…and he bench presses Japanese nurses! What a hilariously brilliant Beer ad campaign! I’ve been watching the NBA Playoffs on NBA Broadband and they show the commercials so I’ve been able to catch a whiff of what’s cooking in the US through the commercials. Well, we’re still creative as hell, that’s for sure, as evidenced [...]
Another of my very responsive readers, XO-san, made the following request of me: …How about something on how the design of cities/transportation systems impacts life in Japan and how that compares to NYC? I’ll give it a shot…anything for my loyal readers… Well, the most conspicuous difference in design is this: NY was designed with a [...]
(The following excerpt from a conversation took place in Japanese) “You’re having fruit for dinner??” “Yeah…I love fruit in the summer…” “Do all black people like fruit?” she asked. “Do, what? What kinda….? I don’t know. I guess so…I don’t know. Do all Yellow People like rice?” “Yellow People?” “Yeah. Like yourself.” She looked at [...]
…but I was wrong. She was cute! I’d noticed her before the train had even arrived. She was wearing a mini-skirt, not so short, not so tight, 2-inch pumps and no pantyhose. She was a looker, but no more than the thousand lookers I see everyday here (Yes I still suffer periodically from the so-called [...]
Bored in Kanagawa, one of my faithful readers, has given me the assignment of talking about a strange relationship I’ve had in Japan. Hmmm…let’s see now. Ah, here’s one: I was sitting in a Doutor’s coffee shop in Yokohama studying Japanese, puffing a stogie and sipping some of their rather bland but cheap Blend Coffee [...]
Chap. 8: Retribution is at hand Kevin watches as the Baby Benz pulls up. He can see her concentration as she parks it a good foot from the curb, her reaction when she notices him- the pause, the contemplation. She gets out, anyway. “Where were you?” Kevin asks her as she approaches him, [...]
Reason2Write,the founder and creative genius behind one of my favorite blogs has gone ahead and given me a reason to write. (-; She has tasked me to think of alternative explanations for why SOME Japanese people behave the way they do towards me. Racism, and its virtually identical twin sister, xenophobia, as well as other forms of negativity, are not allowed. I must [...]
The two cuties, freshman Office Ladies by the look of them (black skirt, black jacket, black stockings black pumps and white blouses) dropped their bags on the two seats at the table beside mine. Simultaneously, they glanced my way, shrugged and proceeded into the shop to place their orders. I was reading “Without Remorse” (one of my favorite Clancy [...]
Summer has announced its approach by blessing us with a day warm enough to be spent on the beach. I spent mine however teaching my kids how to say what they were going to do this summer. One girl tells me she’s going to spend it thinking about me. She’s 15 going on 30 and wears her [...]
Well, here I go again…embarking on yet another series. This one is tentatively entitled: Things I love about Japan / Things I hate about Japan. It will basically be a journal…on a daily basis I am reminded of the reasons I stay and the reasons I should be on my way. I’ll try to keep them [...]
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