Normal Person
or: The curious incident of the woman with the non-locking toilet door There is a heart sinking moment when you are in a shopping mall, busting for the bathroom (some will call this the toilet, others the loo, or WC) […]
Tag: culture
Footloose
or: Christmas traditions in other places One of the 974 things I like about travel as well as hanging out at a dive centre is the people that I have the opportunity to meet. These people are from all over […]
Feeling Good
or: Answering “how are you?” based on which country you are in It’s interesting how people in different countries respond to the phrase “How are you?” regardless of the language it is spoken in. It was pointed out to me […]
Communication
or Working With Cultural Differences Takes Time There are some mammoth cultural differences between Australia and Japan and also Hong Kong. While some are obvious and can be read about in text books and strategies memorised on how best to […]
Back to the Future
or Doraemon Takes Over Roppongi Hills Doraemon is an icon of Japanese culture, I have seen him on posters advertising various things (I can’t read yet what exactly) and on different products yet I was unsure what he actually is. […]
Fish
or Where The Other Half Who Weren’t Chasing Pokemon Were in Tokyo This Weekend While a portion of Tokyo took the first weekend since the Pokemon Go launch to track them down, there were quite a few others attending the […]