Rants
04-17-08, 03:16:32 AM
Just copy from sickos-alliance
"You have a distinct advantage", the bartender shouted from behind his counter. "Japanese girls love blonds <I think he meant blonde>"
During my search of the secret of nanpa, I often heard this remark. Few people claimed to know much about picking up girls; even fewer confessed to have done it; but everyone agreed that I would find it easy because I am naturally blond. Actually, my hair is brown but that didn't seem to matter: the true secret of nanpa lay in marketing.
"You have to think ahead", began Ishikawa, the owner of the SPEL juku <note: cram schools> who had brought me to this coffee shop to meet his friend Sato, the master. "You have to go to a place where girls are. Remember, the early bird catches the worm".
He recommended a department store , the girl's natural lair... There are cunning fellow scout the ladies' floor, spots an appealing prospect in the linen - or kitchen, or bathroom - department, and approach with this line "Excuse me, I was just trying to buy a pillow - or a toaster ......I wonder if you might be able to give me an advice?" ... This creates an artificial debt which the gentlemen owes the lady and which he insists on repaying immediately - say, at the coffee shop ....
This initial meeting qualifies as the first date. The skillful man, however, must not conclude this introductionary encounter without first acquiring his potential beloved's statistic: her name and telephone no.
"Sports are the best", Sato <sensei> "When you play together, she develops and appetite. First you play, then you eat, then you 'play' again ".
"Besure and touch her", Sato stressed. "Of course the shoulders are best".
"But don't forget", warned Ishikawa, clearly the more prudent than the two, "you should praise the as much as possible. Hair is best, or the face. Just praise her what you like about her.
"Should I praise her mind?"
"Of course that's all right", Sato said, "but you better stick to her hair or ears or chin. Look are more important than brains, you know <WHAT?>"
The third date, they announced, is the right time for the first kiss. After taking her out for the evening and treating her to a few drinks and a fine meal, the man must be ready to make his move.
"All it take is guts", Sato said. "You gotta push".
"Walk her to the door", Ishikawa suggested. "Stand still for a moment. Then kiss her ----"
"But only a light kiss", Sato interupted. "Not too hard, not too deep. GIve her a chance to respond".
"Then ", his friend continue, " if she doesn't resist, you can take her in your arms. Just as I tell my students, slow and steady wins the race".
<The author talked about the next step, end in "love hotel". He described some love hotel. Beacuse it's too long, I'll skip>
They (love hotel) are, in short, the fast food franchise of love <>
Finally, for convenience, a condom is included in the price of the room and is located, Sato noted, 'just under the pillow"
<continue to describe about love hotels>
Having led me this far, these two men were not about to leave me stranded... they began to advise me on the proper way to make love to a Japanese girl
Begin with the skin, they advised ... "Japanese skin is very soft", Ishikawa explained with a misty gleam in his eyes, "just like Japanese mochi rice cake"
Starting with the head, the gentle lover should proceed downward, he said, paying special attention to the ears, the neck and the breast. Arriving at the waist, though, the wise one skips to the toes and eases up the smooth sheer legs to that special spot, "like Gold Finger, with a soft, soft touch".
<in short: the two Japanese guys float into their own world with their own fantasies, then...>
"Oh, no" Sato wailed, "You can't do it... You won't fit"
"What are you saying" I protested.
"Japanese girls are too small" <you understand what they are talking about !>
Was, I (the author), in biological fact, being denied access to this sanctum of Japan, or this is just another artificial trade barrier? After all, if I could use chopsticks, Then I could surely handle this challenge <>
But Sato and Shikikawa were deadly serious. Sato reach across the counter and grabbed a bottle of Tabasco sauce.
"You see this?" he said, waing the bottle in front of my face. "This is your average Japanese man - about 10 to 13 cm . You are longer, right?"
"Uh, well..."
"It's true", he burst in, "But although yours may be longer, mine is harder . Japanese men are short but strong. American men are soft" < I LMAO when I read this>
<something not very important>
"But does this really means I can't go to a love hotel?"
"Let's just say", Ishikawa remarked, "that it would be difficult".
Just then Sato had an idea. "You know, Japanese girls can give birth". he said, by now grossly inflating the size of foreign men. "May be you can do it. You just have to be careful and make her relaxed".
"That's why atmosphere is so important", Ishikawa added, his hopes inflating again. "You must have a good room, a round bed, and a see through shower. That will help".
<random chat...>
Sato said "by knowing many girls, you will become a good man. You will have a warm heart, a strong body and eventually... a better mind".
But short of that, Sato had one more piece of advice before sending me out on my own into the jungles of Japanese dating. "Don't worry if you don't succeed at once", he said with a conspiratorial wink. "If you fail, you can always use your hand. When I was a young man, my lover was my right hand".
About the author: "I came to Japan at the invitation of the Japanese Ministry of Education, to teach English language and American culture in Japanese school as part of a program to bring native English speakers into the heart of Japan. The scheme is part of a broad effort by the government to achieve what Japanese call "internationalization", the buzz word for a new more globally powerful, more globally conscious Japan.
Note from myself: one thing you should keep in mind: many thing you think you know about other culture: for eg, Japanese are like this or that; American are like this or that... Actually they are not entirely true; rather they are stereotypical image of people in a particular society. After reading the passage I believe that you can spot such stereotypes. Talking about stereotypes is like "mental laziness" of yourself. Remember, a society is very dynamic not static, very varied from man to man, not homegenous and stereotypical. The bottom line: if you want to judge people, judge them as INDIVIDUALs.
However, sometimes, the fact is true but due to the focus of researchers or mass media, it represents the whole country. My favourite example is about employment in Japan. You may have heard about Japan as a country with mega-cooperations like Sony or Toshiba where people have life-time employment with good welfare. They are loyal "sarariiman" who sometimes work themselves to dead, literally. It's true but, you should consider this fact. Large companies employs only about 11 to 12 % of the Japanese work force. The rest are small and medium companies. Small and medium companies are substantially different from large co. However, due to the lack of researches on small and medium companies, little is known about them.
Another example I want to share is about the notorios "Exam Hell". Acutally, only about 44% of Japanese high school graduates experienced this in their life. Only that percent of student follow that path academic path to university (including the ronin) (Sugimoto, 2003). Due to the overdramatizing of mass media, it became notorious and virtually, everybody thinks that all Japanese students experience this "Exam Hell".
One last line: when you read about cultures, or even Science, read it CRITICALLY
"You have a distinct advantage", the bartender shouted from behind his counter. "Japanese girls love blonds <I think he meant blonde>"
During my search of the secret of nanpa, I often heard this remark. Few people claimed to know much about picking up girls; even fewer confessed to have done it; but everyone agreed that I would find it easy because I am naturally blond. Actually, my hair is brown but that didn't seem to matter: the true secret of nanpa lay in marketing.
"You have to think ahead", began Ishikawa, the owner of the SPEL juku <note: cram schools> who had brought me to this coffee shop to meet his friend Sato, the master. "You have to go to a place where girls are. Remember, the early bird catches the worm".
He recommended a department store , the girl's natural lair... There are cunning fellow scout the ladies' floor, spots an appealing prospect in the linen - or kitchen, or bathroom - department, and approach with this line "Excuse me, I was just trying to buy a pillow - or a toaster ......I wonder if you might be able to give me an advice?" ... This creates an artificial debt which the gentlemen owes the lady and which he insists on repaying immediately - say, at the coffee shop ....
This initial meeting qualifies as the first date. The skillful man, however, must not conclude this introductionary encounter without first acquiring his potential beloved's statistic: her name and telephone no.
"Sports are the best", Sato <sensei> "When you play together, she develops and appetite. First you play, then you eat, then you 'play' again ".
"Besure and touch her", Sato stressed. "Of course the shoulders are best".
"But don't forget", warned Ishikawa, clearly the more prudent than the two, "you should praise the as much as possible. Hair is best, or the face. Just praise her what you like about her.
"Should I praise her mind?"
"Of course that's all right", Sato said, "but you better stick to her hair or ears or chin. Look are more important than brains, you know <WHAT?>"
The third date, they announced, is the right time for the first kiss. After taking her out for the evening and treating her to a few drinks and a fine meal, the man must be ready to make his move.
"All it take is guts", Sato said. "You gotta push".
"Walk her to the door", Ishikawa suggested. "Stand still for a moment. Then kiss her ----"
"But only a light kiss", Sato interupted. "Not too hard, not too deep. GIve her a chance to respond".
"Then ", his friend continue, " if she doesn't resist, you can take her in your arms. Just as I tell my students, slow and steady wins the race".
<The author talked about the next step, end in "love hotel". He described some love hotel. Beacuse it's too long, I'll skip>
They (love hotel) are, in short, the fast food franchise of love <>
Finally, for convenience, a condom is included in the price of the room and is located, Sato noted, 'just under the pillow"
<continue to describe about love hotels>
Having led me this far, these two men were not about to leave me stranded... they began to advise me on the proper way to make love to a Japanese girl
Begin with the skin, they advised ... "Japanese skin is very soft", Ishikawa explained with a misty gleam in his eyes, "just like Japanese mochi rice cake"
Starting with the head, the gentle lover should proceed downward, he said, paying special attention to the ears, the neck and the breast. Arriving at the waist, though, the wise one skips to the toes and eases up the smooth sheer legs to that special spot, "like Gold Finger, with a soft, soft touch".
<in short: the two Japanese guys float into their own world with their own fantasies, then...>
"Oh, no" Sato wailed, "You can't do it... You won't fit"
"What are you saying" I protested.
"Japanese girls are too small" <you understand what they are talking about !>
Was, I (the author), in biological fact, being denied access to this sanctum of Japan, or this is just another artificial trade barrier? After all, if I could use chopsticks, Then I could surely handle this challenge <>
But Sato and Shikikawa were deadly serious. Sato reach across the counter and grabbed a bottle of Tabasco sauce.
"You see this?" he said, waing the bottle in front of my face. "This is your average Japanese man - about 10 to 13 cm . You are longer, right?"
"Uh, well..."
"It's true", he burst in, "But although yours may be longer, mine is harder . Japanese men are short but strong. American men are soft" < I LMAO when I read this>
<something not very important>
"But does this really means I can't go to a love hotel?"
"Let's just say", Ishikawa remarked, "that it would be difficult".
Just then Sato had an idea. "You know, Japanese girls can give birth". he said, by now grossly inflating the size of foreign men. "May be you can do it. You just have to be careful and make her relaxed".
"That's why atmosphere is so important", Ishikawa added, his hopes inflating again. "You must have a good room, a round bed, and a see through shower. That will help".
<random chat...>
Sato said "by knowing many girls, you will become a good man. You will have a warm heart, a strong body and eventually... a better mind".
But short of that, Sato had one more piece of advice before sending me out on my own into the jungles of Japanese dating. "Don't worry if you don't succeed at once", he said with a conspiratorial wink. "If you fail, you can always use your hand. When I was a young man, my lover was my right hand".
About the author: "I came to Japan at the invitation of the Japanese Ministry of Education, to teach English language and American culture in Japanese school as part of a program to bring native English speakers into the heart of Japan. The scheme is part of a broad effort by the government to achieve what Japanese call "internationalization", the buzz word for a new more globally powerful, more globally conscious Japan.
Note from myself: one thing you should keep in mind: many thing you think you know about other culture: for eg, Japanese are like this or that; American are like this or that... Actually they are not entirely true; rather they are stereotypical image of people in a particular society. After reading the passage I believe that you can spot such stereotypes. Talking about stereotypes is like "mental laziness" of yourself. Remember, a society is very dynamic not static, very varied from man to man, not homegenous and stereotypical. The bottom line: if you want to judge people, judge them as INDIVIDUALs.
However, sometimes, the fact is true but due to the focus of researchers or mass media, it represents the whole country. My favourite example is about employment in Japan. You may have heard about Japan as a country with mega-cooperations like Sony or Toshiba where people have life-time employment with good welfare. They are loyal "sarariiman" who sometimes work themselves to dead, literally. It's true but, you should consider this fact. Large companies employs only about 11 to 12 % of the Japanese work force. The rest are small and medium companies. Small and medium companies are substantially different from large co. However, due to the lack of researches on small and medium companies, little is known about them.
Another example I want to share is about the notorios "Exam Hell". Acutally, only about 44% of Japanese high school graduates experienced this in their life. Only that percent of student follow that path academic path to university (including the ronin) (Sugimoto, 2003). Due to the overdramatizing of mass media, it became notorious and virtually, everybody thinks that all Japanese students experience this "Exam Hell".
One last line: when you read about cultures, or even Science, read it CRITICALLY