Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: ken_nicolson@hotmail.com (Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson) Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: cost of living question Date: 16 Oct 2003 23:25:54 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 29 Message-ID: <6afefaef.0310162225.632d4540@posting.google.com> References: <733c8a12.0310151355.2573fbac@posting.google.com> <7cr261-44f.ln1@urd.awh.org> <3gktov0q6nf1keosc3svlu50u41aoa1pci@4ax.com> <1e2361-skf.ln1@urd.awh.org> <3f8f5209$0$2949$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.228.229.72 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1066371955 25344 127.0.0.1 (17 Oct 2003 06:25:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 06:25:55 +0000 (UTC) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:6595 The 2-Belo wrote in message news:<3f8f5209$0$2949$df066bcf@news.sexzilla.net>... > There have been at least two occasions -- after I've told someone I am a > computer system/network engineer -- where they would respond, "Oh. So, then, you > teach at night?" I used to get that a few times: "I'm working for Matsushita in R&D" "Teaching English to the staff?" "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" > Feh. > > I understand that people such as myself, in jobs not related to language or > international blah blah, are a small minority. But it kind of grates on me that > some people seem to actively refuse to explore life in this country in any other > fashion. In the last 3 months I've thrice had obaaaachans come up to me and say "Amerika-jin desuka?". Still, it could be worse, they could call me English - I let them off with Igirisu-jin, but I use Sukottorando-jin or Eikoko-jin when I reply. BTW, I've never had anyone approach me for the "free English lesson" thing (although I thought that was what my BYJW was after after our first date!), barring some primary-school kids on the "interview-a-gaigin" school trip thingie at Kankuu. Ken