The first time I went to Japan, I found myself disagreeing with those that say it's so much cleaner and more beautiful than Korea, but I couldn't dispute it this time. Actually, Japan is cleaner than anything I've ever seen. In some parts, they have heavy fines for any sort of littering. And the smokers walk around with personal, pocket ashtrays. After being in Korea so long, I'm blown away by all the parks and random gardens throughout the city. Sure, in Korea, there's plenty of beautiful scenes, but that's usually in the mountainous country between the major cities. So there's the knock on Korea, now I'll attack Japan. In my couple days there, I couldn't believe how it was possible for a country this modern to know so little English. Bart and I met some kind people, I could see in their eyes they wanted to help us but with no Japanese on our end, and little more coming from them, communication was impossible. I take for granted how much basic English is ingrained in Korea. We get frustrated, but they all know "yes, no, i don't know, ok, same, sorry, excuse me, where, when, etc." Just looking at a busy street from each of the countries would show the difference. In Korea, like Elgin with spanish, nearly every sign has some English in it. This is not the same in Japan. It seems they're just so strong that they don't need to push English on their people. And good for them. As difficult as it is, it's kind of refreshing to be as helpless as other foreigners are at times. This time I went to Japan for legal reasons and I'm happy to say I'm now legal.
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D, this is the first story i have read in years and im sorry. i forgot about your journal page. I miss it, you always have such good stories and you are a good writer. the story about japan is real cool. i will never probly be there, so good get on that. i will try to catch up some on stories but im like 6 months behind and as you know i can barly read. The pictures were nice, you must have a real nice camera. You do have more money the jordan so why not, plus you traval the world and so you have a real reason to take pictures.hows the ballers in japan? And are you ever coming back, i need a answer on that. i got a new job with a moving company. i worked two days so far. its a tough but you get a workout. I like it, you get to go to differnt places and be out side witch i like. Besides that lifes good but im broker than ever but im working on that. So yeah, good shit D im back.
Greesh, you have the record for the longest comments on my page, and I appreciate that. I do like writing, but I like hearing about home more, even if you think it's boring. I'll be back in summer, but not back forever. That's still up in the air. Glad to hear you've got a job and you're pumping up those guns. I'll teach you some rebounding this summer. ha!
and ill teach you how to dunk then d :x
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