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My Life in Japan

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Top Ten Karaoke songs which can be altered to suit the 'Company' or the job.

10 An Englishman in New York

An English Teacher in Fukuoka

9 The Boxer

The Teacher

8 We Will Rock You

We Will Teach You

7 Theme from The Monkees

Hey Hey We're the Teachers

2 The Sound of Silence

The Sound of Voice

1 Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Are You Talkative Today?

Top Ten Hobbies and inherent stereotypes

10 watching TV

hardly ever Sumo preferably drama's

9 watching movies

lots of Korean movies, but the favourite movie is frequently the last one seen.

8 listening to music

lots of R&B, Hip Hop, J-Pop

7 hip hop dancing

and not wearing kimono's. Usually women, the Jiggers are too cool.

6 studying english

although quite often they were made to study (company, parents)

5 travelling

Korea is a popular destination and Hawaii is not a part of America

4 window shopping

I don't know what happened to the fabulous amounts of money

3 shopping

Ahhh, some of it remains

2 playing musical instruments

Women usually play the piano, men in my experience don't play musical instruments

1 sleeping

If I worked or studied for the same amount of time I'd probably sleep when possible

Top Ten Foods I like to avoid

10 Horumon

Intestine

9 Motsu

Stomach lining

8 Ika

Squid

7 Tako

Octopus

6 Unagi

Eel

5 Tofu

Tofu

4 Tori-Kawa

Chicken skin

Pigs trotters

2 Takoyaki

Octopus Balls

Sparrow

Top Ten comments from students that lead to hilarity

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4 "Last night I ate Blow Job"

Last night I ate Blowfish

3 "'So and So' is a long teacher"

'So and So' is a long serving teacher

2 "Sometimes my boyfriend comes in my apartment and sometimes I come in his "

On occasion I my boyfriend stays at mine and sometimes I stay at his

1 "Thank you for your come"

Thanks for coming

Top Ten bad experiences in my life here.

10 Meeting people here for the entirely wrong reasons.

9 Lack of time to develop lesson ideas.

8 The last week before payday.

7 Lack of appreciation by the 'company'.

6 Being a part of a 'company' that is only concerned with profit.

5 Being unable to socialise with interesting people.

4 Seeing an ancient spiritual culture slipping further into the chasm of secular despiritualised consumerism

3 Racism

2 Good friends leaving

1 Heartbreak

Top Ten good experiences in my life here.

10 Kiyomizu Dera - quite rightly a world heritage site.

9 Nomi Hodai.

8 Karaoke boxes.

7 Being in the same school for two and a half years.

6 Ice Coffee.

5 20 cigarettes for 1 pound 50.

4 Short skirts and boots in winter.

3 Onsen.

2 Seeing a student's command of English improve.

1 Good friends.




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