Oh, The Stereotypes You'll Meet!

[saymark2]

I've been thinking about writing a satrical piece about ex-pats in Japan for a long time, and now since old friends have moved to Japan it seems like now's the time.

I've been thinking about writing a satrical piece about ex-pats in Japan for a long time, and now since old friends have moved to Japan it seems like now's the time.

As we all know,

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[akibare]

Haha.

A while ago a friend and former coworker of mine wanted me to write him a letter of recommendation for JET (turned out he didn't get in, but did a small time teaching English with some other firm) and so I surfed around some of the big places where they hang out, to see what sorts of things were valued, if they had any suggestions for good stuff to write, etc.

Anyhow, I got sidetracked by some hilarious threads about the concept of "my Japan," as in "don't you be spoiling it, you n00b!!" I'm sure you know WAY more about that than I do by this point (as evidenced by this post) but if not, it's a good hilarious search term, along with "tea and onsens.". Those sites had LOTS of snark for several of the categories above... :)

AS a tourist (of the bona fide, JR-pass-holding sort) I will admit it is occasionally amusing to encounter some of the above species in Starbucks.

Hoping to take a neighbor to Hiroshima possibly this fall, if things work out. We shall see...

[aechris]

Needs pics, then you are gold.

HAW HAW I'm using the English 101 icon

[theempathogen]

Like me, your being around foreign languages constantly, on a daily basis, is ruining your ability to use English properly. (Not quite as much in my case, as I can still pick out all the errors, but time will tell.)

But fear not, I think that's hot and it makes me want you so badly.

Re: HAW HAW I'm using the English 101 icon

[saymark2]

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Re: HAW HAW I'm using the English 101 icon

[theempathogen]

オ・ベイビ。　＊ドキドキ＊　♥♥♥