Just to stretch my blogging legs (fingers), I’ve started writing a little bit for GaijinPot.com. It’s a great site filled with all kinds of resources for those wanting to live in Japan or for us already living here. My first with them went live a few days ago, please check it out! It’s all about the strange relationship I have with my students.
Originally, when arriving at my school, I was like a rock-star. Students would scramble to get a look at me, or hang out of windows to get a “Hello!” Those who had more yaruki (doing spirit) than others, would run up and try to say in broken English various points about my appearance.
Read the rest here.
The Girl In Translation 
That picture is just wayyyyyyyyyy too cool!
Isn’t it great?!
Definitely!!!
Lol! What did they say about your appearance??
read the rest on GaijinPot! 😀
tall nose? Is that a direct translation? If they think you’re tall… I’d hate to think how gargantuan i’d feel 😉
It was a great article! I laughed quite a few times. Thank you for sharing!