Hello everybody!

Recently, my job is very busy and I was forgot that tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I’m not preparing any presents for my family. Above all, my son went to Ski by our car. Then I can not go out till day after tomorrow.

How is your Christmas Eve, everybody? Why all Japanese celebrate Christmas even they are not Christian?

Yesterday was winter solstice. From today, it will be bright in the morning little by little. It is good to me because I can expect bright morning when I get up. Now it is still dark, so I can imagine the delight. May be Christmas Eve start the same meaning.

Control of bid rigging may be bad thing. However, if we rely on only bid, some body bid very low cost and low quality. It’s cost back to us later. We need fair evaluation system with bid.

Control of bid rigging (dango) is becoming very strict in Japan. For long Japanese people didn't think it a very bad thing. We took it for granted as a necessary evil. We are not living in a society where a winner takes all. Our social-culture was based upon "live and let live" idea. But the time has changed, we are following after American way of market oriented capitalism. Of course, a bid rigging in public works is a very bad thing since it uses tax money.

Yesterday, I took day off and had a medical check. I have to do medical check at April, but my job was very tight, then I extended till now.

天地玄黄san. Yes, U.S. still have many success story. Many Japanese are willing to go there to get their dreams.

Some body has each reason to want back to Japan.
Happily, I have no chance to live at U.S. and know only S.E.Asia. It’s means there are some advantages during the area. It’s may be same advantages as American or European people in Japan.
In Japan, may be Asian people feel same as Manaita’s friend.
Do you feel socio-cultural differences? And how about Marsy, do you feel same?

Many Japanese go to America and some return and some do not.

I think America is a good place for challengers. The father of my friend went to America long time ago from europe with a very small money in his pocket. He worked hard and finally became a doctor. It was a dream-come-true for him which he could not make it in his home land.

If you are in Japan, you do not think about racial prejudices, but if you go to America, you are a minority group. A difficult problem waits you.

「The reasons.」
First, she worries about the problem of public health system of US. On that point, Japan seems to have some advantage over that country.
Second, there is a problem with sociocultural differences. I think that to have a sociocultural backbone is needed to keep one's identity when a person lives in foreign. However, it might become a cause to feel lonelyness while a person is among the masses of another country.
Maybe that is the reason why she wants to go back to Japan.

Anyway I hope I can travel to US while she is there.

Hi!　I've never been abroad. People call a person like me xenophobia? Actually, I enjoy walking around Tokyo very much but I hate travels by cars, trains, aeroplanes, ships etc. Further more, I love Japanese ladies so much and I can't spend even a day without them. ^^
Thank you

「Good morning」
Good morning every body and hello to Manaita.

Marsy and Manait's frends want to back to Japan.
I used lived at forign country, but still want to live forign coutry. May be I lived at forign country for only five years.

天地玄黄, how about you, do you have any experence to lived forign countries?

Hello everyone, I'm newbie. I have to study English for some reason, so have decided to enter here.

>Marsy
Nice to meet you, Marsy. One of my friend lives in Carifornia for several years. She already has even the green card but is saying that she wants to go back to Japan in the future. It makes me feel odd, because when she has left Japan she was supposed to expect the land of liberty. After all, Japan might be the best place for Japanese people, I think.

Anyway next time, I want to talk with you about anime and video games. See you!

Hi! Marsy-san. How long have you stayed in America? Are you bored and want to come back to Japan? I've never been to America and will not go to America either, not because I do not like America but I am just a lazy man. I do not like travels.

I spend most of my time reading Chinese classics and history. Books written with all 漢字 are very difficult to understand but 漢字 is a very unique language and has dignities and good tastes.

If you visit Japanese temples and shrines, you may find old stone monuments built during the Edo period. Many monuments have inscriptions on them written in difficult 漢字. I used to pass by without trying to understand them before, but now I stop and try to read them. I can read roughly one third of them. It is a great pleasure for me.

I will talk with you again.
Thank you

「Re:Hi! 天地玄黄.」
............I want to go back to Japan after I retire in the United States.. I enjoy working in the U.S.. but I would definitelly enjoy living in Japan!

-Marsy