I want
February 28th, 2008 by quaisiIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
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.
Posted in Culture Shock, Life in Japan |
February 28th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
and you’ll get to do those things very soon
I miss my mum’s fat chips as she owns a chippy!
Is your wife alright with moving to the UK?
February 29th, 2008 at 7:33 am
As much as I understand your sentiments, it’s actually not half as interesting to listen to the people on the next table, in the bus behind you, on the train etc., as you are thinking right now. When I lived in the Netherlands I only understood about 30% of that chatter and that was perfectly fine as I was able to keep it out of my brain that way. When I moved to an English speaking country again (after seven years of ‘abstinence’) and was able to listen in again I was shocked at how stupid people sounded. This might sound arrogant but only very few conversations in those environments are at all worth listening to. I think part of the problem is that I have lived abroad for such a long time (16 years!) and that changes the perception of life quite a lot.
Nevertheless, I hope it will all be as great as you envision it!!!
February 29th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
@Susan Reiko has lived in England before so she knows what she’s getting into.
@Sylke Thanks!
March 1st, 2008 at 12:53 am
Soon, my friend. Soon.
March 7th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
White devil bastard. Fuck you and your race. Death to japan. I can’t wait until the race war. The Black race will put the japs in bodybags.
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March 12th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Don’t worry be Happy ViolentAJ