sxviper32
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hebi, just curious but what engineering field did you end up studying in? what are you doing now? that actually does sound really cool, especially since i know i would only be working on my grades and stuff since i don't know anyone else there!!!
vipertripplexxx
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Hebi, youv'e got some serious balls! leaving the country at that age. congrats on that accomplishment! By the way, I know exactly where that yamaha facility is. Been there! It's only 25 miles from my house, and one mile off the snowmobile trail, you can ride there. They own the whole lake, it has no name, but it's fairly big. about 125 acres. I was there and ripped around it a couple of times, but no one was out there at the time. It's kinda tricky to get in, they have it all gated off. It's not marked, I found it on the plat book. I wanted to find the guy who tested the vipers out, and 
him out. LOL!
him out. LOL!Hebi
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sxviper32, I studied more in the automotive field. I had an old Toyota pickup that I built up into a decent mud truck in highschool and I thought it would be fun design cars for a living. Ive always been a Toyota enthusiast and I always wanted to be part of that company because I greatly respect the ideals and practicies that they have implemented. Ive always had this dream of being a Toyota engineer and helping to design vehicles that would bring Ford and GM to their knees. I love the line in this Subaru add that says, "Somewhere in Germany, an engineer weeps." LOL
vipertriplexxx, I thank you for the compliment but it wasnt so much about having balls as it was knowing what I wanted to do with my life. Ive always had an interest in Japan (from as far back as I can remember) and by the age of 17 I had become pretty fluent in speaking Japanese so it wasnt a scary as you might think.
When I got out of highschool I left for Japan and studied there. While a lot of other people my age we partying, or working 50 hours a week I was studying to be an automotive engineer and was living in a place that was completely different from where I grew up. It was a great experience and if I were ever able to land a good paying job in Japan I would move there without a second thought. Its kind of funny, even to this day I still live much like a Japanese person. I eat a lot of fish and rice, in fact I havent eaten any beef in about 8 years. I get up every day and I pursue absolute perfection in everything that I do. Im not saying that I achieve perfection in everything I do, but I try each and every day to achieve that goal.
The point that Im trying to convey to sxviper32 is this: your life is just that, YOUR OWN. Everyone will have an opinion about how you should live your life. However, the only person who really knows the right path in life is you. Live each and every day like it is your last, because it very well may be. If you do that, you will be able to look back upon your life someday and know that you lived life to its fullest and you will have no regrets.
Most of all dont let your parents run your life for you. My parents didnt want me to go and study in Japan, but I did it anyway. Im sure it broke my parents' hearts the day I told them that work and family may have been their idea of a perfect life, but it wasnt the life that I wanted. However, it was something that I needed to do for me and I dont regret any of it and would do it again without a second thought.
Im not saying that you should go to your parents and say, "screw you, Im gonna do what I want" because like it or not your parents will always be a part of your life but you also cant be afraid to stand up to them when the time is right.
Hebi
vipertriplexxx, I thank you for the compliment but it wasnt so much about having balls as it was knowing what I wanted to do with my life. Ive always had an interest in Japan (from as far back as I can remember) and by the age of 17 I had become pretty fluent in speaking Japanese so it wasnt a scary as you might think.
When I got out of highschool I left for Japan and studied there. While a lot of other people my age we partying, or working 50 hours a week I was studying to be an automotive engineer and was living in a place that was completely different from where I grew up. It was a great experience and if I were ever able to land a good paying job in Japan I would move there without a second thought. Its kind of funny, even to this day I still live much like a Japanese person. I eat a lot of fish and rice, in fact I havent eaten any beef in about 8 years. I get up every day and I pursue absolute perfection in everything that I do. Im not saying that I achieve perfection in everything I do, but I try each and every day to achieve that goal.
The point that Im trying to convey to sxviper32 is this: your life is just that, YOUR OWN. Everyone will have an opinion about how you should live your life. However, the only person who really knows the right path in life is you. Live each and every day like it is your last, because it very well may be. If you do that, you will be able to look back upon your life someday and know that you lived life to its fullest and you will have no regrets.
Most of all dont let your parents run your life for you. My parents didnt want me to go and study in Japan, but I did it anyway. Im sure it broke my parents' hearts the day I told them that work and family may have been their idea of a perfect life, but it wasnt the life that I wanted. However, it was something that I needed to do for me and I dont regret any of it and would do it again without a second thought.
Im not saying that you should go to your parents and say, "screw you, Im gonna do what I want" because like it or not your parents will always be a part of your life but you also cant be afraid to stand up to them when the time is right.
Hebi
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