Thursday Thirteen #34
Posted in Thursday Thirteen and tagged with Japan, meme, Thursday Thirteen on 03/06/2008 05:22 am by Grace
13 SIGNS THAT SAYS YOU’VE BEEN IN JAPAN TOO LONG - PART TWO
1. You are disappointed you can’t buy Japanese wine for cooking in supermarkets in Dubai.
2. You keep on complaining why the taste of Japanese rice sold in malls is not authentic.
3. You prefer Asahi or Yebisu beer over Heineken every time.
4. When you talk with other foreigners in Dubai, you almost always start with, “In Japan, we…”
5. You pull up at a gas station and expect a bunch of Norman Rockwell type attendants to jump out and clean your windshield and car windows. and you get disappointed they don’t exist in Dubai.
6. You are irritated why the buses don’t follow the time schedule in Dubai.
7. You automatically remember all important dates in Showa numbers.
8. You have mastered the art of simultaneous bowing and hand shaking.
9. You are appalled to see your mother pour miso shiru over rice.
10. You rush home to catch the last minutes of sumo!! So true, I love, love that sport and while in Japan, I sometimes violated traffic rules just to be home before Yokozuna Asashoryu’s fight at the end of the show!
11. You think one kind of rice tastes better than another kind. I still believe Niigata Koshi-hikari is the best!
12. You can’t read the story book The Three Little Pigs to your child without giggling when you get to the part “Not by the hair of your chinny chin chin*”
13. You do not possess the ability to mispronounce Japanese words like a non-Japanese would.
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March 6th, 2008 at 8:19 am
I don’t understand #12.
#6. disgusting ne? and the rice thing too, i could so relate. i don’t like Philippine rice anymore.
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March 6th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Another fascinating TT. Happy TT.
March 6th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Sounds like you got pretty well acclimated in your years there, and like you miss it now.
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March 6th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Heh. I do the same sort of things whenever we move back to the U.S. from Germany. Some things just rub off.
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March 6th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Yes, I think that no matter where we go in the world, home is home.
March 6th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
It’s a funny thing, isn’t it? How much we miss where we were last…. When you move next, you’ll miss Dubai. You miss the heat and the lack of crime - the health and school.
At least I’ve done that every move… every single one….
March 6th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Wonderful list for this week’s TT and thanks for visiting the Cafe.
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March 6th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Lol, my hubby does some of these and he was only in China for 6 months!! Great TT!
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March 6th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Love these lists! I’m glad you get to go visit Japan soon!!
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March 7th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Great TT! Looks like you miss Japan. I wish I will get to visit Japan one day instead of passing by at the airport.
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March 7th, 2008 at 12:51 am
I loved this list! I can relate so well to the rice thing
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March 7th, 2008 at 2:23 am
I like the,”In Japan, we. . .” I’ve been there.
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March 7th, 2008 at 5:20 am
Aw, sounds like you are homesick. Happy TT.
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March 7th, 2008 at 6:08 am
I’d love to see Japan and Dubai!
March 7th, 2008 at 8:08 am
miso shiru over rice? luod… hehe
about the rice… once you’ve tried Japanese rice, even the best rice in the Philippines couldn’t compare.
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March 10th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
This is just all about nostalgia, and it’s normal. Before long, you should get used to Dubai enough for you to stop making comparison to everything Japan.
March 10th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
What a great list you have! I am so sorry I’m late with the comments for TT. I’ve been so busy with the 5M4M blog party. I’ve been coding like a mad woman! LOL - I see you have a post about it. I’m going to have to check it out.
March 13th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Loved it. Totally relate, and #12 is funny