Wednesday, 31 January 2007

Well...crap.

Well it's happened. Japan's started to feel like "home".

A year or so ago I had this vague future goal in my head where I knew I would be going back to Australia and doing whatever I can do after moving to Japan straight out of Uni, living there for several years and then going back with zero useful work experience at all. But now I'm really starting to envision a future that includes.... Japan.

God-damn it! I've got so many fucking issues with this country (racism, hygiene, manners, disorganised businesses and government organisations, sexism, blatant stupidity and Japanese TV. Just to name a few.) but I'm actually liking it here.

Sydney would be so much easier in almost every way but Sydney wouldn't have.... uhh... well... I don't know. It's wierd when you choose to do something that even after logically deciding that you shouldn't do it, you do it anyway.

I guess Japan is like toothpaste. It's bad for you, will give you cancer and most likely kill you but you've been using it for a while and decide to stick with it anyway.

P.S. Seriously, all toothpaste and shampoos with an ingredient called "Sodium Laurel Sulphate" in it causes cancer and the companies are aware of this but choose to keep it in as it causes those bubbles that make it feel so nice. There are safe alternatives though. It pays to check the ingredients.

P.P.S. I wrote "unorganised" when writing this post but my spell check says that word doesn't exist and to write "disorganised" instead. I guess you learn something new every day.

Labels: japan, Japanese Social Issues, Racism