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Culture Shock, Life in Japan

I want

02.28.08 | 6 Comments

I’ve been in Japan for almost 4 years without once going back. I want to go home. I want to have conversations with almost everybody I speak to in English rather than a minority of people. I want to be able to understand what the people at the next table, on the TV or my family are saying. I want central heating. My God I want central heating.

I want British comedy, news on time rather than a day or two late. I want to see my friends. I want Isabelle to speak English to me and hear English. I want a career without a glass ceiling. I never want to teach the 5th grade again. I’ll take the first grade though.

I want Branston Pickle, a roast dinner, fat chips drenched in vinegar and doused in salt. I want a decent doner kebab after a night on the lash. I want Reiko to realise she can be older and still have a decent career. I want a new life.

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