tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post8346864370387383433..comments2023-09-12T16:52:48.733+09:00Comments on Antisthenes' corollary*:: 'Plus ça change, plus c'est la même' Japon.Ἀντισθένηςhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06199983680204710885noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post-64157970057671024022014-05-09T21:12:20.602+09:002014-05-09T21:12:20.602+09:00That don't last forever.That don't last forever.Ἀντισθένηςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199983680204710885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post-22738630115355571712014-05-09T10:51:15.362+09:002014-05-09T10:51:15.362+09:00She worked for a Silicon-Valley-based company, but...She worked for a Silicon-Valley-based company, but through a staffing agency. When we knew each other, she was still in her rediscovering-Japan phase, so she had on rose-tinted goggles the way most visitors to Japan do...Will Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07927492067445164618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post-53951293375682611622014-05-06T16:18:20.582+09:002014-05-06T16:18:20.582+09:00I love the Willy Wonka caption. So brutally true. ...I love the Willy Wonka caption. So brutally true. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268980690971650286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post-12251741958990966312014-05-06T09:03:17.766+09:002014-05-06T09:03:17.766+09:00When you are thirty, you have an identity that'...When you are thirty, you have an identity that's pretty stable. Also, you do not have parents meddling with it with any effectiveness, and even your peers have less influence on it than they ever had, and your colleagues even less. All of this more so as she spent a formative decade in a culture where not all validation is external. That could work.<br /><br />I am sure you were fond of each other as individuals first, but it is not coincidental she dated outside of Japanese, right? I'd also be curious to know if she worked for a Japanese or foreign employer in Japan. You too must know internationalized Japanese who find it excruciating to work in a Japanese environment, and who far prefer, not so much working with foreigners, as working with people who have lived abroad.Ἀντισθένηςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06199983680204710885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post-30388613131392566252014-05-06T08:37:28.624+09:002014-05-06T08:37:28.624+09:00I dated a Japanese girl (here in Japan) who spent ...I dated a Japanese girl (here in Japan) who spent a decade living in my hometown, had a law degree from a U.S. university and spoke perfect English. When she came back to Japan, she made the transition nicely as a 30-year-old woman. But, I imagine that's because she became a mature, confident woman in a setting which allowed her to do so. I can't imagine how hard it must be for awkward teenagers to come back and try to fit in...Will Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07927492067445164618noreply@blogger.com