Do you ever double-guess your decision to move to Japan? I was recently asked to write about the 26 reasons I should have stayed in Canada and, being the obtuse Canadian I am, I decided to have a little fun with the article. While everything I’ve written about here is at least 1% accurate, it’s all said in jest. I’ll admit that there are some aspects of Japan I occasionally find frustrating, but I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.
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If I were you, I'd wear a face mask on the trains just like everybody else does. As...Good point. I used to love living on Yen and watching the dollar drop in value....So, um, how does one find his/her rooms.
And do they come gaijin-size?...That's not very surprising to me. Almost comparable with American society.
This is one of the best...That's precisely what I thought myself, but given that the powers-that-be have zero...This isn't your typical boarding school, though. It's where they send the worst...I'm guessing he only passed the million dollar barrier because the dollar is so...Labor Day. Nov. 24 was Labor Day....
And do they come gaijin-size?...That's not very surprising to me. Almost comparable with American society.
This is one of the best...That's precisely what I thought myself, but given that the powers-that-be have zero...This isn't your typical boarding school, though. It's where they send the worst...I'm guessing he only passed the million dollar barrier because the dollar is so...Labor Day. Nov. 24 was Labor Day....
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Wow, this is like 26 blog posts wrapped into one! It's all tongue-in-cheek, but many of them are true.
Many are true? That's scary.
Which one do you agree with most?
The first one, "Zillions of rules", is pretty accurate. I'm currently my neighborhood leader, but I send my wife to the monthly meetings because of all the "courtesy" nonsense. I can't stand it because I don't understand it. You've got to do everything and say the right things at exactly the right times (enter, wait, bow, stand, sit down, speak, smile, respond, use the right level of Japanese, etc.) or face the wrath of the neighborhood leader leader leaders!
Ah, yes ... courtesy.
It's enough to drive one insane and replace those courtesies with obsenities. Courtesy ... obsenity ... same thing, right?
Perhaps in another 10 years I'll know enough to not make a fool of myself. Until then, I'll have to get by on the default "Gomen, I'm just a gaijin" excuse.
This could probably save some people quite a lot of stress if they read it before moving off to Asia. useful
Great article and loved the reasons!! Actually a real good read too!!
Thanks, Keith. I really wasn't sure if people would agree with these, but it seems I'm not alone in my opinions