Imagine the sound of a drill, very similar to a dentist's drill, going all day long.
Imagine that this has been going on for months.
Imagine a hot classroom where you can't open the windows because of the noisy construction outside.
Imagine having to yell over the construction noise, just so students can hear you, even though you have the windows closed.
Imagine going, not just a little bit, batty.
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"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
About Me
- Melanie Gray Augustin
- 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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- Guess Where I'm Going... Part 3
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- Japan Blogger
- Japan. A Blog. By a Penguin
- Jason Robert Taylor
- JDonuts
- La Fuji Mama
- Mel and Seigo
- Mike's Blender
- My Life In Japan
- My So-Called Japanese Life
- Present Simple
- The Monster Flower
- The Ritchie Memiors
- Transcendental Drifter
- Urutora No Hi
- Western Woman - One Way To Tokyo
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4 comments:
Oh that's awful! We currently have construction going on the floor below us. Squirrel has now not taken her daily afternoon nap since it started on Monday. For some reason the hammering and drilling doesn't lull her to sleep...I wonder why?
Good thing all the buildings here are well insulated! ...Oh.... wait...
Hey Fuji Mama - that's just awful having the noise at home. At least I can go home at the end of the day to escape the noise!
Hey Brad - well insulated buildings in Japan? Now you're just being silly!
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