I’ve been in Boras for three days… Still try to adapt with the different environment. Snow is everywhere…!! I got a very nice room in an apartment… Have a nice lectures, friends, school… But everything is so different! How, for example, the car will give you a way if you want to cross the road. [...]
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18 Dec
English in Japan…?
We all know the stereotype about Japanese people and English: How they don’t really able to speak in it. Well, I found that the stereotype was not necessarily true. Because mostly Japanese people I met have nice English, if not excellent. Of course, the fact that I attend and international conference could be an important [...]
13 Dec
Punctuality!
I was reading Understanding Diversity by Barbara F. Okun et.all (Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 1999), when I found interesting things related to my experience in Japan: Cultural difference regarding perception of time and space. On the conference, the committee kept reminding us to be punctual. Even our orientation always been started with the announcement that we [...]
5 Dec
Japanese Hospitality
After the conference, I got new impression about Japan: That they are really an excellent host. This impression has been felt even before I enter Japan, when we need to arrange the visa and plane ticket. We almost do nothing regarding the visa -only filling some forms and giving the passport- because it has been [...]
