red sun
The Japanese are one hell of an interesting people with a culture unique in all the world. For one they take everything so seriously, with the utmost need for you to understand, so that you conform to their social norms without running the risk to embarrass yourself. Instead of being irksome, this is exactly I think what makes them amusingly funny. I always enjoy chatting to my Japanese flatmate in the kitchen. Days ago our little comment about another Korean flatmate led to subtle criticism on the whole Korean community in general. This Japanese lad apparently was not happy with the Korean government for: A) Attempting to change the name "Japan Sea" to "East Sea". B) Denying the fact that the Japanese established universities on the Korean land. He concluded, "I know it's not right for us to occupy Korea, but you've got to tell the truth". Hum, speaking about our sufferings...