It's been a few months since I joined the forum, and I've come to realize that this hobby can be much more expensive than I had ever imagined, especially with all the niche and vintage offerings out there. Yet I find that most members don't have too much trouble shelling out hundreds of dollars on fragrances to add to their already extensive collections...
I have come to the conclusion that we probably have some very successful members here on the forum, so I thought I'd start a thread for people to share their stories of success and possibly share a bit about what they do and how they got there.
I'll start...
I graduated the University of Toronto as an East Asian Studies specialist, where I studied Mandarin and Japanese. I studied at Kyoto University in my third year, and returned to Japan after I graduated to work/improve my Japanese. I ended up managing a bar in Kyoto (wish I would have had some good fragrances back then...), then I returned back to Canada for a little bit, but soon returned to Japan after getting a job offer at a digital music distribution company in Tokyo. I worked there for another year, but was not satisfied with my salary so I decided to pursue law school.
Currently I work at a claims center at an insurance company, and I'm waiting on responses from law school. So far I'm waitlisted at the University of Tennessee so I'm praying I get in!
Also, I just received my certificate for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level N1, which is the highest level possible, so I'm feeling pretty good about myself right now, even though life isn't as good as I hoped it would be at 27.
Eventually I want to return to Japan as a lawyer, but to be honest I'm dying to get back now. I love it and would be happy to give advice to anyone planning on going there!
Anyway...
Who's next?