"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
On our recent trip to Matsumoto (which I'll blog about soon), Wayne and I met some high school students doing a volunteer clean-up of the local train stations. A few of the boys were brave enough to come and talk to us in English. As they were leaving one of them waved good-bye and said with a big smile, "I hope you have a happy!"
We were waiting for the last word, a happy.... new year? A happy.... Christmas? A happy... day? A happy.... life? But nothing else came. Just, "I hope you have a happy!"
We thought it was a great phrase, and so useful, it could be used for any occasion. So everyone, I hope you have a happy!
Hi Mel! You're right, that phrase is so handy we all should use it all the time - for everything!
So I hope you have a Happy too, and a very happy Happy at that!
I 'heart' your blog, it's always so interesting! I know I should update mine more often but I am lazy to the point of currently evolving into a sloth (3-toed obviously, being the slowest species & also endangered) & I confess I have been wasting wayyyy too much time on facebook... Btw I found u on there so I'll send u a poke :o)
I've recently returned to Australia after three years living in Japan. I continue to be inspired by the culture, the fabric and the paper of Japan which I use in sewing, jewellery making and papercrafts.
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Hi Mel! You're right, that phrase is so handy we all should use it all the time - for everything!
So I hope you have a Happy too, and a very happy Happy at that!
I 'heart' your blog, it's always so interesting! I know I should update mine more often but I am lazy to the point of currently evolving into a sloth (3-toed obviously, being the slowest species & also endangered) & I confess I have been wasting wayyyy too much time on facebook... Btw I found u on there so I'll send u a poke :o)
Oh, and rum balls rule.
Mel, I hope you too have a happy!
Thanks guys! A Happy to both of you too!
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