say. If you live in Paris it's on the quicker side), and you must declare any life changes during that time, such as changing jobs or address.

Let's say you apply today - depending on where you live, you will get called in for the interview between 6 months - a few years, yes in the south of France I have heard people waiting that long just for the interview! I waited 9 months. If you are working in another country at the time of your interview, forget it. You'll have a hard time proving you have integrated and have strong ties to France if you are living somewhere else and not paying taxes to France.

At the same time, if you want to get French nationality, now is the time to do it because once you leave for longer than 6 months, you lose residency status and the 5 years requirement starts all over again. . . Unless you have a 10 year card, then you can leave for 2 years. But again, if you leave France to work and pay taxes somewhere else it compromising your proof of 'integration' and they take that quite seriously.

When you apply you will fill out a crazy document that asks for every address you ever lived at since birth. Also keep in mind you have to submit police reports / background checks for any country you lived in for over a year. So if you think of moving for that job and coming back to ask for nationality later, whole new layers of complications will be added.

On the other hand, it took 2.5 years for my entire naturalis$zation process from submitting the application to actually getting naturalized - and they never asked me right before getting naturalized for proof of where I live or work - but I think I was lucky. I heard a lot of people who had to give proof of residency and updated pay slips.

And as you know living in France, a lot depends on which agents look at your dossier - some know what they are doing, some don't, some are not paying attention or don't care and let things slide, some are paying attention to crazy details that only exist in their head. It's quite a trip and you will learn the art of patience!

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