It's a big country after all ... with lots of industrial chemical pollution going on. Is it any wonder then, that something this cute (yet oh so creepy) would come out of China?
Although I do have a French brother-in-law, my French is strictly limited to ballet terminology only. There's something about the way they spell things with all those silent letters and whatnot that threw me off.
We used to be forced to take French lessons in high school and we had a crazy teacher who wasn't French but insisted to us that she was and made us sing stupid songs.... *shivers down spine*
But, I love hearing people speak the language... it just sounds nice :)
Haha, your French teacher reminds me of the Spanish teacher in college who insisted that we learn songs in Spanish. Every Friday was a song day. He'd bring in his guitar, but the chord was always a little "off"... XD
At least they were proper songs - ours weren't even songs... it was really just normal words but sung to the same stupid tune she kept playing... so every time we wanted to leave for lunch or something she would make us sing as a class before we could go... traumatic childhood memories X/
Forced singing should be considered a physical and mental abuse. We'd join the choir if that was our thing.XP
In our nursing home tours (part of the "community outreach" grogram for the ballet studio), we'd end our "performances" by singing "God Bless America". I love to sing, but only the songs I like at venues I choose. So I routinely lipsynched. I'm just glad I'm no longer a part of that. Nursing homes can be so depressing...
Karaoke, I believe, is an extension of the wide spread "singing in the shower" phenomenon. We all sound extra good with the shower stall acoustics. Add alcohol to the mix and inflated ego,... there you have it. Karaoke joy! XD
No problem with people who sing in the shower though I don't have the habit myself, but those who sing/hum on public transport or any other confined space drives me insane...
I'm equally annoyed by those fools that practically broadcast their petty daily trivia while on conversation on their cell phones, talking so loudly...
Add to the list of annoyances: body odour, perverts, drunks, people who have not discovered headphones and think it is "cool" to bring speakers for their music, young healthy men who don't give up their seats for pregnant, elderly etc...
Really? I have always been fed images of Japanese people being very polite, courteous and well-mannered - I can't imagine their men being rude... XD (clearly self-delusions...)
I practically live on public transport :( On weekdays I spend about an hour and a half on trains and buses... it brings me a lot closer to humanity... and the public transport in this country is a joke
There are tons of male chauvinists in Japan, and what normally goes as "common sense" in many western countries just isn't in Japan. I've seen middle-aged business men (not the youth) shove an old lady just to get on a train! It's a joke and an embarrassment to any Japanese who have been outside of Japan. Many of them won't hold a door open for you, for example. Tokyo is fun to go visit, but if you had to live there, you'd have to be half out of your mind to actually think it's cool.
Although the quality(timeliness, convenience, and cleanliness) of their public transport is commendable.
Actually, what are their views on women in general? Do they expect their women to be obedient housewives and in the workplace; is there the "glass ceiling" issue where women are barred from the top jobs? With the Japanese royal family, I've always noticed how the women always walk behind their husbands with their heads bowed, and is it really true that there are ridiculous demands on housewives who have to get up before dawn to complete housework and to prepare elaborate lunchboxes for their children so they can outdo other mothers? --- the ugly truth X/ ???
lilou_black made this and three others for me from my originals.
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But looking at the pretty pictures was great :)
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Although I do have a French brother-in-law, my French is strictly limited to ballet terminology only. There's something about the way they spell things with all those silent letters and whatnot that threw me off.
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But, I love hearing people speak the language... it just sounds nice :)
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In our nursing home tours (part of the "community outreach" grogram for the ballet studio), we'd end our "performances" by singing "God Bless America". I love to sing, but only the songs I like at venues I choose. So I routinely lipsynched. I'm just glad I'm no longer a part of that. Nursing homes can be so depressing...
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Singing just wasn't my cup of tea,.. I wonder what the fascination is with karaoke everywhere?
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Do you commute on a train?
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I practically live on public transport :( On weekdays I spend about an hour and a half on trains and buses... it brings me a lot closer to humanity... and the public transport in this country is a joke
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Although the quality(timeliness, convenience, and cleanliness) of their public transport is commendable.
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