"Ahh! Gaijin da!" "It's a foreigner!" the kid screamed after rounding the corner of the supermarket aisle and running into me. He quickly turned on his heels and darted off to find his mother. Yes, there was no doubt about it, I was a gaijin, a thing to shock small children and adults alike
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
If you are alien
Sam just bought a new bike and on the front of the manual, was written in English;
"FOR YOUR SAFETY AND COMFORT, IF YOU ARE ALIEN WHO LIVE IN JAPAN, PLEASE ASK SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTAND THIS MANUAL TO MAKE DETAILED EXPLANATION FOR YOU".
Ahh... nothing like a good little piece of Engrish to put a smile on your face.
hehehe.... Personally, I like to think of it as recycling. Just like leaving an umbrella you don't want anymore at the front of a shopping centre on a rainy day.
oh no! what's going to happen to the old bike with the brakes that don't work- (all those fond memories...)
ReplyDeleteAhhh... Your lovely old bike was stolen. Remember to ask Sam where he left it last, when you see him next ;)
ReplyDeleteIsn't that the way of bike disposal in this country? Leave it near a train station with the lock off?
ReplyDeleteHey contamination...
ReplyDeletehehehe.... Personally, I like to think of it as recycling. Just like leaving an umbrella you don't want anymore at the front of a shopping centre on a rainy day.