Okay, do any of you Mods (ie... Kooz...) know how to reset the votes, if that's at all possible...

Well, as always, a big fat W00T for Kooz havin nothin better to do in Japan than sit here 24/7...

So, are you really an Aussie???

Where do you live in Japan, Kuso?

How is living there? I was told about a schoolarship to go there to get the M.S. but I wasnt really into it. I've heard the cost of living is way high.

the cost of living is really high compared to DR, but compared to cities in the Northeast corridor (e.g., DC, Philly, NYC, Boston) and big cities on the west coast (e.g., LA, SF, Seattle, etc.), it's comparable if you live in Tokyo or Osaka and cheaper if you live elsewhere.

japan has been in a LONG deflationary period, so prices on a lot of day-to-day things have gone down a lot. sometimes you have to look around to find a good price, but it's not really that hard.

most of the students on scholarship have a pretty good lifestyle -- much better than scholarship students in the US from what I can tell.

Buyin my plane ticket now...

well, apologies to any japanese men in the forums, but japanese men aren't good giving women the attention they are looking for.

i won't get into it too deeply -- there's plenty on the net and in books -- but the socialization of japanese men leaves something to be desired.